Thomas G. Mason Associate Professor Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Department of Physics and Astronomy California NanoSystems Institute University of California- Los Angeles mason@chem.ucla.edu

Education

• Ph.D. Physics: Princeton University (June, 1995): "Rheology of Monodisperse Emulsions"

• M.A. Physics: Princeton University (June, 1991).

• B.S. Electrical Engineering: University of Maryland, College Park (May, 1989).

• B.S. Physics with High Honors: University of Maryland, College Park (May, 1989).

Honors and Awards

• 2007: Gallery of Fluid Motion Award with T. Cubaud (American Institute of Physics and American Physical Society DFD)

• 2006: Intel New Faculty Award (Intel Corporation)

• 2006: Glenn T. Seaborg Award (Beta Gamma Chapter of Alpha Chi Sigma)

• 2006: Gallery of Fluid Motion Award with T. Cubaud (American Institute of Physics and American Physical Society DFD)

• 2005: NSF CAREER Award (National Science Foundation)

• 2003: John McTague Career Development Chair (UCLA Dept. of Chemistry & Biochem.)

• 1992: Exxon Graduate Research Fellow

• 1989: NSF Graduate Research Fellow (National Science Foundation)

• 1989: Joseph Henry Prize in Physics (Princeton University)

• 1989: Summa cum Laude in Physics and Electrical Engineering (University of Maryland, College Park)

• 1985: Maryland Distinguished Scholar (State of Maryland)

• 1985: Chancellor's Scholar (University of Maryland, College Park)

Professional Experience

• Associate Professor: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Department of Physics and Astronomy, UCLA (July, 2006 - present).

• Assistant Professor: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Department of Physics and Astronomy, UCLA (July, 2003 - June, 2006).

• Research Associate: Corporate Strategic Research, ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Co., Annandale, NJ (Feb., 2003 – June, 2003).

• Senior Physicist: Corporate Strategic Research, ExxonMobil Research and Engineering Co., Annandale, NJ (Nov., 1997 – Jan., 2003).

• Postdoctoral Research Scientist: Department of Chemical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (Aug., 1996 - June, 1997).

• Postdoctoral Research Scientist: Centre de Recherche Paul Pascal, CNRS, Bordeaux, France (May, 1995 - April, 1996).

• Consultant: Rhône-Poulenc Silicones Division, Lyon, France (May, 1995 - April, 1996).

• Postdoctoral Research Physicist: Princeton University (Dec., 1994 - April, 1995).

Present Research Interests

• Microrheology: measuring the dynamic mechanical shear properties of viscoelastic soft materials over an extraordinarily large range of time scales by optically observing the diffusive motion of micron-sized probe particles embedded in these materials

• Shear-induced structures in complex fluids: emulsification, shear-banding, shear-ordering

• Neutron and light scattering from nanomaterials: asphaltenes, clays, droplets, polymers

• Directed assembly of nanoparticles in solution using shape-dependent attractive interactions

• Free boundary flows in microfluidic devices

• Structure and dynamics of soft complex fluids

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