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Eric R. Weeks (born 1970 in Downers Grove, Illinois) is an American physicist. He completed his B.Sc. at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in 1992. He obtained a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Texas at Austin in 1997, working under Harry Swinney, and later completed post-doctoral research with David Weitz and Arjun Yodh at Harvard University and the University of Pennsylvania. He is currently a full professor at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia (as of September 2010).[2]

He is most well known for his work on various aspects of the jamming (physics) phenomenon, specifically in colloidal glasses[3][4] and colloidal supercooled liquids,[5][6] although his research interests extend broadly into other types of complex fluids, as well as microrheology[7][8] and granular materials. During his PhD in Texas, he studied Nonlinear Dynamics.

In 2011 he was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society.[9]

1. ^ "Eric R. Weeks". American Physical Society.
2. ^ [1] Eric Weeks' Information Page at Emory University
3. ^ Courtland, Rachel E; Weeks, Eric R (2002-12-13). "Direct visualization of ageing in colloidal glasses". Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter. 15 (1). IOP Publishing: S359–S365. arXiv:cond-mat/0209148. doi:10.1088/0953-8984/15/1/349. ISSN 0953-8984. S2CID 988222.
4. ^ Weeks, Eric R; Crocker, John C; Weitz, D A (2007-04-25). "Short- and long-range correlated motion observed in colloidal glasses and liquids". Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter. 19 (20). IOP Publishing: 205131. arXiv:cond-mat/0610195. Bibcode:2007JPCM...19t5131W. doi:10.1088/0953-8984/19/20/205131. ISSN 0953-8984. S2CID 16445000.
5. ^ Weeks, E. R. (2000-01-28). "Three-Dimensional Direct Imaging of Structural Relaxation Near the Colloidal Glass Transition". Science. 287 (5453). American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS): 627–631. Bibcode:2000Sci...287..627W. doi:10.1126/science.287.5453.627. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 10649991.
6. ^ Weeks, Eric R.; Weitz, D. A. (2002-08-12). "Properties of Cage Rearrangements Observed near the Colloidal Glass Transition". Physical Review Letters. 89 (9). American Physical Society (APS): 095704. arXiv:cond-mat/0107279. Bibcode:2002PhRvL..89i5704W. doi:10.1103/physrevlett.89.095704. ISSN 0031-9007. PMID 12190415. S2CID 186470.
7. ^ Prasad, V.; Koehler, S. A.; Weeks, Eric R. (2006-10-24). "Two-Particle Microrheology of Quasi-2D Viscous Systems". Physical Review Letters. 97 (17): 176001. arXiv:cond-mat/0604262. Bibcode:2006PhRvL..97q6001P. doi:10.1103/physrevlett.97.176001. ISSN 0031-9007. PMID 17155483. S2CID 32717480.
8. ^ Crocker, John C.; Valentine, M. T.; Weeks, Eric R.; Gisler, T.; Kaplan, P. D.; Yodh, A. G.; Weitz, D. A. (2000-07-24). "Two-Point Microrheology of Inhomogeneous Soft Materials". Physical Review Letters. 85 (4). American Physical Society (APS): 888–891. Bibcode:2000PhRvL..85..888C. doi:10.1103/physrevlett.85.888. ISSN 0031-9007. PMID 10991424.
9. ^ "APS Fellow Archive". American Physical Society. (search on year=2011 and institution=Emory University)

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