Biophysics Lecture

Speaker's Bio:
Albert J. Libchaber, an experimental physicist, studies the implications of nonlinear dynamics on the physical world, including the biological sciences. His research centered on the problem of pattern formation and stability and also on the evolution of fluids from laminar states to chaotic and turbulent ones. He had previously worked on various aspects of low temperature physics. He is now working on aspects of cell biology related to artificial life, the origin of life, and various physical aspects of cell biology. Libchaber is a Detlev W. Bronk University Professor of Physics and a member of the faculty of The Rockefeller University. He is also a ‘Directeur de Recherche de classe exceptionelle” of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France (retired). He received the Grand de Physique, SFP in 1980, the Wolf prize in Physics and a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship 1986-1991. Born October 23, 1934 in Paris, France, Libchaber received a Bachelor’s Degree in Mathematics from the University of Paris and a Ph.D. in Physics from Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, where he pursued his research until he joined The University of Chicago in 1983, Princeton University in 1991 and The Rockefeller University in 1994. He is a Corresponding Member of the French Academy of Sciences and a Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, as well as, of the New York Academy of Sciences.