Jacob N. Israelachvili

Professor

Chemical Engineering, Materials

(UCSB)

CONTACT

Department of Chemical Engineering

University of California, Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara, CA 93106-5080

Tel.: 805-893-8407

Email: jacob@engineering.ucsb.edu

Web site: http://www.chemengr.ucsb.edu/~ceweb/ce/people/faculty/israelachvili/minisite.html

EDUCATION

Ph.D.: 1971, University of Cambridge

B.S.: 1968, (BA) University of Cambridge

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Intermolecular and intersurface forces in biological, complex fluid and materials systems. Use of Surface Forces Apparatus for directly measuring the adhesion and friction forces between surfaces in liquids and vapors, and for studying other interfacial phenomena at the molecular level. Fundamental interactions in complex colloidal and biological systems that have technological and biomedical applications.