{"id":213,"date":"2011-12-13T20:47:24","date_gmt":"2011-12-14T01:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/iacovella\/?page_id=213"},"modified":"2023-03-07T16:35:26","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T21:35:26","slug":"curriculum-vitae","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/my.dev.vanderbilt.edu\/iacovella\/curriculum-vitae\/","title":{"rendered":"Curriculum Vitae"},"content":{"rendered":"<address>Christopher R. Iacovella<\/address>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<address>\u00a0<\/address>\n<p><strong>Current Position:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Research Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Vanderbilt University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Education:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, 2009<\/li>\n<li>B.S. (with Distinction, Summa Cum Laude), Chemical Engineering, University at Buffalo, 2003<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Professional Experience:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Research Assistant Professor, <\/em>2012-current, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Sponsors \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/engineering.vanderbilt.edu\/ChemicalAndBiomolecularEngineering\/FacultyResearch\/FacultyDirectory\/PeterCummings.aspx\">Peter T. Cummings<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/engineering.vanderbilt.edu\/ChemicalAndBiomolecularEngineering\/FacultyResearch\/FacultyDirectory\/ClareMcCabe.aspx\">Clare McCabe<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>Postdoctoral Research Associate<\/em>, 2009-2012, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Advisor \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/engineering.vanderbilt.edu\/ChemicalAndBiomolecularEngineering\/FacultyResearch\/FacultyDirectory\/PeterCummings.aspx\">Peter T. Cummings<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>Visiting Junior Scientist<\/em>, 2011, Institute for Condensed Matter Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Host \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.icmp.lviv.ua\/en\/people\/kalyuzhnyi-yurii\">Yura Kalyuzhnyi<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>Graduate Student Researcher<\/em>, 2003-2009, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Advisor \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/che.engin.umich.edu\/people\/glotzer.html\">Sharon C. Glotzer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><em>Research Aide<\/em>, 2002-2003, Department of Chemical Engineering, University at Buffalo, Advisor \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbe.buffalo.edu\/people\/full_time\/d_kofke.php\">David A. Kofke<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Fellowships, Awards, and Honors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship, University of Michigan, 2008-2009<\/li>\n<li>Distinguished Academic Achievement and Leadership in Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, 2008<\/li>\n<li>Exploratory\/seed grant to improve the ChE undergraduate program, University of Michigan, 2007-2008<\/li>\n<li>Rackham Travel Grant to attend the American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008<\/li>\n<li>Department of Education GAANN Fellowship, 2005-2006<\/li>\n<li>Finalist in Materials Research Society \u201cScience as Art\u201d competition, 2005<\/li>\n<li>NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention, 2004 and 2005<\/li>\n<li>College of Engineering Named Fellowship, University of Michigan, 2003-2004<\/li>\n<li>Senior Fellowship, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, University at Buffalo, 2003<\/li>\n<li>University Honors Program Fellowship, University at Buffalo, 1999-2003<\/li>\n<li>Service Excellence Award, University at Buffalo, 2002<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Teaching Experience:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pty.vanderbilt.edu\/students\/vsa\/vsa-2013\/vsa1\/#5\">Vanderbilt Summer Academy<\/a>, <em>Course in Nanotechnology<\/em> <strong><em>(2013) <\/em><\/strong><em>\u2014 Guest Instructor<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"cybercamp\" href=\"https:\/\/huggins.vuse.vanderbilt.edu\/cybercamp\/\" target=\"_blank\">Vanderbilt Molecular Simulation Cybercamp<\/a>, Vanderbilt University, 2011-2021&#8211; Instructor<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"UM course descriptions\" href=\"http:\/\/che.engin.umich.edu\/courses\" target=\"_blank\">ChE 341 Fluid Mechanics<\/a>, University of Michigan, 2007 &#8212; Graduate Student Instructor<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"EAS 230\" href=\"http:\/\/undergrad-catalog.buffalo.edu\/coursedescriptions\/index.php?frm_abbr=EAS&amp;frm_num=230\" target=\"_blank\">EAS 230 Programming for Engineers<\/a>, University at Buffalo, 2001-2002 &#8212; Teaching Assistant<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Additional Teaching Involvement:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/scientific_computing\/courses.php\">CHBE 285: Molecular Simulation<\/a>, Vanderbilt University &#8212; Developed simulation codes for virtual labs<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"http:\/\/che.engin.umich.edu\/courses\/index.html\" href=\"http:\/\/che.engin.umich.edu\/courses\/index.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">ChE 230: Introduction to Thermodynamics<\/a>, University of Michigan &#8212; Developed and coordinated virtual labs, guest lecturer on molecular simulation<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"http:\/\/che.engin.umich.edu\/courses\/index.html\" href=\"http:\/\/che.engin.umich.edu\/courses\/index.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">ChE 496: Molecular Engineering<\/a>, University of Michigan &#8212; Developed and coordinated virtual labs<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"http:\/\/che.engin.umich.edu\/courses\/index.html\" href=\"http:\/\/che.engin.umich.edu\/courses\/index.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">MSE 557 \/ ChE 557: Computational Nanoscience of Soft Matter<\/a>, University of Michigan &#8212; Unofficial Teaching Assistant, developed and coordinated virtual labs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Book Chapters: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Iacovella CR, Klein C, Sallai J,\u00a0Ismail AE,\u00a0<strong>(2016) <\/strong>\u201cValidation of Computational Models and Codes\u201d contributed to \u201cIntroduction to Scientific and Technical Computing\u201d (edited by C. Colina, F. Willmore, and E.R. Jankowski)<\/li>\n<li>Iacovella CR, Glotzer SC, <strong>(2015)<\/strong> \u201cAssemblies of Polymer-Based Nanoscopic Objects\u201d contributed to \u201cMaterials Science and Materials Engineering\u201d (edited by Sam Mahfoudh &amp; Mike Nicholls)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>C.R. Iacovella, S.C. Glotzer, <strong>(2012) <\/strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Assemblies of Polymer-Based Nanoscopic Objects<\/span> contributed to the volume \u201cPolymer Nanostructures\u201d (edited by T. Russell and E. Kumacheva) as part of the book series \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Polymer-Science-Comprehensive-Reference-Volume\/dp\/0444533494\">Comprehensive Polymer Science<\/a>\u201d (organized by K. Matyjaszewski and M. M\u00f6ller)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Journal Publications:<\/strong> ( current h-index = 21, 55 peer reviewed publications )<\/p>\n<pre><em>Vanderbilt University (post-graduate work):\r\n\u00a0<\/em><\/pre>\n<ul>\n<li>Shamaprasad P, Frame CO, Moore TC, Yang AH, Iacovella CR, Bouwstra JA, Bunge AL, McCabe C <strong>(2022)\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S016378272200039X\">Using Molecular Simulation to Understand the Skin Barrier<\/a>\u00a0<em>Progress in Lipid Research, 88, 101184<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Shamaprasad P, Moore TC, Via D, Iacovella CR, Bunge AL, McCabe C\u00a0<strong>(2022)\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1021\/acs.langmuir.2c00471\">Multiscale Simulation of Ternary Stratum Corneum Lipid Mixtures: Effects of Cholesterol Composition<\/a><em>\u00a0Langmuir 38, 24, 7496-7511<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Quach CD, Gilmer JB, Pert D, Mason-Hogans A, Iacovella CR, Cummings PT, McCabe C\u00a0<strong>(2022)\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/aip.scitation.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1063\/5.0080838\">High-Throughput Screening of Tribological Properties of Monolayer Films using Molecular Dynamics and Machine Learning<\/a>\u00a0<em>Journal of Chemical Physics, 156, 15, 154902<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Cummings PT, McCabe C, Iacovella CR, Ledeczi, A, Jankowski E, Jayaraman A, Palmer JC, Maginn EJ, Glotzer SC, Anderson JA, Siepmann JI, Potoff J, Matsumoto RA, Gilmer JB, Dever RS, Singh R, Crawford B<strong> (2021)\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/aiche.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/aic.17206\">Open-Source Molecular Modeling Software in Chemical Engineering Focusing on the Molecular Simulation Design Framework<\/a>\u00a0AIChE J. 2021; 67:e17206<\/li>\n<li>Craven NC, Gilmer JB, Spindel CJ, Summers AZ, Iacovella CR, McCabe C\u00a0<strong>(2021)\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/aip.scitation.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1063\/5.0032658\">Examining the Self-Assembly of Patchy Alkane-Grafted Silica Nanoparticles using Molecular Simulation<\/a>,\u00a0<em>The Journal of Chemical Physics, 154, 3, 034903<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Thompson MW, Gilmer JB, Matsumoto RA, Quach CD, Shamaprasad P, Yang AH, Iacovella CR, McCabe C, Cummings PT\u00a0<strong>(2020)<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/00268976.2020.1742938\">Towards Molecular Simulations that are Transparent, Reproducible, Usable by Others, and Extensible (TRUE)<\/a>,\u00a0<em>Molecular Physics 118, 9-10, e1742938<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Yang AH, Moore TC, Iacovella CR, Thompson M, Moore DJ, McCabe C\u00a0<strong>(2020)\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1021\/acs.jpcb.0c00490\">Examining Tail and Headgroup Effects on Binary and Ternary Gel-Phase Lipid Bilayer Structure<\/a>\u00a0<em>J. Phys. Chem. B. 124, 15, 3043-3053<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Summers AZ, Gilmer JB, Iacovella CR, Cummings PT, McCabe C\u00a0<strong>(2020)\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1021\/acs.jctc.9b01183\">MoSDeF, a Python Framework Enabling Large-Scale Computational Screening of Soft Matter: Application to Chemistry-Propery Relationships in Lubricating Monolayer Films<\/a>,\u00a0<em>J. Chem. Theory Comput.,\u00a016,3,1779-1793<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Summers\u00a0AZ, Iacovella CR, Cane OM,\u00a0Cummings PT,\u00a0McCabe C\u00a0<strong>(2019)<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acs.jctc.8b01269\">A Transferable, Multi-Resolution Coarse-Grained Model for Amorphous Silica Nanoparticles<\/a>, <em>J. Chem. Theory Comput., <span class=\"cit-year-info\">2019<\/span><span class=\"cit-volume\">, 15<\/span><span class=\"cit-issue\">, 5<\/span><span class=\"cit-pageRange\">, 3260-3271<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li>Klein C, Summers AZ, Thompson MW, Gilmer JB, McCabe C, Cummings PT, Sallai J, Iacovella CR\u00a0<strong>(2019)<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0927025619303040\">Formalizing Atom-typing and the Dissemination of Force Fields with Foyer<\/a>, <em>Computational Materials Science,\u00a0167, 215-227<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Black JE, Summers AZ, Iacovella CR, Cummings PT, McCabe CM\u00a0<strong>(2019)<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/2079-4991\/9\/4\/639\">Investigation of the Impact of Cross-Polymerization on the Structural and Frictional Properties of Alkylsilane Monolayers Using Molecular Simulation<\/a>,\u00a0<em>Nanomaterials, <\/em>9(4), 639<\/li>\n<li>Hartkamp R, Moore TC, Iacovella CR, Thompson MA, Bulsara PA, Moore DJ, McCabe C\u00a0<strong>(2018)<\/strong> The Composition-Dependence of Water Permeation Across Multicomponent Gel-Phase Bilayers, <em>J. Phys. Chem. B., <span class=\"citation_volume\">122<\/span> (12), pp 3113\u20133123<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Moore TC, Hartkamp R, Iacovella CR, Bunge AL, McCabe C\u00a0<strong>(2018)<\/strong>\u00a0The Influence of Ceramide Tail Length on the Structure of Bilayers Composed of Stratum Corneum Lipids, <em>Biophysical Journal,\u00a0<\/em>114(1) pp113-125<\/li>\n<li>Thompson MW, Dyatkin B, Wang H, Turner CH, Sang X, Unocic RR, Iacovella CR, Gogotsi Y, van Duin ACT, Cummings PT,\u00a0<strong>(2017)<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/2311-5629\/3\/4\/32\">An Atomistic Carbide-Derived Carbon Model Generated Using ReaxFF-Based Quenched Molecular Dynamics<\/a>, C3(4), 32<\/li>\n<li>Summers AZ, Iacovella CR, Cummings PT, McCabe C,\u00a0<strong>(2017)\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1021\/acs.langmuir.7b02479\">Investigating Alkylsilane Monolayer Tribology at a Single-Asperity Contact with Molecular Dynamics Simulation<\/a>,\u00a0<em>Langmuir,\u00a0<\/em>33\u00a0(42), pp 11270\u201311280<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>Moore TC, Iacovella CR, Leonhard A, Bunge AL, McCabe C,\u00a0<strong>(2017)<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0006291X17318004\">Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Stratum Corneum Lipid Mixtures: A Multiscale Perspective<\/a>,\u00a0<em>Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications,\u00a0498, 2<\/em>, 313-318<\/li>\n<li>Black JE, Silva GMC, Klein C, Iacovella CR, Morgado P, Martins LFG, Filipe EJM, McCabe C,\u00a0<strong>(2017)\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1021\/acs.jpcb.7b00891\">Perfluoropolyethers: Development of an All-Atom Force Field for Molecular Simulations and Validation with New Experimental Vapor Pressures and Liquid Densities,<\/a><em> The Journal of Physical Chemistry B,\u00a0<\/em>121, pp 6588-6600<\/li>\n<li>Hartkamp R, Moore TC, Iacovella CR, Thompson MA, Bulsara PA, Moore DJ, McCabe C, \u00a0<strong>(2016)\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1021\/acs.jpcb.6b10192\">Structural Properties of Phospholipid-Based Bilayers With Long Chain Alcohol Molecules in the Gel Phase<\/a>, <em>The Journal of Physical Chemistry B<\/em>,\u00a0120, pp12863-12871<\/li>\n<li>Moore TC, Iacovella CR, Hartkamp R, McCabe C,\u00a0<strong>(2016)\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/pubsdc3.acs.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1021\/acs.jpcb.6b08046\">A Coarse-Grained Model of Stratum Corneum Lipids: Free Fatty Acids and Ceramide NS<\/a>,\u00a0<em>The Journal of Physical Chemistry B,\u00a0<\/em>120, pp 9944-9958<\/li>\n<li>Hartkamp R, Moore TC, Iacovella CR, Thompson MA, Bulsara PA, Moore DJ, McCabe C,\u00a0<strong>(2016)<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cell.com\/biophysj\/abstract\/S0006-3495(16)30579-3\">Investigating the Structure of Multicomponent Gel-Phase Lipid Bilayers<\/a>,\u00a0<em> Biophysical Journal,<\/em> 111, pp 1-11, cover<\/li>\n<li>Roussell WL, Klein C, Iacovella CR, McCabe C, Cummings PT, <strong>(2016)<\/strong> Characterizing the Backbone Dynamics and Hydration Structure of poly(2-methacryloyloxyethyl phosphorylcholine) in Dilute Aqueous Solution via Molecular Dynamics Simulation, <em>Young Scientist<\/em>,\u00a0May 2016-\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youngscientistjournal.org\/article\/molecular-origins-of-the-ultra-low-friction-exhibited-by-biocompatible-zwitterionic-polymer-brushes\">https:\/\/www.youngscientistjournal.org\/article\/molecular-origins-of-the-ultra-low-friction-exhibited-by-biocompatible-zwitterionic-polymer-brushes<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Summers AZ, Iacovella CR, \u00a0Billingsley MR, Arnold ST, \u00a0Cummings PT, McCabe C\u00a0<strong>(2016) <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1021\/acs.langmuir.5b03862?journalCode=langd5\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Influence of Surface Morphology on the Shear-Induced Wear of Alkylsilane Monolayers: Molecular Dynamics Study<\/span>,<\/a> <em>Langmuir<\/em>, 32(10), pp 2348-2359<\/li>\n<li>Klein C, Sallai J, Jones TJ, Iacovella CR, McCabe C, Cummings PT\u00a0<strong>(2016) <\/strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">A <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1007\/978-981-10-1128-3_5\">Hierarchical, Component Based Approach to Screening Properties of Soft Matter<\/a><\/span>,\u00a0\u00a0<em>Molecular Modeling and Simulation:\u00a0 Applications and Perspectives<\/em>, <em>Foundations of Molecular Modeling and Simulation<\/em>,\u00a0pp 79-92<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Moore TC, Iacovella CR, McCabe C <strong>(2016) <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1007\/978-981-10-1128-3_3\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Development of a Coarse-grained Water Forcefield via Multistate Iterative Boltzmann Inversion<\/span><\/a>, <em>Molecular Modeling and Simulation:\u00a0 Applications and Perspectives<\/em>, <em>Foundations of Molecular Modeling and Simulation<\/em>,\u00a0pp 37-52<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px;line-height: 1.3\">Haley JD, Iacovella CR, Cummings PT, McCabe C <\/span><strong>(2015) <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/scitation.aip.org\/content\/aip\/journal\/jcp\/143\/5\/10.1063\/1.4927819\">Examining the Aggregation Behavior of Polymer Grafted Nanoparticles using Molecular Simulation and Theory<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 13px;line-height: 1.3\">,<\/span><em>The\u00a0Journal of Chemical Physics, <\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;line-height: 1.3\">143, pp 054904<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px;line-height: 1.3\">Gai L, Iacovella CR, McCabe C, Cummings PT <\/span><strong>(2015) <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/scitation.aip.org\/content\/aip\/journal\/jcp\/143\/5\/10.1063\/1.4927710\">Examination of the Phase Transition Behavior of Nanoconfined Fluids by Statistical Temperature Molecular Dynamics<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 13px;line-height: 1.3\">, <\/span><em>The\u00a0Journal of Chemical Physics, <\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;line-height: 1.3\">143, pp 054504<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px;line-height: 1.3\">Klein C, Iacovella CR, McCabe C, Cummings PT <\/span><strong>(2015) <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/pubs.rsc.org\/en\/content\/articlelanding\/2015\/sm\/c4sm02883j#!divAbstract\">Tunable Transition from Hydration to Monomer-Supported Lubrication in Zwitterionic Monolayers Revealed by Molecular Dynamics Simulation<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 13px;line-height: 1.3\">, <\/span><em>Soft Matter, <\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;line-height: 1.3\">11, pp 3340-3346<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Black J, Iacovella CR, Cummings PT, McCabe C,\u00a0<strong>(2015) <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1021\/la5049858\">Molecular Dynamics Study of Alkylsilane Monolayers on Realistic Amorphous Silica Surfaces<\/a>,\u00a0<em>Langmuir, <\/em>31\u00a0(10), pp 3086\u20133093<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px;line-height: 1.3\">Moore TC, Iacovella CR, McCabe C, <\/span><strong>(2014) <\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 13px;line-height: 1.3\">\u201c<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/scitation.aip.org\/content\/aip\/journal\/jcp\/140\/22\/10.1063\/1.4880555\">Derivation of Coarse-grained Potentials via Multistate Iterative Boltzmann Inversion<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 13px;line-height: 1.3\">\u201d, <\/span><em>The\u00a0Journal of Chemical Physics<\/em><span style=\"font-size: 13px;line-height: 1.3\">, 140, 224104<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>French WR,\u00a0Pervaje A, Santos A, Iacovella CR, Cummings PT,\u00a0<strong>(2013) <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1021\/ct400885z\">Probing the Statistical Validity of the Ductile-to-Brittle Transition in Metallic Nanowires using GPU Computing<\/a><em>, <\/em><em>Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation<\/em>, 9 (12), pp\u00a05558\u20135566<\/li>\n<li>Guo S, Moore TC, Iacovella CR, Strickland LA, McCabe C,\u00a0<strong>(2013)<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1021\/ct400431e\" target=\"_blank\">Simulation Study of the Structure and Phase Behavior of Ceramide Bilayers and the Role of Lipid Head Group Chemistry<\/a>,\u00a0<em>Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation<\/em>, 9\u00a0(11), pp 5116\u20135126<\/li>\n<li>Morgado P, Black J, Lewis JB, Iacovella CR, McCabe C, Martins LFG, Filipe EJM\u00a0<strong>(2013) <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/j.fluid.2013.07.060\">Viscosity of liquid systems involving hydrogenated and fluorinated substances: liquid mixtures of (n-hexane + Perfluorohexane)<\/a>,\u00a0<em>Fluid Phase Equilibria,<\/em> 358 (25), pp 161-165<\/li>\n<li>Gai L, Vogel T, Maerzke K, Iacovella CR, Landau D, Cummings PT, McCabe C\u00a0<strong>(2013)<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/link.aip.org\/link\/doi\/10.1063\/1.4816520\" target=\"_blank\">Examining the phase transition behavior of amphiphilic lipids in solution using statistical temperature molecular dynamics and replica-exchange Wang-Landau methods<\/a>,\u00a0<em>The Journal of Chemical Physics,<\/em> 139, 054505<\/li>\n<li>French WR, Iacovella CR, Rungger I, Souza A, Sanvito S, Cummings PT\u00a0<strong>(2013) <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/pubs.rsc.org\/en\/content\/articlelanding\/2013\/nr\/c3nr00459g\">Atomistic Simulations of Highly Conductive Molecular Transport Junctions Under Realistic Conditions<\/a>,\u00a0<em>Nanoscale<\/em>, 5 pp 3654-3659<\/li>\n<li>French WR, Iacovella CR, Rungger I, Souza A, Sanvito S, Cummings PT\u00a0<strong>(2013) <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1021\/jz4001104\">Structural Origins of Conductance Fluctuations in Gold-Thiolate Molecular Transport Junctions<\/a>,\u00a0<em>Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters<\/em>, 4 pp\u00a0887\u2013891<\/li>\n<li>Iacovella CR, Varga G, Sallai J, Mukherjee S, Ledeczi A, Cummings PT\u00a0<strong>(2013) <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1007\/s00214-012-1315-7\">A Model-integrated Computing Approach to Nanomaterials Simulation<\/a>,\u00a0<em>Theoretical Chemistry Accounts<\/em>, 132:1315<\/li>\n<li>Wan L, Iacovella CR, Nguyen T, Docherty H, Cummings PT\u00a0<strong>(2012) <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/link.aps.org\/doi\/10.1103\/PhysRevB.86.214105\">Confined fluid and the fluid-solid transition: The evidence from free energy calculations<\/a><em>, Physical Review B<\/em>, 86, pp 214105<\/li>\n<li>French WR, Iacovella CR, Cummings PT\u00a0<strong>(2012) <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1021\/nn300276m\">Large-Scale Atomistic Simulations of Environmental Effects on the Formation and Properties of Molecular Junctions<\/a>, <em>ACS Nano<\/em>, 6, pp 2779\u20132789<\/li>\n<li>Iacovella CR, French WR, Cook BG, Kent PRC, Cummings PT\u00a0<strong>(2011)<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1021\/nn203941r\"> Role of Polytetrahedral Structures in the Elongation and Rupture of Gold Nanowires<\/a>, <em>ACS Nano,<\/em> 5, pp 10065\u201310073<\/li>\n<li>French WR, Iacovella CR, Cummings PT\u00a0<strong>(2011) <\/strong><a title=\"http:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1021\/jp203837r\" href=\"http:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1021\/jp203837r\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Influence of Molecular Adsorption on Elongating Gold Nanowires<\/a>, <em>Journal of Physical Chemistry C,<\/em> 115 pp 18422\u201318433<\/li>\n<li>Kalyuzhnyi Y, Iacovella CR, Docherty H, Holovko M, Cummings PT\u00a0<strong>(2011) <\/strong><a title=\"http:\/\/www.springerlink.com\/content\/w82g41037626k613\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.springerlink.com\/content\/w82g41037626k613\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Network forming fluids: Yukawa square-well <em>m<\/em>-point model<\/a>, <em>Journal of Statistical Physics,<\/em> 145 pp\u00a0481-506<\/li>\n<li>Cummings PT, Docherty H, Iacovella CR, Singh JK\u00a0<strong>(2010) <\/strong><a title=\"http:\/\/www3.interscience.wiley.com\/journal\/123302660\/abstract\" href=\"http:\/\/www3.interscience.wiley.com\/journal\/123302660\/abstract\" rel=\"nofollow\">Phase transitions in nanoconfined fluids: The evidence from simulation and theory (Perspective)<\/a>,\u00a0<em>AICHE Journal,<\/em> 56, pp 842&#8211;848<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>University of Michigan (graduate work):<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Iacovella CR*, Keys AS*, Glotzer SC (*authors contributed equally),\u00a0<strong>(2011) <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pnas.org\/content\/early\/2011\/12\/05\/1019763108.abstract\" target=\"_blank\">Self Assembly of Soft Matter Quasicrystals and Their Approximants<\/a>,\u00a0<em>Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences<\/em><em>,<\/em> 108, pp 20935-20940<\/li>\n<li>Keys AS, Iacovella CR, Glotzer SC, <strong>(2011)<\/strong><a title=\"http:\/\/www.annualreviews.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1146\/annurev-conmatphys-062910-140526\" href=\"http:\/\/www.annualreviews.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1146\/annurev-conmatphys-062910-140526\" rel=\"nofollow\"> Characterizing Structure Through Shape Matching and Applications to Self Assembly<\/a>, <em>Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics,<\/em> 2, pp 263&#8211;285<\/li>\n<li>Keys AS, Iacovella CR, Glotzer SC,\u00a0<strong>(2011) <\/strong><a title=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science?_ob=ArticleURL&amp;_udi=B6WHY-52STYX0-1&amp;_user=10&amp;_coverDate=05%2F05%2F2011&amp;_rdoc=1&amp;_fmt=high&amp;_orig=gateway&amp;_origin=gateway&amp;_sort=d&amp;_docanchor=&amp;view=c&amp;_acct=C000050221&amp;_version=1&amp;_urlVersion=0&amp;_userid=10&amp;md5=6584ad9551560e880e6056fbcf974102&amp;searchtype=a\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science?_ob=ArticleURL&amp;_udi=B6WHY-52STYX0-1&amp;_user=10&amp;_coverDate=05%2F05%2F2011&amp;_rdoc=1&amp;_fmt=high&amp;_orig=gateway&amp;_origin=gateway&amp;_sort=d&amp;_docanchor=&amp;view=c&amp;_acct=C000050221&amp;_version=1&amp;_urlVersion=0&amp;_userid=10&amp;md5=6584ad9551560e880e6056fbcf974102&amp;searchtype=a\" rel=\"nofollow\">Characterizing Complex Particle Morphologies Through Shape Matching: Descriptors, Applications, and Algorithms<\/a>,\u00a0<em>Journal of Computational Physics,<\/em> 230, pp 6438&#8211;6463<\/li>\n<li>Iacovella CR, Rogers RE, Glotzer SC, Solomon MJ <strong>(2010) <\/strong><a title=\"http:\/\/jcp.aip.org\/resource\/1\/jcpsa6\/v133\/i16\/p164903_s1?isAuthorized=no\" href=\"http:\/\/jcp.aip.org\/resource\/1\/jcpsa6\/v133\/i16\/p164903_s1?isAuthorized=no\" rel=\"nofollow\">Pair Interaction Potentials of Colloids by Extrapolation of Confocal Microscopy Measurements of Collective Structure<\/a>, <em>The Journal of Chemical Physics,<\/em> 133, pp 164903<\/li>\n<li>Phillips CL, Iacovella CR, Glotzer SC <strong>(2010) <\/strong><a title=\"http:\/\/xlink.rsc.org\/?doi=B911140A\" href=\"http:\/\/xlink.rsc.org\/?doi=B911140A\" rel=\"nofollow\">Stability of the double gyroid phase to nanoparticle polydispersity in polymer-tethered nanosphere systems<\/a>, <em>Soft Matter,<\/em> 6, pp 1693&#8211;1703<\/li>\n<li>Iacovella CR, Glotzer SC <strong>(2009) <\/strong><a title=\"http:\/\/xlink.rsc.org\/?doi=B909669H\" href=\"http:\/\/xlink.rsc.org\/?doi=B909669H\" rel=\"nofollow\">Phase Behavior of Ditethered Nanospheres<\/a>, <em>Soft Matter,<\/em> 5, pp 4492&#8211;4498<\/li>\n<li>Iacovella CR, Glotzer SC <strong>(2009) <\/strong><a title=\"http:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1021\/nl900051u\" href=\"http:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/abs\/10.1021\/nl900051u\" rel=\"nofollow\">Complex crystal structures formed by the self assembly of di-tethered nanospheres<\/a>, <em>Nano Letters,<\/em> 9, pp 1206&#8211;1211<\/li>\n<li>Iacovella CR,\u00a0Horsch MA, Glotzer SC <strong>(2008) <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1063\/1.2953581\">Local ordering of polymer-tethered nanospheres and nanorods and the stabilization of the double gyroid phase<\/a>, <em>The Journal of Chemical Physics,<\/em> 129, pp 044902<\/li>\n<li>Vanapalli SA*,\u00a0Iacovella CR*, Sung KE, Mukhija D, Millunchick JM, Burns MA, Glotzer SC, Solomon MJ (*authors contributed equally) <strong>(2008) <\/strong><a title=\"http:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/cgi-bin\/abstract.cgi\/langd5\/2008\/24\/i07\/abs\/la703840w.html\" href=\"http:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/cgi-bin\/abstract.cgi\/langd5\/2008\/24\/i07\/abs\/la703840w.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Fluidic Assembly and Packing of Microspheres in Confined Channels<\/a>, <em>Langmuir,<\/em> 24, pp 3661&#8211;3670<\/li>\n<li>Iacovella CR, Keys AS, Horsch MA, Glotzer SC, <strong>(2007) <\/strong><a title=\"http:\/\/scitation.aip.org\/getabs\/servlet\/GetabsServlet?prog=normal&amp;id=PLEEE8000075000004040801000001&amp;idtype=cvips&amp;gifs=yes\" href=\"http:\/\/scitation.aip.org\/getabs\/servlet\/GetabsServlet?prog=normal&amp;id=PLEEE8000075000004040801000001&amp;idtype=cvips&amp;gifs=yes\" rel=\"nofollow\">Icosahedral packing of polymer-tethered nanospheres and stabilization of the gyroid phase<\/a>, <em>Physical Review E (Rapid Communication),<\/em> 75, pp 040801(R)<\/li>\n<li>Glotzer SC,\u00a0Horsch MA,\u00a0Iacovella CR, Zhang ZL, Chan ER, Zhang X, <strong>(2005) <\/strong><a title=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science?_ob=ArticleURL&amp;_udi=B6VRY-4HGM79S-1&amp;_user=10&amp;_rdoc=1&amp;_fmt=&amp;_orig=search&amp;_sort=d&amp;view=c&amp;_acct=C000050221&amp;_version=1&amp;_urlVersion=0&amp;_userid=10&amp;md5=0076fd371b206a169368a7201b756d2d\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science?_ob=ArticleURL&amp;_udi=B6VRY-4HGM79S-1&amp;_user=10&amp;_rdoc=1&amp;_fmt=&amp;_orig=search&amp;_sort=d&amp;view=c&amp;_acct=C000050221&amp;_version=1&amp;_urlVersion=0&amp;_userid=10&amp;md5=0076fd371b206a169368a7201b756d2d\" rel=\"nofollow\">Self-assembly of anisotropic tethered nanoparticle shape amphiphiles<\/a>, <em>Current Opinion in Colloid &amp; Interface Science,<\/em> 10, pp 287&#8211;295<\/li>\n<li>Iacovella CR,\u00a0Horsch MA, Zhang ZL,\u00a0Glotzer SC, <strong>(2005) <\/strong><a title=\"http:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/cgi-bin\/abstract.cgi\/langd5\/2005\/21\/i21\/abs\/la051035l.html\" href=\"http:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/cgi-bin\/abstract.cgi\/langd5\/2005\/21\/i21\/abs\/la051035l.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Phase diagrams of self-assembled mono-tethered nanospheres from molecular simulation and comparison to surfactants<\/a>, <em>Langmuir,<\/em> 21, pp 9498&#8211;9494<\/li>\n<li>Horsch MA, Zhang ZL, Iacovella CR, Glotzer SC, <strong>(2004) <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1063\/1.1814976\">Hydrodynamics and microphase ordering in block copolymers: Are hydrodynamics required for ordered phases with periodicity in more than one dimension?<\/a>, <em>The Journal of Chemical Physics, <\/em>121, pp 11455-11462<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Proceedings Publications:<\/strong><\/p>\n<pre><em>Vanderbilt University (post-graduate work):\r\n\u00a0<\/em><\/pre>\n<ul>\n<li>Sallai J, Varga G, Toth S, Iacovella CR, Klein C, McCabe C, Ledeczi A, Cummings PT,<em> <strong>(2014)<\/strong><\/em> Web- and Cloud-based Software Infrastructure for Materials Design, ICCS 2014<\/li>\n<li>Varga G, Sallai J, Ledeczi A, Iacovella CR, McCabe C, Cummings PT,\u00a0<strong>(2014)<\/strong> Enabling Cross-Domain Collaboration in Molecular Dynamics Workflows, COLLA 2014<\/li>\n<li>Varga G, Iacovella CR, Toth S, Sallai J, Cummings PT, Ledeczi A, <strong>(2013) <\/strong>Web-based Metaprogramming for Scientific Computing, SIMULTECH 2013<\/li>\n<li>Iacovella CR, French WR, Cummings PT\u00a0<strong>(2011) <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcs.anl.gov\/uploads\/cels\/papers\/scidac11\/final\/iacovella_christopher.pdf\">Flexible order parameters for quantifying the rate-dependent energy release mechanism of Au nanowires<\/a>,\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/events.cels.anl.gov\/scidac11\/agenda-2\/scidac-2011-papers\/\">Proceedings of SciDAC 2011, Denver, CO, July 10-14<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>University of Michigan (graduate work):<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bartolo LM, Lowe CS, Glotzer SC, Iacovella CR\u00a0<strong>(2007)<\/strong> Scientific research groups, digital libraries, &amp; education: Metadata from nanoscale simulation code,\u00a0<em>Bulletin of the IEEE Technical Committee on Digital Libraries (TCDL), <\/em>3(2), ISBN:1-59593-354-9<\/li>\n<li>Bartolo LM, Lowe CS, Glotzer SC, Iacovella CR\u00a0<strong>(2006)<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/dcpapers.dublincore.org\/pubs\/article\/view\/852\">Development of a wiki-based, expert community-driven nanosystem vocabulary, <\/a><em>Proceedings of the International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications<\/em> (pp. 211-214),\u00a0 \u2028ISBN:970-692-268-7<\/li>\n<li>Bartolo LM, Lowe CS, Glotzer SC, Iacovella CR\u00a0<strong>(2006)<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1145\/1141753.1141843\">Scientific research groups, digital libraries, &amp; education: Metadata from nanoscale simulation code<\/a>,\u00a0<em>Proceedings of the 6th ACM\/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries<\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0<em>Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. (ACM), <\/em>(p. 348) \u2028ISBN:1-59593-354-9<\/li>\n<li>Horsch MA, Iacovella CR, Zhang ZL, Glotzer SC\u00a0<strong>(2004)<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1557\/PROC-818-M10.5.1\">Self-organization of nanoscopic building blocks into ordered assemblies<\/a>,\u00a0<em>Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings,<\/em> Vol. 818 \u2028ISBN:1-55899-768-7<\/li>\n<li>Glotzer SC, Horsch MA, Lamm MH, Iacovella CR, Zhang ZL,\u00a0<strong>(2004) <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1557\/PROC-827-BB2.4\">Teaching Computational Materials Science for Nanoscale Science and Engineering<\/a>,\u00a0<em>Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings<\/em>, Vol. 827E<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christopher R. Iacovella \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Current Position: Research Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Vanderbilt University Education: Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, 2009 B.S. 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