Research

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We work on problems in the area of soft condensed matter physics and biophysics using approaches from statistical mechanics, stochastic analysis, and scientific computation.

We are also interested in the development of general computational methods and mathematical analysis approaches for Stochastic Partial Differential Equations (SPDEs) important in these problem areas.

Specific research areas include:

• fluctuating hydrodynamics
• fluid-structure interaction
• soft materials and complex fluids (gels and lipid bilayer membranes)
• biophysics (motor proteins, lipid bilayers, microtubules)
• electrokinetics in micro/nanofluidic devices

My work can be classified broadly as:

• Stochastic Analysis
• Statistical Physics
• Numerical Analysis
• Scientific Computing.

For a more detailed discussion of my work see:

• research summaries
• software
• publications section

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Funding

We gratefully acknowledge the following sources of support:

*This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. NSF DMS-0635535 and NSF CAREER DMS-0956210. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recomendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation (NSF).

News

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December 2012: Our Mango-Selm Package for SELM Fluctuating Hydrodynamics has been released as part of the widely used Lammps Molecular Dynamics Software (Sandia, DOE)

Our package allows for dynamic simulations of implicit-solvent coarse-grained models using our SELM fluctuating hydrodynamics thermostats in the widely used Lammps Molecular Dynamics Software (Sandia, DOE) [more information].

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December 2012: PI: P. Atzberger awarded DOE Grant on Computational Methods for Soft Materials

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July 2012: David Valdman successfully defends his thesis!

Congratulations to Dr. Valdman!

6/2012: David Valdman and Dr. Atzberger participating in the doctoral hooding ceremony at the 2012 UCSB Graduation.

Contact

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Paul J. Atzberger
6712 South Hall
University of California Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106

Phone: 805.893.3239
Fax: 805.893.2385