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David Andelman

David Andelman is an Israeli theoretical physicist at Tel Aviv University known for his work on soft matter and biophysics.

born 1955Soft matter physicsBiophysics researchElectrostatics in soft matter

Born: 17 October 1955, Bucharest
Occupation: theoretical physicist
Education: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Tel Aviv University, Brandeis University

David Andelman was born in 1955 in Bucharest

David Andelman was born on 17 October 1955 in Bucharest, Romania. He is the uncle of former soccer player Yuval Shpungin.

He earned a bachelor's degree in physics, mathematics and computer science at Tel Aviv University in 1975 and a master's degree at Brandeis University in 1979. He completed his PhD in physics at MIT in 1984, advised by Nihat Berker. He then held a Joliot Curie fellowship at the Collège de France under Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, followed by postdoctoral work at Exxon in Clinton, New Jersey.

In 1987 he returned to Israel and joined the School of Physics and Astronomy at Tel Aviv University. He became a full professor in 1995, received the Moyses Nussenzveig Chair of Statistical Physics in 2006, and headed the school from 2011 to 2015.

His research applies physical models to soft and biological matter at the molecular scale. He studies electrostatic effects in electrolytes, polyelectrolytes and charged membranes, and the directed self-assembly of block copolymers for nanolithography. He retired in 2021.