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Corey S. O'Hern
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering & Physics
- Phone
- (203) 432-4258
- Fax
- (203) 432-7654
- Mailing Address
- P.O. Box 208286
New Haven, CT 06520
- Office Address
- 9 Hillhouse Avenue
ML 203
New Haven, CT 06511
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
INTERESTS
Statistical mechanics of nonequilibrium systems such as glasses and granular materials; elasticity theories for soft materials, e.g. liquid crystals and biological materials; structural, mechanical, and dynamical properties of proteins including folding, unfolding, and aggregation.
AWARDS & HONORS
- Faculty Early Career Development Award from the National Science Foundation (2005)
- Cyber-Enabled Discover and Innovation Award from the National Science Foundation (2008)
POSITIONS
- Vice-Chair for the American Physical Society Topical Group on Statistical and Nonlinear Physics (2009)
- Director of Undergraduate Programs, Raymond and Beverly Sackler Institute for Biological, Physical, and Engineering Sciences
REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS
- Jamming in systems composed of ellipse-shaped particles, M. Mailman, C. F. Schreck, B. Chakraborty, and C. S. O'Hern, Phys. Rev. Lett. 102 (2009) 255501.
- A percolation model for glassy dynamics in disordered materials, G. Lois, J. Blawzdziewicz, and C. S. O'Hern, Phys. Rev. Lett. 102 (2009) 015702.
- Non-random-coil behavior as a consequence of extensive PPII structure in the denatured state, A. L. Cortajarena, G. Lois, E. Sherman, C. S. O'Hern, L. Regan, and G. Haran, J. Mol. Biol. 382 (2008) 203.
- Reliable protein folding on non-funneled energy landscapes: The free energy reaction path, G. Lois, J. Blawzdziewicz, and C. S. O'Hern, Biophys. J. 95 (2008) 2692.
- Jamming transition and new percolation universality classes in particulate systems with attraction, Gregg P Lois, Jerzy Blawzdziewicz, Corey S O'Hern, 2008, Phys. Rev. Lett., 100, 028001.
- Entropy and Temperature of a Static Granular Assembly: An Ab Initio Approach, S. Henkes, Corey S O'Hern, B. Chakraborty, 2007, Phys. Rev. Lett., 99, 038002.
- Frequency distribution of mechanically stable disk packings, G.-J. Gao, Jerzy Blawzdziewicz, Corey S O'Hern, 2006, Phys. Rev. E, 74, 061304.
- Stabilization of nonlinear velocity profiles in athermal systems undergoing planar shear flow', N. Xu, Corey S O'Hern, L. Kondic, 2005, Phys. Rev. E, 72, 041504.
- Random close packing revisited: Ways to pack frictionless disks, N. Xu, Corey S O'Hern, Blawzdziewicz, Jerzy, 2005, Phys. Rev. E, 71, 061306.
- Effective Temperature in Athermal Systems Sheared at Fixed Normal Load, N. Xu, Corey S O'Hern, 2005, Phys. Rev. Lett., 94, 055701.
- Velocity Profiles in Repulsive Athermal Systems under Shear, N. Xu, Corey S O'Hern, L. Kondic, 2005, Phys. Rev. Lett., 94, 016001.
- Effective Temperatures in Driven Systems Static vs. Time-dependent Relations, Corey S O'Hern, A.J. Liu, S.R. Nagel, 2004, Phys. Rev. Lett., 93, 165702.
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