Presidential Young Investigator Award

对于这个PYI奖，将在两个理论聚合物物理领域进行研究：(1)聚合物共混物和溶液的统计，(2)在拓扑受限环境中长聚合物链的动力学。在第一个领域，正在对平衡微相、它们的形态和微相转变的动力学进行研究。其他研究将包括网络与线性聚合物或溶剂的混合中的分离，以及均聚物混合的统计和动力学。将使用计算机模拟和分析方法来研究高分子链的动力学。

For this PYI award research will be conducted in two areas of theoretical polymer physics: (1) the statistics of polymer blends and solutions, and (2) the dynamics of long polymer chains in topologically restricted environments. In the first area studies are underway on equilibrium microphases, their morphology and the dynamics of microphase transitions. Other studies will include segregation in blends of network with linear polymers or solvent, and homopolymer blend statistics and dynamics. Computer simulations and analytic methods will be used to study the dynamics of polymer chains.