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AbstractImportant DatesOccupationPlacesSubjectsRelationships
PeopleInstitutionsJosé Onuchic
Dates
unknown – present
Authorized Form of Name
Onuchic, José
Biography
Abstract
José Onuchic is Professor of Physics at University of California, San Diego (1995-present). Other institutional affiliations include the University of São Paolo. His research interests center on theoretical and computational methods for molecular biophysics and chemical reactions in condensed matter.
Important Dates
1980Obtained BS in Electrical Engineering, University of São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil).
1981Obtained BS in Physics, University of São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil).
1982Obtained MS in Applied Physics, University of São Paulo, São Paulo (Brazil).
1987Obtained PhD in Chemistry, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena (Calif.).
1987 – 1990Assistant Professor of Physics, São Carlos Institute of Physics and Chemistry, University of São Paolo, São Paulo (Brazil).
1990 – presentAssistant Professor of Physics (1990-1992); Associate Professor of Physics (1992-1995); and Professor of Physics (1995-present), University of California, San Diego, La Jolla (San Diego, Calif.).
1992 – 1996Director, College of Biophysics, International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste.
1994 – 1999Member, Molecular Biophysics Panel, National Science Foundation.
1995Fellow, American Physical Society.
2000 – presentMember, Science Steering Committee (2000-present) and Member, Executive Committee (2008-present), Institute for Complex and Adaptive Matter.
2002 – 2007Member, Review Committee, Theoretical Division (2002-2007); Chair, Review Committee, Physical Biosciences Division (2003-2004); and Chair, Review Committee, Theoretical Division (2003-2005), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
2005 – 2008Member, Advisory Committee, Mathematical and Physical Sciences Division, National Science Foundation.
2005 – presentMember, President's Advisory Panel in Research, Research Corporation Foundation.
2005 – presentMember, Board of Physics and Astronomy, National Academy of Sciences.
2006Member, National Academy of Sciences.
2008 – presentPresident, Biological Physics Commission, International Union of Pure and Applied Physics.
2009 – presentMember, Panel on Public Affaird, American Physical Society.
Occupation
Biophysicist.
Places
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Subjects
Relationships
People
Advisors & Collaborators
PhD advisor at California Institute of Technology, "New aspects of the theory of electron transfer reaction dynamics."
Colleagues
Both employed at University of California, San Diego.
Both employed at University of California, San Diego.
Both employed at University of California, San Diego.
Both employed at University of California, San Diego.
Both employed at University of California, San Diego.
Both employed at University of California, San Diego.
Both employed at University of California, San Diego.
Both employed at University of California, San Diego.
Both employed at University of California, San Diego.
Both employed at University of California, San Diego.
Both employed at University of California, San Diego.
Both employed at University of California, San Diego.
Nelson, Ann E. (Ann Elizabeth)
Both employed at University of California, San Diego.
O'Neil, T. M. (Thomas Michael), 1940-
Both employed at University of California, San Diego.
Both employed at University of California, San Diego.
Both employed at University of California, San Diego.
Both employed at University of California, San Diego.
York, Herbert F. (Herbert Frank)
Both employed at University of California, San Diego.
Institutions
Major Positions
Universidade de São Paulo
Obtained BS in Electrical Engineering (1980), BS in Physics (1981), and MS in Applied Physics (1982). Assistant Professor of Physics, São Carlos Institute of Physics and Chemistry.
University of California, San Diego. Department of Physics
Assistant Professor; Associate Professor; and Professor of Physics.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Fellow and Member, Panel on Public Affairs.
California Institute of Technology. Division of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
Obtained PhD in Chemistry (1987).
Institute for Complex Adaptive Matter
Member, Science Steering Committee and Member, Executive Committee.
International Centre for Theoretical Physics
Director, College in Biophysics.
International Union of Pure and Applied Physics
President, Biological Physics Commission.
Member and Chair, Review Committee, Theoretical Division and Chair, Review Committee, Physical Biosciences Division.
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Member and Member, Board of Physics and Astronomy.
National Science Foundation (U.S.)
Member, Molecular Biophysics Panel and Member, Advisory Committee, Mathematical and Physical Sciences Division.
Research Corporation
Member, President's Advisory Panel in Research