Philip Pincus

Biography

PhD UC BERKELEY 1961. Spin Wave Theory for Ferro-, Ferri-, and Antiferromagnets
UCLA Physics 1962-1982
EXXON Research & Engineering 1982-1985
UCSB Physics/Materials. 1985-

Fellow of the American Physical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Polymer Prize of the APS in 1992, PhD honoris causa by the Weizmann Institute of Science 2021.

Research

Our research in Soft Condensed Matter has its focus on the properties of polymers, membranes, electrolytes, colloids, and emulsions in the context of biomolecular science. Recent studies relate to effects of hydrogen bonding and ionic hydration in aqueous media.