RESEARCH INTERESTS Biomolecular / biomimetic structural incorporation into materials Interfacial behavior of biomacromolecules Biomaterial interactions with proteins and cells Optical waveguide biosensing Adsorption in templated porous materials Templated molecular recognition Molecular computer simulation Statistical mechanics RESEARCH STATEMENT CURRENT PROJECTS RECENT PUBLICATIONS "Surface-induced conformational changes in lattice model proteins by Monte Carlo simulation", V. Castells, S. Yang, and P. R. Van Tassel, Physical Review E, 65, 031912 (2002). "Effect of templated quenched disorder on fluid phase equilibrium", L. Zhang, S. Cheng, and P. R. Van Tassel, Physical Review E, 64, 042101 (2001). "History dependence of protein adsorption kinetics", C. Calonder, Y. Tie, and P. R. Van Tassel, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the U.S.A., 98, 10664 (2001). "Kinetic regimes of protein adsorption", C. Calonder and P. R. Van Tassel, Langmuir, 17, 4392 (2001). "Theory and simulation of the available volume for adsorption in a chain molecule templated porous material", S. Cheng and P. R. Van Tassel, Journal of Chemical Physics, 114, 4974 (2001). "Configurational effects of templating on the adsorption isotherms of templated porous materials", L. Zhang and P. R. Van Tassel, Molecular Physics, 98, 1521 (2000). "From car parking to protein adsorption: an overview of sequential adsorption processes", J. Talbot, G. Tarjus, P. R. Van Tassel, and P. Viot, Colloids and Surfaces A, 165, 287 (2000). "Theory and simulation of adsorption in a templated porous material: hard sphere systems", L. Zhang and P. R. Van Tassel, Journal of Chemical Physics, 112, 3006 (2000). "Enhanced saturation coverage in adsorption-desorption processes", P. R. Van Tassel, P. Viot, G. Tarjus, J. J. Ramsden, and J. Talbot, Journal of Chemical Physics, 112, 1483 (2000). "A kinetic model of protein adsorption/surface-induced transition kinetics evaluated by the scaled particle theory", M. A. Brusatori and P. R. Van Tassel, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 219, 333 (1999). "A theoretical model of adsorption in a templated porous material", P. R. Van Tassel, Physical Review E, 60, R25 (1999). RESEARCH GROUP MEMBERS Postdoctoral Associates: Dr. Pascal Ngankam, 3/01-present Dr. Victoria Castells, 4/99-present Dr. Claudio Calonder, 4/99-3/01 Graduate Students: Corinne Wittmer Yanrong Tie Charles Irish, M.S., 2002 Michelle Brusatori, Ph.D., 2001 Songyin Cheng, M.S., 2001 Linghui Zhang, Ph.D., 2000 Shaoxiong Yang, M.S., 1999		FACULTY Paul Van Tassel Associate Professor Ph.D., University of Minnesota (1993) NATO Postdoctoral Fellow, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (France), (1993-1996) email: pvt@wayne.edu 1998 NSF CAREER Award Chemical Engineering Homepage