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Jonathan Selinger is Professor of Physics and Ohio Eminent Scholar at ����ԭ��'s Liquid Crystal Institute. His research focuses on the theory of liquid crystals, nanoparticle suspensions, and related topics in soft materials, and seeks to make connections between fundamental statistical mechanics and technological applications.

Selinger studied physics at Harvard University, receiving his A.B. in 1983 and Ph.D. in 1989. He then did postdoctoral research in Los Angeles, with positions at the UCLA Department of Physics and Caltech Department of Chemical Engineering. In 1992 he moved to the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, DC, where he worked as a Research Physicist in the Center for Bio/Molecular Science and Engineering. In 2005 he came to his current position at ����ԭ��. In addition to these research and teaching positions, he has also served as Associate Editor of Physical Review E, responsible for the liquid-crystal section of the journal.

Professional Positions

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  Professor of Physics, 2017-present
  Professor of Chemical Physics, 2005-2017
  Ohio Eminent Scholar in Theoretical Liquid Crystal Physics, 2005-present
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  Deputy Head, Laboratory for Biosensors and Biomaterials, 2004-2005
  Research Physicist, 1993-2005
  National Research Council Research Associate, 1993
  Office of Naval Technology Postdoctoral Fellow, 1992-93
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  Assistant Research Physicist and Adjunct Assistant Professor, 1989-92
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  Visiting Research Associate, 1991-92 (joint appointment with UCLA)
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  Graduate Research Assistant and Teaching Fellow, 1983-89

Other Professional Activities

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  Treasurer, 2016-present; member of Board of Directors, 2006-2012
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  Joseph Meyerhoff Visiting Professor, Department of Physics of Complex Systems, 2026
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  Distinguished Scholar, Mortimer and Raymond Sackler Institute of Advanced Studies, 2022
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  Organizer of research program on “Geometry of Soft Matter,” 2018
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  Organizer of research program on “Geometry, elasticity, fluctuations, and order in 2D soft matter,” 2016
• ����ԭ�� Faculty Senate
  Senator, 2007-2008, 2010-2013
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  Associate Editor, 2003-2009
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  President, 2000-2001; Vice President, 1999-2000; Treasurer, 1998-99