Patrick Charbonneau, Professor of Chemistry  

Patrick Charbonneau

Office Location: 5329 French Science, 124 Science Drive, Durham, NC 27708
Office Phone: +1 919 613 6261
Email Address: patrick.charbonneau@duke.edu
Web Page: http://www.chem.duke.edu/labs/charbonneau/

Specialties:
Chemical Physics
Theoretical condensed matter physics

Education:
Ph.D., Harvard University, 2006
BS, McGill University, Montreal, 2013
B.S., McGill University (Canada), 2001

Research Categories: Soft condensed matter simulation and theory

Research Description: Professor Charbonneau is interested in the in- and out-of-equilibrium dynamical properties of self-assembly. Important phenomena, such as colloidal microphase formation, protein aggregation, as well as glass and gel formation, are examined using approaches that combine simulation and theory.

Recent Publications   (More Publications)

  1. Bonnet, G; Charbonneau, P; Folena, G, Glasslike caging with random planes., Physical review. E, vol. 109 no. 2-1 (February, 2024), pp. 024125 [doi]  [abs].
  2. Charbonneau, P; Morse, PK, Jamming, relaxation, and memory in a minimally structured glass former., Physical review. E, vol. 108 no. 5-1 (November, 2023), pp. 054102 [doi]  [abs].
  3. Wopat, S; Adhyapok, P; Daga, B; Crawford, JM; Peskin, B; Norman, J; Bagwell, J; Fogerson, SM; Di Talia, S; Kiehart, DP; Charbonneau, P; Bagnat, M, Axial segmentation by iterative mechanical signaling., bioRxiv (March, 2023) [doi]  [abs].
  4. Charbonneau, P; Kilgore, K; Pilcher, JM, Recreating Colonial Mexican Fudge, Gastronomica, vol. 23 no. 1 (February, 2023), pp. 112-115, University of California Press [doi] .
  5. Charbonneau, P; Pilcher, JM, From Panocha to Fudge, Gastronomica, vol. 23 no. 1 (February, 2023), pp. 100-111, University of California Press [doi]  [abs].

Curriculum Vitae

Highlight:
Professor Charbonneau studies soft matter. His work combines theory and simulation to understand the glass problem, protein crystallization, microphase formation, and colloidal assembly in external fields.

Current Ph.D. Students   (Former Students)

  • Yuan Zhuang  
  • Lin Fu  
  • Diana Fusco  
Postdocs Mentored

  • Yuliang Jin (2013)  
  • Pablo Palafox (2011 - 2012)  
Selected Invited Lectures

  1. Dynamical Heterogeneity in a Glass-Forming Ideal Gas, November 28, 2008, Unifying Concepts in Glass Physics IV, Kyoto, Japan    
Selected Talks

  1. How can hard (hyper)spheres form glasses?, January 13, 2009, Surrey University, UK