{{short description|Israeli theoretical physicist|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Infobox scientist | name = David Andelman | native_name = דוד אנדלמן | native_name_lang = he | image = David_Andelman_6-9-2012.jpg | image_size = 200px | caption = David Andelman | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|10|17|df=y}} | birth_place = Bucharest, Romania | death_date = | death_place = | thesis_title = Multi-critical phenomena in systems with quenched and annealed impurities | thesis_year = 1983 | fields = Soft Condensed Matter<br />Biological Physics | workplaces = Tel Aviv University | alma_mater = MIT | doctoral_advisor = Nihat Berker | awards = Humboldt Prize<br />Bourke Award | website = {{URL|www.tau.ac.il/~andelman}} }}
'''David Andelman''', ({{langx|he|דוד אנדלמן}}; born 17 October 1955) is an Israeli theoretical physicist best known for his contributions to soft matter and biophysics.
== Academic background == Andelman is the Moyses Nussenzveig Professor<ref>{{cite web| title = Endowed Chairs, School of Physics & Astronomy, Tel Aviv University| url=https://physics.tau.ac.il/node/1787/chairs_institutions}}</ref> of Statistical Physics at the School of Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel Aviv University. He received his PhD in 1984 in physics from MIT, and then spent one year (1984–85) as a Joliot Curie Fellow at Collège de France in Paris under the direction of Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, and two years (1985–87) as a post-doctoral fellow at Exxon Research Corporate Laboratories (now CSR, ExxonMobil) in Clinton, New Jersey. In 1987, he joined the faculty of Tel Aviv University and between 2011 and 2015, he served as the chairman<ref>{{cite web| title = Heads of School, School of Physics & Astronomy, Tel Aviv University| url=https://physics.tau.ac.il/shcool_history}}</ref> of its School of Physics and Astronomy.
== Research == Andelman uses theories and models from physics to study soft condensed matter and biological physics systems at the molecular scale. In recent years, his interests are devoted to the understanding of electrostatic effects in soft and bio matter: ionic solutions (electrolytes), charge polymers (polyelectrolytes) and charged biomembranes. Another venue of research is dedicated to directed self-assembly of block copolymers, their patterns and applications in nanolithography.<ref>{{Cite web |title=David Andelman |url=https://scholar.google.fr/citations?user=CIzMA4sAAAAJ&hl=fr |access-date=2024-10-01 |website=scholar.google.fr}}</ref>
Andelman served on the editorial boards of several journals including: European Physical Journal E, Soft Matter, Soft Materials (Taylor & Francis), European Biophysical Journal. He is the co-editor of several book series on Soft and Biological Matter.<ref>{{cite web|title = Book series on Soft Condensed Matter|publisher=World Scientific|editor=D. Andelman and G. Reiter|url = http://www.worldscientific.com/series/sscm}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=D. Andelman, co-editor, Book series on Soft and Biological Matter Series|publisher=Springer Publishing|url = https://www.springer.com/series/10783}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title = Soft Condensed Matter Physics in Molecular and Cell Biology|publisher=CRC Press|year=2006|editor=W.C.K. Poon and D. Andelman|url = https://www.crcpress.com/Soft-Condensed-Matter-Physics-in-Molecular-and-Cell-Biology/Poon-Andelman/9780750310239}}</ref>
== Awards == Andelman is a fellow<ref>{{cite web| title = Fellows of the American Physical Society | url=http://www.aps.org/programs/honors/fellowships/archive-all.cfm?initial=&year=2004&unit_id=&institution=Tel+Aviv+University}}</ref> of the American Physical Society, recipient of the Bourke Award<ref>{{cite web| title = Bourke Award, Royal Society of Chemistry | url = http://www.rsc.org/ScienceAndTechnology/Awards/BourkeAward/PreviousWinners.asp}}</ref> (2003, Royal Society of Chemistry), Paris-Sciences Chair (2005, ESPCI ParisTech) and the Humboldt Prize<ref>{{cite web| title = Humboldt Prize, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation | url = https://www.humboldt-foundation.de/pls/web/pub_hn_query.humboldtianer_details?p_externe_id=7000166961&p_lang=en&p_pattern=andelman}}</ref> (2002, Germany). He was A "Henri de Rothschild fellow" (1993, Curie Institute, Paris), Yamada fellow (1991, Japan) and JSPS fellow (1997, 2002, Japan).
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== External links == * [http://www.tau.ac.il/~andelman David Andelman] home page at [https://english.tau.ac.il/ Tel Aviv University] * [https://arxiv.org/find/cond-mat/1/au:+Andelman_D/0/1/0/all/0/1 David Andelman associated articles] at arXiv.org
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Andelman, David}} Category:Romanian emigrants to Israel Category:1955 births Category:Israeli physicists Category:Scientists from Bucharest Category:Tel Aviv University alumni Category:Collège de France Category:Academic staff of Tel Aviv University Category:Living people Category:Fellows of the American Physical Society