Boris Yakobson
Karl F. Hasselmann Professor, Materials Science and NanoEngineering
Dr. Yakobson is the Karl F. Hasselmann Chair in Engineering. Dr. Yakobson holds a joint appointment between the Department of Materials Science and NanoEngineering and the Department of Chemistry. In 2008, Yakobson received a Nano 50 Award from the science magazine, Nanotech Briefs, for his innovation in nanotechnology, and in 2009, the Department of Energy R&D Award. He received his Ph.D. in 1982 from the Russian Academy of Sciences. Dr. Yakobson is an editorial board member of the Journal of Nanoparticle Research and a member of the American Physical Society and the Electrochemical Society.
Karl F. Hasselmann was a pioneer in offshore oil and gas exploration and a philanthropist. Hasselmann was a close friends with Malcolm Lovett Sr., Chairman of the Rice Board of Trustees from 1967-1972.
Research Areas
Dr. Yakobson's research interests are in theory and modeling of structure, kinetics, and properties of materials derived from macroscopic and fundamental molecular interactions. He has done ground-breaking work on the physical properties of nanotubes, in particular their electro-mechanics, and recently with graphene and graphane.
Education
1982 PhD in Chemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences
1976 B.S. in Physics & Applied Mathematics, Novosibirsk University
Teaching Areas
Theory of Materials
Condensed Matter
Computational Nanoscale Mechanics
Physical Properties of Solids
Honors & Awards
2019: Outstanding Faculty Research Award, School of Engineering, Rice University
2008: Nano 50 Innovator Award, Nanotech Briefs
2008: Department of Energy, R & D Award
