December 17, 2007

Hall Named Fellow of the American Physical Society

Dr. Hall (Photo: DeLaRosa Photography)

Dr. Carol K. Hall, Camille Dreyfus Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at North Carolina State University, has been named Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS).

Founded in 1899, the APS has as its objective “the advancement and diffusion of the knowledge of physics.” Hall was honored for creating “a new paradigm to simulate protein aggregation through a combination of intermediate-resolution molecular models and the discontinuous molecular dynamics method.”

Hall is known as a revolutionary researcher in applied thermodynamics and molecular simulation as well as an outstanding educator. As one of the first women to be appointed to a chemical engineering faculty in the United States, she is noted for her pioneering work developing simple models to describe complex situations. She co-developed the Hall-Helfand correlation function for polymer conformational transitions, developed the Generalized Flory Dimer theory for chain-like molecules, and is the author of more than 180 widely cited journal articles. Her current research focuses on the behavior of fluids containing chain-like molecules such as hydrocarbons and polymers, and protein folding and aggregation as it relates to diseases such as Alzheimer's.

Hall is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and is a Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. She earned her master’s and doctoral degrees from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. She joined the NC State faculty in 1985.

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