David R. Reichman

The Reichman group's research deals broadly with the chemistry, physics, and biology of disordered materials. The systems studied range from traditional glass-forming systems, soft materials (gels, colloidal suspensions, emulsions), and biological systems. Covering an extremely range of broad length scales, time scales, and functionality, our work is connected by the common themes of disorder, structural and dynamical heterogeneity, and the potential for dynamical arrest in metastable configurations.

He is the Centennial Professor of Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry and a principal investigator with Columbia's National Science Foundation MRSEC on Precision-Assembled Quantum Materials.  

Research Areas Include:

Optical and Electronic Properties of Layered Materials
Energy Transport in the Condensed Phase and in Photovoltaic Materials
Out-of-Equilibrium Dynamics and Transport in Quantum Systems
Statistical Mechanics of Disordered and Glassy Systems
Structure, Dynamics, Rheology and Self-Assembly of Soft Materials
Quantum Liquids and Glasses

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NSF MRSEC on Precision-Assembled Quantum Materials