Tom Chou

Dept. of Biomathematics & Dept. of Mathematics

Tel: (310) 206-2787
Fax: (310) 825-8685
E-mail: tomchou (at) ucla (dot) edu

 

Education

  

Ph.D. Physics, Harvard University, 1995
M.A. Physics, Harvard University, 1991
S.B. Chemistry, M.I.T., 1989

 

Professional Experience

July 2009 - present
UCLA: Professor, Departments of Biomathematics and Mathematics

July 2006 - June 2009
UCLA: Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics

July 2005 - June 2009
UCLA: Associate Professor, Department of Biomathematics

July 2000 - June 2005
UCLA: Assistant Professor, Department of Biomathematics

September 1998 - June 2000
M.I.T./Stanford University: NSF-DMS Research Fellowship

October 1996 - September 1998
Cambridge University: Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics

September 1995 - September 1996
Cornell University: Physics Department

Summer 1995
Stanford University: Chemistry Department

Summer 1989
DuPont CR & D

 

Research Interests

Specialties
Nonequilibrium statistical mechanics, complex fluids, theoretical biophysics, lattice models of nucleation and random media. Applied mathematics and modeling of multiscale transport problems and wave propagation. Biomaterial modeling of the eye. HIV fusion, entry, transport, and replication kinetics.

 

Awards and Grants

2004 - 2009 NSF DMS-0349195
2004 - 2009 NIH K25AI058672
2002 - 2005 NSF DMS-0206733
1998 - 2001 NSF Mathematics Research Fellowship, DMS-9804370
1989 - 1992 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
1992 - 1993 Merit Fellow, Harvard University
1990 Russell Scholarship, Harvard University
1989 Alpha Chi Sigma Award in Chemistry, M.I.T.

 

Affiliations and Activities

1989 - present: American Physical Society, member
1998 - present: Biophysical Society, member
Reviewer for Physical Review, Physics of Fluids, Journal of Fluid Mechanics

 


  Contact Info:

 

Mail:

Dept. of Biomathematics
University of California Los Angeles
CHS AV-611
Los Angeles
CA 90095-1766

 

Phone:

email : tomchou (at) ucla (dot) edu
Lab    : (310)-206-2787
Fax    : (310)-825-8685