Cirriculum Vitae

Address

Center for Nonlinear Phenomena and Complex Systems

University Libre de Bruxelles

Campus Plaine, CP 231, 1050 Bruxelles, Belgium

Education

• B.S. in Physics, University of Florida, 1982
• B.A. in Mathematics, University of Florida, 1982
• Ph.D in Physics, University of Florida, 1986

Work experience

• 2001-present: Chercheur, Center for Nonlinear Phenomena and Complex Phenomena, Dept. of Physics, Université Libre de Bruxelles
• 1997-2000: Technical consultant and development team leader, i2 Technologies
• 1991-1997: Research group leader, Expert Systems Applications Development Group, Katholieke Univeriteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
• 1989-1991: Chercheur, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Dept. of Physics
• 1987-1989: Post-doc, Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratories
• 1984-1987: Graduate Assistant, Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Fla.

Teaching

PHYSF475 Nanophysique

Distinctions

• Co-organizer 2020 Solvay Workshop “Nucleation: multiple pathways multiple outcomes”, Brussels.
• Invited speaker at 2019 Gordon Conference on “Crystal Growth and Assembly”.
• Co-organizer of 2019 CECAM workshop “Fundamentals of Density Functional Theory for T> 0 : Quantum meets Classical* Co-organizer CECAM workshop”, Lausanne.
• PRE “Outstanding Referee”, 2018
• Invited speaker at 21st American Conference on Crystal Growth and Epitaxy (ACCGE-21) (Santa Fe, 2017)
• Invited speaker at Solvay Workshop on “Multiscale Modelling at the PCB (Physics, Chemistry, Biology) interface” (Brussels, 26-28 April, 2016).
• Invited speaker at Franqui Symposium on “The Aggregation of Biological Molecules: how physical chemistry illuminates physiology and pathophysiology” (Brussels, 4-6 June, 2015).
• Invited speaker at Solvay Workshop on “Directional Nucleation and Growth of Molecular Cyrstals” (Brussels, 2014).
• 2011 Journal of Chemical Physics “Top 20 reviewer” (2012).
• Invited speaker at American Physical Society March Meeting (Boston, 2012).
• Invited speaker at workshop on “Kinetics and thermodynamics of multistep nucleation and selfassembly in nanosize materials” (Brussels, 2010).
• Invited speaker at CECAM workshop “Common trends between Kinetic theory, Dynamical Density Functional methods and mesoscopic methods based on effective free energy models”, (Lausanne, 2008).
• Invited speaker at “Granular Fluids - A Proving Ground for Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics”, (Seville, 2007).
• Invited speaker at “Duftyfest”, (Gainesville, 2005).
• Invited speaker at Computer Simulation in Materials Science, NATO ASI Series., (Aussois, 1991)
• Invited speaker at Symp. Atomistic Modelling in Material Science, ASM Mtg., (Chicago, 1988).
• University of Florida Chapter Sigma Xi award for “Outstanding Research as a Graduate Student” (1986-1987)

Publications

[127] COLIS: an advanced light scattering apparatus for investigating the structure and dynamics of soft matter onboard the International Space Station

[126] A microscopic approach to crystallization: challenging the classical/non-classical dichotomy

[125] Using classical density functional theory to determine crystal-fluid surface tensions

[124] Crystal Polymorphism Induced by Surface Tension

[123] Cluster-mediated stop-and-go crystallization

[122] Simulation studies of the combined effect of mass transport and impurities on step growth

[121] The Effect of Controlled Mixing on ROY Polymorphism

[120] Classical density functional theory in the canonical ensemble

[119] Reconsidering power functional theory

[118] Impact of Surface Roughness on Crystal Nucleation

[117] Explicitly stable fundamental-measure-theory models for classical density functional theory

[116] Classical density-functional theory applied to the solid state

[115] Long-wavelength density fluctuations as nucleation precursors

[114] Molecular viewpoint on the crystal growth dynamics driven by solution flow

[113] The influence of shear on protein crystallization under constant shear conditions.

[112] Antagonistic cooperativity between crystal growth modifiers

[111] How crystals form: A theory of nucleation pathways

[110] Mineral Growth beyond the Limits of Impurity Poisoning

[109] Lattice induced crystallization of nanodroplets: the role of finite-size effects and substrate properties in controlling polymorphism

[108] General framework for nonclassical nucleation

[107] Classical density functional theory, unconstrained crystallization, and polymorphic behavior

[106] Systematically extending classical nucleation theory

[105] Solvent-mediated interactions between nanostructures: From water to Lennard-Jones liquid

[104] Temporal diffusion: From microscopic dynamics to generalised Fokker-Planck and fractional equations

[103] Solute particle near a nanopore: influence of size and surface properties on the solvent-mediated forces

[102] Step Crowding Effects Dampen the Stochasticity of Crystal Growth Kinetics

[101] Mechanism for the stabilization of protein clusters above the solubility curve: The role of non-ideal chemical reactions

[100] Mechanism for the stabilization of protein clusters above the solubility curve

[099] A Two-parameter Extension of Classical Nucleation Theory

[098] Mesoscopic nucleation theory for confined systems: A one-parameter model.

[097] Mesoscopic impurities expose a nucleation-limited regime of crystal growth

[096] Unification of classical nucleation theories via unified Itô-Stratonovich stochastic equation

[095] Molecular theory of anomalous diffusion - Application to Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy

[094] Crystal Growth Cessation Revisited – the physical basis of step pinning

[093] Observing classical nucleation theory at work by monitoring phase transitions with molecular precision

[092] Comment on “Possible divergences in Tsallis’ thermostatistics” by Plastino A. and Rocca M. C

[091] Classical nucleation theory from a dynamical approach to nucleation

[090] Direct correlation function from the consistent fundamental-measure free energies for hard-sphere mixtures

[089] Microscopic theory of anomalous diffusion based on particle interactions

[088] Microscopic approach to nonlinear reaction-diffusion: The case of morphogen gradient formation

[087] Nucleation of colloids and macromolecules: Does the nucleation pathway matter?

[086] Nucleation of colloids and macromolecules in a finite volume

[085] On the role of metastable intermediate states in the homogeneous nucleation of solids from solution

[084] A dynamical theory of nucleation for colloids and macromolecules

[083] A dynamical theory of homogeneous nucleation for colloids and macromolecules

[082] Density functional theory of inhomogeneous liquids. IV. Squared-gradient approximation and classical nucleation theory

[081] Questioning the validity of non-extensive thermodynamics for classical Hamiltonian systems.

[080] Nonextensive formalism and continuous Hamiltonian systems

[079] Phase behavior of a confined nanodroplet in the grand-canonical ensemble: the reverse liquid–vapor transition

[078] Low-Density/High-Density Liquid Phase Transition for Model Globular Proteins

[077] Kinetic rougheninglike transition with finite nucleation barrier

[076] Recent Developments in Classical Density Functional Theory

[075] Kinetics of intermediate-mediated self-assembly in nanosized materials: A generic model

[074] Dependence of the liquid-vapor surface tension on the range of interaction: A test of the law of corresponding states

[073]  Is the Tsallis entropy stable?

[072] Reply to the Comment by M. Iwamatsu

[071] Microscopic and macroscopic stress with gravitational and rotational forces

[070] Generalized diffusion: A microscopic approach.

[069] Density functional theory of inhomogeneous liquids. III. Liquid-vapor nucleation

[068]  Density functional theory of inhomogeneous liquids. II. A fundamental measure approach

[067] Theoretical description of the nucleation of vapor bubbles in a superheated fluid

[066] Density functional theory of inhomogeneous liquids. I. The liquid-vapor interface in Lennard-Jones fluids

[065] From Einstein to generalized diffusion

[064] Nonlinear diffusion from Einstein’s master equation

[063] Chapman-Enskog expansion about nonequilibrium states with application to the sheared granular fluid

[062] Theoretical Evidence for a Dense Fluid Precursor to Crystallization

[061] Generalized diffusion equation

[060]  First principles derivation of Ginzburg–Landau free energy models for crystalline systems

[059] Hydrodynamics of an endothermic gas with application to bubble cavitation

[058] Properties of non-fcc hard-sphere solids predicted by density functional theory

[057] Ginzburg-Landau theory of the liquid-solid interface and nucleation for hard spheres

[056] Transport properties of dense dissipative hard-sphere fluids for arbitrary energy loss models

[055] The effect of the range of interaction on the phase diagram of a globular protein

[054] Statistical calculation of elastic moduli for atomistic models

[053] Non-extensive diffusion as nonlinear response

[052] Kinetic theory and hydrodynamics of dense, reacting fluids far from equilibrium

[051] Rheology of dense polydisperse granular fluids under shear

[050] Imploding shock wave in a fluid of hard-core particles

[049] Propagation-Dispersion Equation

[048] Temporal diffusion

[047] Diffusion in a granular fluid. II. Simulation

[046] Diffusion in a granular fluid. I. Theory

[045]  Long-ranged correlations in sheared fluids

[044] Atomic-scale structure of hard-core fluids under shear flow

[043] Velocity Correlations and the Structure of Nonequilibrium Hard-Core Fluids

[042] Model for the atomic-scale structure of the homogeneous cooling state of granular fluids

[041] Backpropagation in Decision Trees for Regression

[040] Globally optimal fuzzy decision trees for classification and regression

[039] Viscoelastic effects from the Enskog equation for uniform shear flow

[038] Stability of uniform shear flow

[037] Approximate Solution of the Enskog Equation Far from Equilibrium

[036] Molecular Chaos, Pair Correlations, and Shear-Induced Ordering of Hard Spheres

[035] Long Wavelength Instability for Uniform Shear Flow

[034] Simulated annealing and the determination of near-optimal decision trees

[033] SA/GA: Survival of the fittest in Alaska

[032] A case-based expert system for the design of control schemes in chemical plants

[031] Thermodynamic properties of the fluid, fcc, and bcc phases of monodisperse charge-stabilized colloidal suspensions within the Yukawa model

[030] On the multifractal properties of the energy dissipation derived from turbulence data

[029] Reformulation of nonperturbative density-functional theories of classical nonuniform systems

[028] Statistical mechanical theories of freezing: Where do we stand?

[027] The freezing of soft spheres from a simple hard-sphere perturbation theory

[026] Lattice Gas Simulations of Viscous Fingering in a Porous Medium

[025] Nonperturbative density-functional theories of classical nonuniform systems

[024] Can the thermodynamic properties of a solid be mapped onto those of a liquid?

[023] Formalism for the calculation of local elastic constants at grain boundaries by means of atomistic simulation

[022] Anomalous elastic behavior in superlattices of twist grain boundaries in silicon

[021] Thermodynamic parallels between solid-state amorphization and melting

[020] Fluctuations and dissipation in a fluid under shear: Linear dynamics

[019] Molecular-dynamics study of lattice-defect-nucleated melting in silicon

[018] Molecular-dynamics study of lattice-defect-nucleated melting in metals using an embedded-atom-method potential

[017] Generalized expressions for the calculation of elastic constants by computer simulation

[016] Origin of the supermodulus effect in metallic superlattices

[015] On the geometrical relationship between tilt and twist grain-boundaries

[014] Structurally-induced elastic anomalies in a superlattice of (001) twist grain-boundaries

[013] Nucleation and kinetics of thermodynamic melting - a molecular-dynamics study of grain-boundary induced melting in silicon

[012] On the relevance of extrinsic defects to melting - a molecular-dynamics study using an embedded atom potential

[011] Structurally induced supermodulus effect in superlattices

[010] Molecular-dynamics method for the simulation of bulk-solid interfaces at high temperatures

[009] Molecular dynamics calculation of free energy

[008] Stress and elastic constants in anisotropic solids: Molecular dynamics techniques

[007] Free energy calculation via MD - Methodology and application to bicrystals

[006] A molecular-dynamics study of grain-boundary behavior at elevated temperatures using an embedded atom potential

[005] Possible Instability for Shear-Induced Order-Disorder Transition

[004] Non-linear Transport and Mode Coupling in Fluids Under Shear

[003] Hydrodynamic fluctuations at large shear rate

[002] Mode-coupling contributions to the nonlinear shear viscosity

[001]  Structure and Stability of Hydrodynamic Modes for Shear Flow