Christopher R. Iacovella

Biographical Sketch:

Research Assistant Professor — (2012-present) The Cummings Group @ Vanderbilt University The McCabe Group @ Vanderbilt University Postdoctoral Research Associate — (2009-2012) The Cummings Group @ Vanderbilt University Visiting Junior Scientist — (2011) Institute for Condensed Matter Physics @ National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Ph.D. Chemical Engineering — (2003-2009) The Glotzer Group @ The University of Michigan B.S. Chemical Engineering — (1999-2003) Chemical Engineering @ The University at Buffalo

Selected Publications:

• Black J, Iacovella CR, Cummings PT, McCabe C, (2015) Molecular Dynamics Study of Alkylsilane Monolayers on Realistic Amorphous Silica Surfaces, Langmuir, 31 (10), pp 3086–3093
• Guo S, Moore TC, Iacovella CR, Strickland LA, McCabe C, (2013) Simulation Study of the Structure and Phase Behavior of Ceramide Bilayers and the Role of Lipid Head Group Chemistry, Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation, 9 (11), pp 5116–5126
• French WR, Iacovella CR, Rungger I, Souza A, Sanvito S, Cummings PT (2013) Atomistic Simulations of Highly Conductive Molecular Transport Junctions Under Realistic Conditions, Nanoscale, 5 pp 3654-3659

• Iacovella CR, French WR, Cook BG, Kent PRC, Cummings PT (2011) Role of Polytetrahedral Structures in the Elongation and Rupture of Gold Nanowires, ACS Nano,5, pp 10065–10073
• Iacovella CR, Keys AS, Glotzer SC  (2011) Self Assembly of Soft Matter Quasicrystals and Their Approximants, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 108, pp 20935–20940
• Keys AS, Iacovella CR, Glotzer SC, (2011) Characterizing Structure Through Shape Matching and Applications to Self Assembly, Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics, 2, pp 263–285
• Iacovella CR, Glotzer SC (2009) Complex Crystal Structures Formed by the Self Assembly of Di-tethered Nanospheres, Nano Letters, 9, pp 1206–1211