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David Pine

David Pine

Room: 883
726 Broadway
New York NY 10003

Research Description

I am interested in soft mesoscopic materials, including colloids, emulsions, polymers, surfactant solutions, non-Brownian suspensions, and gels. I have used and developed light scattering techniques, especially multiple light scattering (duffusing-wave spectroscopy) to study the structure and dynamics of colloids and other materials.  My current research covers a variety of topics, including self assembly, DNA-coated colloids, colloidal swimmers, lock-and-key colloids, random organization, and colloidal glasses.

Positions

Professor (Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering)
New York University 2021
Silver Professor (Physics)
New York University 2005
Chair (Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering)
New York University 2014 - 2021
Professor (Chemical Engineering)
University of California Santa Barbara 1995 - 2005
Professor (Materials)
University of California, Santa Barbara 1995 - 2005
Staff Physicist (Corporate Research)
Exxon Research & Engineering Company 1990 - 1995
Assistant Professor (Physics)
Haverford College 1984 - 1989
Postdoctoral Researcher (Physics)
University of Pittsburgh 1982 - 1984

Education

PhD (Physics)
Cornell University 1982

Publications

S. Aime, D. Truzzolillo, D. J. Pine, L. Ramos, and L. Cipelletti
A unified state diagram for the yielding transition of soft colloids
Nature Physics 19 1673-1679 (2023)
F. Cui, S. Marbach, J. A. Zheng, M. Holmes-Cerfon, and D. J. Pine
Comprehensive view of microscopic interactions between DNA-coated colloids
Nature Communications 13 (2022)
F. Cui, and D. J. Pine
Effect of photon counting shot noise on total internal reflection microscopy
Soft Matter 18 162-171 (2022)