CHARLES ROSENBLATT
Department
of Physics, Case Western
Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106-7079 USA
Email:
rosenblatt@case.edu
Tel: +1-216-368-4125
FAX: +1-216-368-4671
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Professional: Case Western
Reserve University (Cleveland, Ohio)
Professor of Physics and Macromolecular Science (1992 - Present)
Associate Professor of Physics and Macromolecular Science (1991 - 1992)
Associate Professor of Physics (1987 - 1991)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
Francis Bitter National Magnet Laboratory
Research Physicist (1980 - 1987)
University of California (Berkeley, California)
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
Postdoctoral Research Fellow (1978 - 1980)
Education:
Ph.D. Harvard University (1978) Applied Physics
(Thesis: A Light Scattering Study of Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal
Thin Films)
S.M. Harvard University (1976) Applied Physics
S.B. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1974) Physics
Research Interests:
- Liquid crystals:
magnetic and electric field effects, structure phase transitions, and
device applications
- Nanocontrol of soft
condensed materials
- Microgravity studies of
liquids, polymers, and liquid crystals
- Optics, Light Scattering,
Calorimetry, and Scanning Probe Microscopy (AFM, STM, NSOM)
- Macromolecules and
complex fluids, including microemulsions, polymers, and micellar
systems: field
effects, material properties, and structure
- Magnetic and colloidal
systems
- Structure of
self-assembling biological systems
Research Funding:
More than $6.2 million in individual grants since 1990 from:
National Science Foundation, NASA,
U.S. Dept. of Energy, Petroleum Research Fund, State of Ohio, and
industry
Affiliations:
Fellow of the American Physical Society (elected 1996)
Phi Beta Kappa
Sigma Xi science honor society
International Liquid Crystal Society
Executive Board of Directors (1992 - 1996)
Membership Secretary (1992 - 1996)