Scholar
Alexei V. Tkachenko
Google Scholar ID: U3ghn7wAAAAJ
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Citations & Impact
Citations
1,827
H-index
23
i10-index
33
Publications
20
Co-authors
0
Publications
Resume
Academic Achievements
- Published multiple papers such as 'Time-dependent heterogeneity leads to transient suppression of the COVID-19 epidemic, not herd immunity' (PNAS, 2021), 'Structured sequences emerge from random pool when replicated by templated ligation' (PNAS, 2021), etc.
Research Experience
- Current: Physicist / Material Scientist, Center for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National Laboratory; Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University; 2001-2009 Assistant Professor of Physics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; 1999-2001 Postdoctoral member of technical staff, Bell Labs, Lucent Technologies; 1997-1999 JFI Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Chicago
Education
- 1993 - B.Sc/M.Sc in Theoretical Physics, Moscow Institute of Science and Technology, Russia; 1998 - Ph.D in Physics, Bar-Ilan University, Israel
Background
- Research Interests: Statistical Physics, Theoretical Soft Condensed Matter, Self-Assembly, Molecular Dynamics and Monte Carlo Simulations. Other interests span across various fields of statistical mechanics, condensed matter, and bio-inspired physics, including Entropic Phenomena, Origins of Life, and Epidemic Modeling.
Miscellany
- Organized several academic activities, such as Co-chair of the 'Geometry, Topology, and Symmetry in Soft and Living Matter' workshop at Stony Brook University in May 2022.