Faculty Profile

Eric M. Furst

William H. Severns Jr. Distinguished Chair of Chemical Engineering

Education

Post-Doctorate – 2001 Institut Curie, Paris, France
Doctorate – 2000 Stanford University
Masters – 1996 Stanford University
Bachelors – 1995 Carnegie Mellon University

About Eric M. Furst

Eric M. Furst is the William H. Severns Jr. Distinguished Chair of Chemical Engineering at the University of Delaware. An internationally recognized expert in colloid science, rheology, and interfacial phenomena, he has authored over 135 peer-reviewed publications, editorials, and reviews and the book Microrheology (Oxford University Press). His research spans fundamental studies of soft matter to applied problems in biomaterials, complex fluids, and nanostructured materials, earning honors including the NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal and fellowships in AAAS, ACS, and the Society of Rheology. Furst is a sought-after lecturer at leading universities, research institutes, and industry. He is also deeply committed to mentoring, having supervised more than two dozen Ph.D. graduates and numerous postdoctoral and undergraduate researchers. Furst currently serves as Treasurer of the American Institute of Physics.

Select Publications

For a complete listing of publications, please view the Full CV.

E. M. Furst and T. M. Squires, “Microrheology,” Oxford University Press, New York (2017)
Francesco Bonacci, Xavier Chateau, Eric M. Furst, Jennifer Fusier, Julie Goyon, and Anaël Lemaître, “Contact and macroscopic aging in dense colloidal suspensions,” Nat. Mater., 19, 775–780 (2020)
Kathryn A. Whitaker, Lilian Hsiao, Zsigmond Varga, Michael J. Solomon, James W. Swan, and Eric M. Furst, “Colloidal gel elasticity arises from the packing of locally glassy clusters,” Nat. Comm., 10, 2237 (2019)
H. Kim,Y. Cang, E. Kang, B. Graczykowski, M. Secchi, M. Montagna, R. D. Priestley, E. M. Furst, and G. Fytas, “Direct observation of polymer surface mobility via nanoparticle vibrations”, Nature Comm., 9, 2918 (2018)
M. A. Woldeyes, W. Qi, V. Razinkov, E. M. Furst, and C. J. Roberts, “How well do low- and high-concentration protein interactions predict solution viscosities of monodonal antibodies?”, J. Pharm. Sci., 108, 142–154 (2019)
K. Nagy-Smith, P. J. Beltramo, E. Moore, R. Tycko, E. M. Furst, and J. P. Schneider, “Molecular, local, and network-level basis for the enhanced stiffness of hydrogel networks formed from co-assembled racemic peptides: Predictions from Pauling and Corey”, ACS Central Science, 3, 586–597, (2017)
P. J. Beltramo, D. Schneider, G. Fytas and E. M. Furst, “Anisotropic hypersonic phonon propagation in films of aligned ellipsoids”, Phys. Rev. Lett., 113, 205503, (2014)
J. W. Swan, P. A. Vasquez, P. A. Whitson, E. M. Fincke, K. Wakata, S. H. Magnus, F. De Winne, M. R. Barratt, J. H. Agui, R. D. Green, N. R. Hall, D. Y. Bohman, C. T. Bunnell, A. P. Gast and E. M. Furst, “Multi-scale kinetics of a field-directed colloidal phase transition”, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 109, 16023–16028, (2012)
M. Grzelczak, J. Vermant, E. M. Furst and L. M. Liz-Marzan, “Directed self-assembly of nanoparticles”,ACS Nano4, 3591-3605, (2010)
T. H. Larsen and E. M. Furst, “Microrheology of the liquid-solid transition during gelation”,Phys. Rev. Lett.100, 146001, (2008)

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Awards

For a complete listing of awards, please view the Full CV.

Chaire Joliot, Ecole Superieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles (ESPCI), Paris: 2014
Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal (NASA: 2014)
Fellow (American Chemical Society: 2014)
Top Application from the International Space Station (American Astronautical Society: 2013)
Distinguished Lindsay Lecture (Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University: 2013)
Soft Matter Lectureship Award: 2013
Excellence in Undergraduate Advising and Mentoring Award (University of Delaware: 2013)
Senior Thesis Mentor Award (University of Delaware: 2013)
Chaire Joliot Visiting Professor, Laboratoire PMMH, ESPCI, Paris: 2010
Invited Participant (National Academy of Engineering Frontiers of Engineering: 2009)

Research Areas

Colloid and polymer physics, microrheology, active and non-linear microrheology, controlled delivery of therapeutics, cell biophysics, complex fluid structure and rheology, particulate gels, directed self-assembly.