Amir Haji-Akbari

Amir Haji-Akbari is an Associate Professor of Chemical & Environmental Engineering at Yale University, affiliated with the Department of Chemical & Environmental Engineering. His research focuses on the application of theoretical and computational tools rooted in thermodynamics and statistical mechanics to study phase transitions in soft matter systems, particularly crystallization and aggregation in colloidal, aqueous, and biological systems. His work includes investigations into ice formation, colloidal self-assembly, and protein folding. Haji-Akbari's research has been recognized with several awards, including the Sloan Research Fellowship, Yale Ackerman Award, and NSF CAREER Award.

Amir Haji-Akbari is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering at Yale University. His research focuses on soft condensed matter, statistical physics, applied mathematics, computational biology, and nanotechnology. His work explores the behavior of complex systems, including disordered and quasicrystalline phases of densely packed particles, phase transitions in soft matter, and the thermodynamics of biological assemblies. He also investigates rare events in physical systems using computational methods such as forward-flux sampling. His research has applications in nanocrystal self-assembly, membrane design for ion separation, and the study of water's anomalous properties. Haji-Akbari's work bridges theoretical and computational approaches to understand the fundamental principles governing soft matter and biological systems.