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Jané Kondev kondev@brandeis.edu
Associate Professor of Physics |
Jané Kondev is a condensed matter theorist whose interests range from classic problems in statistical physics, such as the glass transition and mechanical properties of polymers, to problems in biology such as regulation of gene expression and DNA packing in viruses. A common theme that unites most of the research done in the Kondev group is the affect of confinement and constraints on the equilibrium structure and dynamics of fluctuating lines and surfaces.
Recent Ph.D. Students:
Ashok Prasad (2006) “Macromolecules in Flatland”
Present Position: Postdoctoral Associate, MIT,
Department of Chemical Engineering, Cambridge, MA
CV and Complete list of publications
Sample
of Recent Publications:
"Continuous melting of compact polymers", Jacobsen JL, Kondev J. Phys Rev Lett. 92: 210601 (2004).
”Landau-like theory of glassy dynamics”, Majumdar SN, Das D, Kondev J, and Chakraborty B. Physical Review E 70, 060501(R) (2004).
"Mechanics of DNA packaging in viruses", Phillips R, Kondev J, and Purohit P. PNAS 100: 3173 (2003).
Samples
of Current Projects:
Slow dynamics in dimer and related models; structural glass transition.
Statistical physics of
semiflexible polymers such as DNA and actin.
Transcriptional
regulation of gene expression.
Chromosome diffusion in
the cell nucleus.