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Alexander J. Levine work: (310) 794-4436 University of California, Los Angeles 11636 Montana Ave # 309 fax: (310) 206-4038 Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry Los Angeles, CA 90049 e-mail: [email protected] 3044A Young Hall (310) 689-6819 607 Charles E. Young Dr., East web: http://alevine.chem.ucla.edu Los Angeles, CA 90095 Education 1989{1996 . University of California, Los Angeles. Department of Physics, Doctorate in Physics (Ph.D.), thesis entitled The Statistical Mechanics of Sedimentation. 1989{1990. .University of California, Los Angeles. Department of Physics, Master of Science in Physics (M Sc.). 1985{1989 . University of California, Los Angeles. Bachelor of Science in Physics and Bachelor of Science in Mathematics. (Summa cum laude GPA: 3.95/4.00) Employment July 2011 { Present. .Center for Biological Physics, University of California, Los Angeles, Director. January 2012 { Present . University of California, Los Angeles, Professor. July 2008 { June 2011. .University of California, Los Angeles, Associate Professor. July 2005 { July 2008 . University of California, Los Angeles, Assistant Professor. Sept. 2002 { July 2005 . University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Assistant Professor. 2001{ Aug. 2002 . University of California, Santa Barbara, Postdoctoral Researcher. 1998{2001. .University of Pennsylvania, Postdoctoral Fellow. 1996{1998. .Corporate Research Science Laboratories, Exxon Research and Engineering Com- pany, Postdoctoral Fellow. June 1995{Sept. 1995 . Lucent Technologies / AT&T Bell Labs, Research Assistant. Sept. 1994{June 1995 . University of California, Los Angeles, Professional Development Program, UCLA Department of Physics, Instructor June 1994{Sept. 1994 . AT&T Bell Laboratories, Research Assistant. 1986{1988. .University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Astronomy, Research As- sistant. 1984{1986. .University of California, Brain Research Institute, Lab Assistant. Awards and Fellowships 1993{1996 . AT&T Graduate Fellowship 1989 . ΦBK Scholarship 1989 . Julian Schwinger Graduate Fellowship 1988 . Election to Mathematics Honors Society 1988 . Election to ΦBK 1987 . Joined Physics Honors Society ΣΠΣ 1 of 17 1985 . Extension of Alumni Fellowship for a second year Freshman Honors Society Golden Key Honors Society Alumni Scholarship University of California Four Year Regents Scholarship University of California Publication List Articles in Preparation 1. Andrew R. Missel, William S. Klug, and Alex J. Levine The nonlinear mechanics of semiflexible networks INVITED for Nonlinearity (2012). 2. Alex J. Levine and C. F. Schmidt Microrheology INVITED for Reports on Progress in Physics. Submitted 3. Arthur A. Evans and Alex J. Levine, High energy deformation of filaments with internal structure and localized torque-induced melting of DNA, Submitted to Physical Review E (2012). 4. Roie Shlomovitz, Thomas Boatwright, Michael Dennin, and Alex J. Levine, Probing interfacial dynamics and mechanics using submerged particle microrheology I: Theory, Submitted to Physics of Fluid (2012). 5. Thomas Boatwright, Michael Dennin, Roie Shlomovitz, and Alex J. Levine, Probing interfacial dynamics and mechanics using submerged particle microrheology I: Experiment, Submitted to Physics of Fluid (2012). 6. Jonathan Landy and Alex J. Levine, Dynamics of driven filaments subject to hydrodynamic interactions Submitted to Physical Review E (2012). 7. Robijn F. Bruinsma and Alex J. Levine Force fluctuations and energy landscapes in dynamic force spec- troscopy Submitted to Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2011). 8. R. Wang, Z. Wang, L. Millet, M. U. Gillette, A.J. Levine, and G. Popescu, Spatiotemporal distribution of mass transport in living cells, Submitted to Physical Review Letters (2012). 9. Jeremy D. Schmit and Alex J. Levine Intermolecular adhesion in semiconducting polymers, Submitted to Physical Review E. (2011). Published 10. M. Ghorbani, M. Mehta, R. Bruinsma, and A.J. Levine, Nonlinear-dynamics theory of up-down transitions in neocortical neural networks Physical Review E 85, 021908 (2012). 11. R. Wang, Z. Wang, J. Leigh, N. Sobh, L. Millet, M.U. Gillette, A.J. Levine, and G. Popescu, One- dimensional deterministic transport in neurons measured by dispersion-relation phase spectroscopy, J. Phys. Cond. Mat. 23, 374107 (2011). 12. R. Wang, Z. Wang, L. Millet, M.U. Gillette, A.J. Levine, and G. Popescu, Dispersion-relation phase spec- troscopy of intracellular transport Opt. Express 19, 20571-20579 (2011). 13. Thomas Boatwright, Alex J. Levine, and M. Dennin Mechanical reorganization of cross-linked F-actin net- works at the air-buffer interface, INVITED for Soft Matter, \Dynamics and Rheology of Fluid Interfaces" Issue. (2011). 14. YongKeun Park, Catherine A. Best, Tatiana Kuriabova, Mark L. Henle, Michael S. Feld, Alex J. Levine, and Gabriel Popescu Measurement of the nonlinear elasticity of red blood cell membranes Physical Review E 83 051925 (2011). 15. Mo Bai, Andrew R. Missel, Alex J. Levine, and William S. Klug, On the role of the filament length distri- bution in the mechanics of semiflexible networks, Acta Biomaterialia 7, 2109-2118 (2011). 2 of 17 16. Mo Bai, Andrew R. Missel, William S. Klug, and Alex J. Levine, The mechanics and affine-nonaffine transition in polydisperse semiflexible networks, Soft Matter 7, 907-914 (2011). 17. David Schwab, Robijn F. Bruinsma, Jack L. Feldman, and Alex J. Levine, Rhythmogenic neuronal networks, emergent leaders, and k-cores Physical Review E 82, 051911 (2010). 18. Andrew R. Missel, Mo Bai, William S. Klug, and Alex J. Levine Affine-nonaffine transition in networks of nematically ordered semiflexible polymers Physical Review E 82, 041907 (2010). 19. Thomas Boatwright, Alex J. Levine, and Michael Dennin Tracking giant folds in a monolayer Langmuir 26, 12755 (2010). 20. Hao Qu, Chiao-Yu Tseng, Yong Wang, Giovanni Zocchi, and Alex J. Levine The elastic energy of sharply bent nicked DNA Europhysics Letters 90, 18003 (2010). 21. YongKeun Park, Catherine Best-Popescu, Kamran Badizadegan, Ramachandra R. Dasari, Michael S. Feld, Tatiana Kuriabova, Mark L. Henle, Alex J. Levine, and Gabriel Popescu, Measurement of red blood cell mechanics during morphological changes, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 107, 6731 (2010). 22. Mark L. Henle and Alex J. Levine Hydrodynamics in curved membranes: The effect of geometry on partic- ulate mobility, Physical Review E 81, 011905 (2010). 23. Chiao-Yu Tseng, Andrew Wang, Giovanni Zocchi, Biljana Rolih, and Alex J. Levine, The elastic energy of protein-DNA chimeras, Physical Review E 80, 061912 (2009). 24. J.R. Rothenbuhler, J.-R. Huang, B.A. DiDonna, A.J. Levine and T.G. Mason, Diffusion-limited aggregation of colloidal rods and disks, Soft Matter 5, 3639-3645 (2009). 25. Mark L. Henle and Alex J. Levine, Effective Viscosity of a Dilute Suspension of Membrane-bound Inclusions, Physics of Fluids 21, 033106 (2009). 26. Alex J. Levine and F.C. MacKintosh, The Mechanics and Fluctuation Spectrum of Active Gels, Journal of Physical Chemistry B 113, 3820-3830 (2009). P.-G. de Gennes memorial issue. 27. Robert Brewster, Gary S. Grest, and Alex J. Levine Effects of cohesion on the surface angle and velocity profiles of granular material in a rotating drum, Physical Review E 79, 011305 (2009). 28. Mark L. Henle, R. McGorty, A.B. Schofield, A.D. Dinsmore, and A.J. Levine The effect of curvature and topology on membrane hydrodynamics, Europhysics Letters 84, 48001 (2008). 29. Moumita Das, Alex J. Levine, and F.C. MacKintosh, Buckling and force propagation along intracellular microtubules, Europhysics Letters 84, 18003 (2008). 30. Robert Brewster, Leonardo Silbert, Gary S. Grest, and Alex J. Levine Relationship between interparticle contact lifetimes and rheology in gravity-driven granular flows, Physical Review E 77, 061302 (2008). 31. Jeremy D. Schmit and Alex J. Levine Statistical model for Intermolecular Adhesion in π-conjugated polymers, Physical Review Letters 100, 198303 (2008). 32. Tatiana Kuribova and Alex J. Levine, Nanorheology of viscoelastic shells: Applications to viral capsids, Physical Review E 77, 031921 (2008). 33. Robert Walder, Alex J. Levine, and Michael Dennin, Rheology of two-dimensional F-actin networks associ- ated with a lipid interface, Physical Review E 77, 011909 (2008). 34. F. C. MacKintosh and Alex J. Levine, Non-equilibrium mechanics and dynamics of motor-activated gels, Physical Review Letters 100, 018104 (2008). 35. Ali Naji, Alex J. Levine, and P.A. Pincus, Corrections to the Saffman-Delbr¨uckmobility for membrane bound proteins, Biophysical Journal: Biophysical Letters 93, L49-L51 (2007). 3 of 17 36. Leonardo Silbert, Gary S. Grest, Robert Brewster, and Alex J. Levine Rheology and Contact Lifetimes in Dense Granular Flows, Physical Review Letters 99, 068002 (2007). 37. Moumita Das, F.C. MacKintosh, and Alex J. Levine Effective medium theory of semiflexible filamentous networks, Physical Review Letters 99, 038101 (2007). 38. M.L. Henle and Alex J. Levine, Erratum: Capillary wave dynamics on supported viscoelastic films: Single and double layers, Physical Review E 75, 059909(E) (2007). 39. B.A. DiDonna and Alex J. Levine Unfolding cross-linkers as rheology regulators in F-actin networks, Physical Review E 75, 041909 (2007). 40. Mark L. Henle and Alex J. Levine Capillary wave dynamics on supported viscoelastic films: Single and double layers, Physical Review E 75, 021604 (2007). 41. J.R. Savage, D. Blair, A.J. Levine, R.A. Guyer, and A.D. Dinsmore Imaging the Sublimation Dynamics of Colloidal Crystallites Science