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		Address Department of Physics and Astronomy University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1 Email jeffchen@uwaterloo.ca Phone Number (519)888-4567 extension 35361 (office) Education 1982-1988, University of Maryland, USA, Ph.D in Physics. 1978-1982, Fudan University, China, B.Sc. in Physics. Positions Held n 9/2016-present: University Research Chair, University of Waterloo n 7/2001-present: Professor of Physics, University of Waterloo. n 9/2008-8/2016: Department Chair, Physics and Astronomy, University of Waterloo. n 1/2002-3/2007: Associate Dean for Computing, Faculty of Science, University of Waterloo. n 7/1997-7/2001: Associate Professor of Physics, University of Waterloo. n 9/1992-6/1997: Assistant Professor of Physics, University of Waterloo. n 8/1990-8/1992: Research Staff, Xerox Research Center of Canada. n 7/1988-7/1990: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Toronto. Fellowship n Fellow, American Physical Society Current Areas of Interest n Theories and computer simulations in soft condensed matter and biological physics: Polymers, membranes, protein folding, DNA structure, liquid crystals, etc. n Statistical physics and Monte Carlo/molecular dynamics simulations: development of statistical-physics models of macromolecules (DNA, proteins, polymers), new algorithm development for computer simulations, optimization method for complex systems, scaling theory, field theory. Recent Publications n Google scholar