Fereydoon Family
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Fereydoon Family is a leading Persian
physicist in the field of nanotechnology
and solid-state physics
. He is currently Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Physics and member
of the Emerson Center for Scientific Computation at Emory University
in Atlanta
, Georgia
He is an elected fellow of The American Physical Society
, and recipient of the Southeastern Section of the American Physical Society’s highest honor, the J. W. Beams Award,
in 1968 and his Ph.D in physics
at Clark University
in 1974. He also has been a Visiting Scientist at the Institute for Theoretical
Physics at the University of California at Santa Barbara and Visiting Associate Professor of Chemistry at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
.
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
physicist in the field of nanotechnology
Nanotechnology
Nanotechnology is the study of manipulating matter on an atomic and molecular scale. Generally, nanotechnology deals with developing materials, devices, or other structures possessing at least one dimension sized from 1 to 100 nanometres...
and solid-state physics
Solid-state physics
Solid-state physics is the study of rigid matter, or solids, through methods such as quantum mechanics, crystallography, electromagnetism, and metallurgy. It is the largest branch of condensed matter physics. Solid-state physics studies how the large-scale properties of solid materials result from...
. He is currently Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Physics and member
of the Emerson Center for Scientific Computation at Emory University
Emory University
Emory University is a private research university in metropolitan Atlanta, located in the Druid Hills section of unincorporated DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. The university was founded as Emory College in 1836 in Oxford, Georgia by a small group of Methodists and was named in honor of...
in Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...
, Georgia
Georgia (U.S. state)
Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788...
He is an elected fellow of The American Physical Society
American Physical Society
The American Physical Society is the world's second largest organization of physicists, behind the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft. The Society publishes more than a dozen scientific journals, including the world renowned Physical Review and Physical Review Letters, and organizes more than 20...
, and recipient of the Southeastern Section of the American Physical Society’s highest honor, the J. W. Beams Award,
Biography
He received his B. S. Degree in Physics from Worcester Polytechnic InstituteWorcester Polytechnic Institute
Worcester Polytechnic Institute is a private university located in Worcester, Massachusetts, in the United States.Founded in 1865 in Worcester, WPI was one of the United States' first engineering and technology universities...
in 1968 and his Ph.D in physics
Physics
Physics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...
at Clark University
Clark University
Clark University is a private research university and liberal arts college in Worcester, Massachusetts.Founded in 1887, it is the oldest educational institution founded as an all-graduate university. Clark now also educates undergraduates...
in 1974. He also has been a Visiting Scientist at the Institute for Theoretical
Physics at the University of California at Santa Barbara and Visiting Associate Professor of Chemistry at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...
.
Journal articles
He has published 161 scientific papers, almost all of them in high-ranking peer-reviewed journals; The most heavily cited was cited as many as 547 times. The ten most frequently cited are:- Family F, Vicsek T, Scaling of the Active Zone in the Eden Process on Percolation Networks and the Ballistic Deposition Model Journal of Physics A-Mathematical and General 18 (2): L75-L81 1985' (Times Cited: 547)
- Vicsek T, Family F, Dynamic Scaling for Aggregation of Clusters Physical Review Letters 52 (19): 1669-1672 1984 (Times Cited: 289)
- Family F, Dynamic Scaling and Phase-Transitions in Interface Growth Physica A 168 (1): 561-580 Sep 1 1990 (Times Cited: 259)
- Family F, Scaling of Rough Surfaces - Effects of Surface-Diffusion "Journal of Physics A-Mathematical and General 19 (8): L441-L446 Jun 1 1986 (Times Cited: 252)
- Amar g, Family F, Critical Cluster-Size - Island Morphology and Size Distribution in Submonolayer Epitaxial-Growth Physical Review Letters 74 (11): 2066-2069 Mar 13 1995 (Times Cited: 213)
- Meakin P, Vicsek T, Family F, Dynamic Cluster-Size Distribution in Cluster-Cluster Aggregation - Effects of Cluster Diffusivity Physical Review B 31 (1): 564-569 1985 (Times Cited: 206)
- Amar J, Family F, Lam P, Dynamic Scaling of the Island-Size Distribution and Percolation in a Model of Submonolayer Molecular-Beam Epitaxy Physical Review B 50 (12): 8781-8797 Sep 15 1994 (Times Cited: 175 )
- Amar J, Family F, Numerical-Solution of A Continuum Equation for Interface Growth in 2+1 Dimensions Physical Review A 41 (6): 3399-3402 Mar 15 1990 (Times Cited: 137)
- Family F, Meakin P, Scaling of the Droplet-Size Distribution in Vapor-Deposited Thin-Films Physical Review Letters 61 (4): 428-431 Jul 25 1988 (Times Cited: 133)
- Family F, Meakin P, Deutch J, Kinetics of Coagulation with Fragmentation - Scaling Behavior and Fluctuations Physical Review Letters 57 (6): 727-730 Aug 11 1986 (Times Cited: 127)
- Gould H, Family F, Stanley H, Kinetics of Formation of Randomly Branched Aggregates - A Renormalization-Group Approach Physical Review Letters 50 (9): 686-689 1983 (Times Cited: 122)
Books on Physics
- Kinetics of Aggregation and Gelation, (North-Holland, Amsterdam), 1984. (cited 115 times according to Google Scholar)
- Dynamics of Fractal Surfaces, (World Scientific, Singapore), 1991. (Cited 284 times according to Google Scholar)
- Fractal Aspects of Materials, (Materials Research Society, Pittsburgh), 1995.
- Scaling and Disordered Systems, (World-Scientific, Singapore), 2002.
- Challenges In Computational Statistical Physics In The 21st Century, Proceedings of STATPHYS satellite conference, (Special Issue of Computer Physics Communications, 2002).
- Dynamics and Friction in the Submicrometer Confining Systems, (American Chemical Society, Washington, DC) 2004.