FULL CURRICULUM VITAE

                                                                       Arlette R.C. Baljon

 

              

Email:                         abaljon@mail.sdsu.edu      

Phone:                        619-594-2051  

FAX:                          619-594-5485

Web:                           http://www.sci.sdsu.edu/~abaljon/                                                     

Marital status:           Married, three children (Kelda ’91, Jessalyn ‘95, Mendel ’99)

Citizenship:                Dutch + US Green Card

 

CURRENT POSITION

 

Associate Professor, Dept. of Physics, San Diego State University, CA, 5/2005-present

 

 

EDUCATION

 

Institution                   Year                Degree                               Major Field                  Thesis Advisor

U. of  Chicago            1993                Ph.D.                              Theoretical Physics           Prof. T. Witten

U. of  Utrecht             1988                Doctoraal (M.S.)            Theoretical Physics           Prof. G. ‘t Hooft

 

PREVIOUS  POSITIONS

       

Institution

Position            

Date

 

Dept of Physics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

Postdoctoral Fellow                                   

7/93-8/96       

Postdoctoral Advisor:  Prof. M.O. Robbins

Supercomputer Center, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.             

Research Associate

9/96-8/98

Supervisor: Dr. A.Z. Panagiotopoulos

Dept. of Chemistry, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.

Visiting Scientist

9/98-8/99

Host: Prof. R.F. Loring

Dept. of Physics, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA.

Assistant Professor

8/99- 5/05       

 

 

 

 

   TEACHING

 

Classes taught

Level    

Textbook

Fundamentals of Physics

Lower Division                                

Physics for Scientists and Engineers by Serway, Beichner

Classical Mechanics            

Upper Division

Classical Dynamics by Thornton , Marion

Modern Physics

Upper Division

Modern Physics by Tippler and Llewellyn

Polymer Science

Upper Division/ Graduate

Fundamentals of Polymer Science by Painter, Coleman and

Mechanics of the Cell by Boal

Statistical Mechanics

Graduate

Statistical Mechanics by Pathria

Classical Mechanics

Graduate

Classical Mechanics by Goldstein, Poole, Safko

 

 

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

Refereed Articles

 

            ``Modelling tubular shapes of mitochondrial membranes,” A. Ponnuswamy, J. Nulton, J. M. Mahaffy, P. Salamon, T.G. Frey, and A.R.C. Baljon, Physical Biology 2, 73 (2005). 

 

            ``Glass Transition Behavior of Polymer Films of Nanoscopic Dimension,” Arlette R.C. Baljon, Regina Barber DeGraaff, Maarten H.M. v. Weert, and Radjesh Khare,  Macromolecules 38, 2391 (2005).  

 

            ``Percolation of Immobile Domains in Supercooled Thin Polymeric Films,” Arlette R.C. Baljon, J. Billen, and R. Khare, Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 255701 (2004).

 

             ``Transitory response of confined polymer films subjected to oscillatory shear,“ Arlette R. C. Baljon, J.Chem.Phys,  121, 11402 (2004).

 

            ``Computational studies of contact time dependence of adhesive energy due to redistribution of the locations of strong specific interfacial interactions,” Arlette R.C. Baljon, Travis Depuy, and Joris Vorselaars, Macromolecules 37, 5800 (2004). 

 

            ``Monte Carlo Simulations of Curved Lipid Membranes,”  Arlette R.C. Baljon, and Arun Ponnuswamy, Proceedings of the International Conference on Mathematics and Engineering Techniques in Medicine and Biological Sciences, 377 (2003).

 

           ``Contact time dependence of adhesive energy,” Arlette R.C. Baljon, Travis Depuy, and Joris Vorselaars, Proceedings of the International Conference on Mathematics and Engineering Techniques in Medicine and Biological Sciences, 366 (2003).

 

``Simulations of crazing in polymer glasses: Effect of chain length and surface tension,”  Arlette R.C. Baljon, and Mark O. Robbins, Macromolecules 34, 4200 (2001).  

 

           ``Molecular Dynamics Study of the Intercalation of Diblock Copolymers into Layered Silicates,” Jae Youn Lee, Arlette R.C. Baljon, Dotsevi Y. Sogah, and Roger F. Loring, J. Chem. Phys., 112, 9112 (2000).

 

            ``Spontaneous Swelling of Layered Nanostructures by a Polymer Melt,” Jae Youn Lee, Arlette R.C. Baljon, and Roger F. Loring, J. Chem. Phys., 111, 9754 (1999).

 

``Modeling Intercalation Kinetics of Polymer Silicate Nanocomposites,” Jae Youn Lee, Arlette R.C. Baljon and Roger F. Loring, Mat. Res. Symp. Proc. (Mat. Res. Symp. Proc. 543, 455 (1999).

 

            ``A Molecular View of Bond Rupture,” Arlette R. C. Baljon and Mark O. Robbins, Computational and Theoretical Polymer Science, 9, 35 (1999).

 

            ``Molecular View of Polymer Flow into a Strongly Attractive Slit,” Arlette R. C. Baljon, Jae Youn Lee, and Roger F. Loring, J. Chem. Phys., 111, 9068 (1999).

 

``Modeling Formation Kinetics of Polymer Intercalated Silicate Nanocomposites," Jae Youn Lee, Arlette R.C. Baljon, Roger F. Loring, and Athanassios Z. Panagiotopoulos, J. Chem. Phys., 109, 10321 (1998).

 

 ``Molecular Mechanism during Rupture of Thin Adhesive Bonds," Arlette R.C. Baljon and Mark O. Robbins, Proc. of the Adh. Soc. (1998).

 

             ``Adhesion and Friction of Thin Films,” Arlette R.C. Baljon and Mark O. Robbins, MRS Bulletin, Theory and Simulation of Polymers at Interfaces 22, 22 (1997).

 

            ``Individual Entanglements in a Simulated Polymer Melt," Eli Ben-Naim, Gary S. Grest, Arlette R.C. Baljon, and Thomas A. Witten, Phys. Rev. E. 53, 1816 (1996).

           

            ``Energy Dissipation During Rupture of Adhesive Bonds," Arlette R.C. Baljon and Mark O. Robbins, Science 271, 482 (1996).

 

             ``Simulations of Induced Orientation in Stretched Polymer Melts,” Arlette R.C. Baljon, Gary S. Grest, and Thomas A. Witten, Macromolecules 28, 1835 (1995).

 

``Swollen Conformations of Associating Polymers," Arlette R.C. Baljon, Macromolecules 26, 4339 (1993). 

 

            ``Equilibrium Topologies of Associating Polymers," Arlette R.C. Baljon-Haakman and Thomas A. Witten, Mat. Res. Symp. Proc. 248, 455 (1992).

 

             ``Architecture-Controlled Interactions between Associating Polymers," Arlette R.C. Baljon-Haakman and Thomas A. Witten, Macromolecules 25, 2969 (1992).

 

 

                       

Chapters in Refereed Books

 

            ``Response of Thin Oligomer Films to Steady and Transient Shear," Arlette R.C. Baljon and Mark O. Robbins, Microstructure and Microtribology of Polymer Surfaces, ACS Symposium Series 741, Edited by V. V. Tsukruk and K. J. Wahl, (American Chemical Society, Washington DC), 91 (1999).

 

            ``Stick-Slip Motion, Transient Behavior, and Memory in Confined Films," Arlette R.C. Baljon and Mark. O. Robbins, in Micro/Nanotribology and its Applications, ed. B. Bhushan (1996).

 

            ``Architecture Controlled Solution Properties of Hydrophobically Associating Copolymers," Arlette R.C. Baljon and Thomas A. Witten, Hydrophilic Polymers: Performance with Environmental Acceptance, Advances in Chemistry Series 248, Chapter 11 (1995).

 

 

GRANTS

 
Research Grants

 

8/05-8/08         ``Spatio-dynamical Order in Reversible Polymeric Gels,” National Science Foundation, Division of Materials Research, $240.000.

 

6/02-8/06         ``Structure-composition relationships for curved membranes," Petroleum Research Fund, American Chemical Society, $35.000. 

 

5/00-5/05         ``A computational study of how contact time affects the strength of an adhesive bond,” Research Corporation,

$25,269.

 

1/00- 7/01        ``Simulations of polymer/clay filler nanocomposites,” Grant-in-aid for Research, San Diego State University,

$3,972.

 

 

PRESENTATIONS

 

Invited talks

9/05     ``Jamming in supercooled nanoscale polymeric films,” CECAM workshop, Lyon, France.

 

8/03     ``Spatio-temporal patterns in ultra-thin polymeric films,” Conference on Pattern Formation in Physics and Biology,” Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, Santa Barbara. view talk online

 

6/03     ``Computational studies of time dependent adhesion increase due to strong specific interfacial interactions,”  Polymer Consortium Meeting, Accelerys Inc, San Diego.

 

8/98     ``Simulations of Microstructural Changes during Rupture of Adhesive Bonds," Gorden Research Conference on ``Adhesion Science: From Forces at Interfaces to Life Itself," Tilton.

 

5/98     ``A Molecular View of Adhesion," Corporate Outreach Workshop on Pressure Sensitive Adhesives, Lehigh University, Bethlehem.

 

4/98     ``Memory of Molecularly-thin Oligomer Films," American Chemical Society National Meeting, Dallas.

 

2/98     ``Molecular Mechanisms during Rupture of a Thin Adhesive Film," Adhesion Society Meeting, Savannah.

 

10/97   ``Simulations of Stick-to-slip Transition and Memory in Confined Fluids," Conference on ``Jamming and Rheology," Kalvi Institute for Theoretical Physics, Santa Barbara.

 

4/96     ``Dissipation Mechanisms during Rupture and Shear of Thin Oligomeric Films," Workshop, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos.

 

3/96     ``Molecular Mechanisms during Rupture of Thin Adhesive Bonds," March Meeting of the American Physical Society, St. Louis.

 

8/93     ``Influence of Placement of Hydrophobes on the Solution Properties of Associative Thickeners," American Chemical Society National Meeting, Chicago.

 

 

 

Contributed talks and poster presentations.

 

3/05     ``Modeling Shapes of  the Mitochondrial Crista Membrane,” March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Los Angeles.

 

3/05     ``Heterogeneous Dynamics in Thin Films of Glassy Polymers, `` March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Los Angeles.

 

6/03     ``Contact time dependence of adhesive energy,” Conference on Mathematics and Engineering Techniques in Medicine and Biological, Las Vegas.

 

6/03     ``Monte Carlo Simulations of Curved Lipid Membranes,” International Conference on Mathematics and Engineering Techniques in Medicine and Biological Sciences, Las Vegas.

 

9/02     ``Structure-property relations in molecularly thin films,” 2nd Rhodia International Conference, Bristol, UK.

 

4/01     ``Contact time dependence of adhesive energy,” American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Diego.

 

4/00     ``Simulations of Intercalation Kinetics of Polymer Silicate Nanocomposites,” Spring Meeting of the Materials Research Society, San Francisco.   

 

12/98   ``Modeling Intercalation Kinetics of Polymer Silicate Nanocomposites,” Fall Meeting of the Materials Research Society, Boston.

 

11/97   ``Simulations of Crazing in Polymers," American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, Los Angeles.

 

11/97   ``A nonequilibrium "rhythmic solid" phase: its relevance for understanding stick-slip  and memory in confined liquids," American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, Los Angeles.

 

12/96   ``Simulations of Memory and Stick-to-Slip Transition in Confined Films," Fall Meeting of the Materials Research Society, Boston.

 

12/96   ``Molecular Mechanisms during Rupture of Thin Adhesive Bonds," Fall Meeting of the Materials Research Society, Boston.       

 

10/96   ``Simulations of Memory and Stick-to-Slip Transition in Confined Films," American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, Chicago

 

3/96     ``Computer Simulations of Nanorheology of Confined Oligomers,"  March Meeting of the American Physical Society, St. Louis.

 

11/95   ``Simulations of Fracture of Thin Adhesive Films," American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, Miami.

 

11/95   ``Can we sense Individual Entanglements in a Simulated Polymer Melt?," American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting.

 

11/95   ``Simulations of Orientational Coupling Interactions," American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, Miami

 

10/95   ``Simulations of Fracture of Thin Adhesive Films," International Congress on Adhesion Science and Technology, Amsterdam.

 

8/95     ``A Molecular View of Adhesion," Gordon Research Conference, Complex Fluids, New London.

 

1/95     ``Dissipation Mechanisms during the Rupture of Thin Adhesive Films," Gordon Research Conference, Polymers West, Ventura.

 

8/94     ``Simulations of Adhesive Strength of Thin Films," American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington DC.

 

7/94     ``Dissipation Mechanisms during the Rupture of Thin Adhesive Films," Gordon Research Conference, Chemistry at Interfaces, Meriden.

 

3/94     ``Simulations of Adhesive Strength of Thin Films,"  March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Pittsburgh.

 

3/94     ``Orientational Relaxation of Simulated Polymer Melts,"  Meeting of the Division of High Polymer Physics, American Physical Society, Pittsburgh, March 1994.

 

7/93     ``The pairing model of ionic associations: How placement of ions controls chain conformations and phase behavior," Gordon Research Conference, Ion Containing Polymers, Plymouth.

 

1/93     ``Entropic Attraction of Associating Polymers," Gordon Research Conference, Polymers West, Ventura.

 

12/91   ``Equilibrium Topologies of Associating Polymers," Fall Meeting of the Materials Research Society, Boston.

 

9/91     ``Equilibrium Topologies of Associating Polymers," meeting on ``Polymer Modeling on High Performance Computers", Center for Supercomputing Applications, Urbana.

 

 

Colloquia presentations (since 8/99)

 

12/03   `` Spatio-temporal patterns in ultra-thin polymeric films,” Dutch Polymer Institute,  University of Eindhoven, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.

 

9/03     ``How pulls a polymeric film away from a surface?,” Dept. of Physics, San Diego State University, San Diego.

 

3/02     ``Computational Studies of Nanocomposites,” Dept. of Chemistry, San Diego State University, San Diego.

 

5/02     ``Polymers and Clay: hate and love,” Colloquium, Dept. of Physics, California State University Los Angeles, Los Angeles

 

10/02   ``Structure-Property relationships in molecularly thin films,”  Dept. of Physics, San Diego State University, San Diego.

 

5/00     ``Polymers and Clay: Hate and Love,” Dept. of Physics, California State University Long Beach, Long Beach.

 

3/00     ``Simulations of Polymer/Clay Nanocomposites,” Dept. of Physics, San Diego State University, San Diego.

 

 

 

SERVICE FOR THE UNIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY

 

 

Service for the University

 

Committee Assignments

-  University Curriculum Committee 2001-

-  Department of Physics Executive Committee 2001-

-  Department of Physics Search Committee 2002-03

-  Department of Physics Graduate Committee 2002-03

-  College of Sciences Research Committee 2000-01

 

Colloquium Organization

- Organizer for weekly Physics Department Colloquium 2000-01

 

 

Service for the Academic Community

 

Referee for professional journals

Macromolecules

Journal of Polymer Science part B: Polymer Physics

European Physical Journal

Physical Review Letters

Physical Review E

 

Referee of grant proposals

National Science Foundation

Petroleum Research Fund of the American Chemical Society

U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation

The Research Council of Norway