Biography
Acting Chair, Physics Department; Associate Professor
BSc, MSc (Guelph); PhD (British Columbia)
James Polson uses computer simulations and analytical theoretical methods to study the physical properties of polymers in solution. Recently, his research has focused on the effects of solvent on the polymer collapse transition. The knowledge gained from this work could contribute to our understanding of the related process of protein folding, which in turn could lead to advances in the health sciences.
Recent Publications
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Segregation of polymers under cylindrical confinement: Effects of polymer topology and crowding
- ArXiv, 2018
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Free energy of a folded semiflexible polymer confined to a nanochannel of various geometries
- arXiv, 2018
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Segregation of polymers under cylindrical confinement: effects of polymer topology and crowding
- Soft Matter, 2018
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Free energy of a folded polymer under cylindrical confinement
- ArXiv, 2017
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Polymer translocation into and out of an ellipsoidal cavity
- arXiv, 2015
Research Classification
- No classification given
Research Interests
- Polymer collapse and freezing
- Polymers and molecular motors
- Polymer translocation through nanopores
- Equilibrium and non-equilibrium polymer dynamics
Current Scholars in Physics
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