Journal of Dermatology and Dermatologic Diseases

David J Chandler

Biography

David Chandler received his S.B. degree in Chemistry from MIT in 1966, and his Ph.D. in Chemical Physics at Harvard in 1969.  He began his academic career as an Assistant Professor in 1970 at the Urbana-Champaign campus of the University of Illinois, rising through the ranks to become a full Professor in 1977. Prior to joining the Berkeley faculty in 1986, Chandler spent two years as Professor of Chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania.  At Berkeley, he became the Bruce Mahan Professor, a position he held until retiring from regular teaching duties in 2015.  Chandler's primary area of research is statistical mechanics, which he has used to create molecular theory of condensed matter, especially complex systems with disorder and heterogeneity, such as liquids, glasses and biological assemblies. He provided the modern language and concepts for describing structure and dynamics of polyatomic liquids, a series of contributions that has allowed quantitative and analytical treatments of simple molecular fluids, of aqueous solutions and hydrophobic effects, and of polymeric melts and blends.  He has also developed the methods by which rare but important events can be simulated on computers, techniques that have culminated in Chandler’s development of a statistical mechanics of trajectory space. This work has enabled studies of systems far from equilibrium, including processes of self-assembly and the glass transition. Chandler has published over 250 research articles.  His influential textbook, Introduction to Modern Statistical Mechanics (Oxford University Press, USA, 1987), is appreciated by students and specialists alike for its novelty and pedagogy.

Research Interest

Vitiligo, Dermatology, Venerology, Psoriasis, Skin Cancer