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127
Citations
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World Ranking
369
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 2012 - Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences
  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2006 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 1998 - Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Daan Frenkel is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom and has made contributions primarily in the fields of Engineering, Physics and Astronomy, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their body of work spans major subfields such as Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Statistical and Nonlinear Physics, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

Their research topics include Material Dynamics and Properties, Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics, Protein Structure and Dynamics, Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics, Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques, Nanopore and Nanochannel Transport Studies, and Theoretical and Computational Physics.

Frenkel has published frequently in several prominent scientific venues. The main publication venues include:

  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Physical Review Letters
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Frenkel highlight the focus on physical chemistry, biophysics, and complex systems, such as:

  • Liquid network connectivity regulates the stability and composition of biomolecular condensates with many components, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Thermodynamics and kinetics of phase separation of protein-RNA mixtures by a minimal model, 2021, Biophysical Journal
  • Computing the Heat Conductivity of Fluids from Density Fluctuations, 2020, Physical Review Letters
  • Temperature protocols to guide selective self-assembly of competing structures, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Reactive Momentum Transfer Contributes to the Self-Propulsion of Janus Particles, 2020, Physical Review Letters

Frequent co-authors in Frenkel's work include Berend Smit, Jure Dobnikar, Simón Ramírez-Hinestrosa, Srikanth Sastry, and Stefano Angioletti-Uberti.

Throughout their career, Frenkel has been recognized with several distinctions:

  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (2016)
  • Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences (2012)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2008)
  • Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom (2006)
  • Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (1998)

Best Publications

  • Understanding molecular simulation: from algorithms to applications

    D. Frenkel;B. Smit

  • Understanding Molecular Simulation: From Algorithms to Applications

    Daan Frenkel;Berend Smit

  • Understanding Molecular Simulation

    Daan Frenkel;Berend Smit

  • Enhancement of Protein Crystal Nucleation by Critical Density Fluctuations

    Pieter Rein ten Wolde;Daan Frenkel

  • Configurational bias Monte Carlo: a new sampling scheme for flexible chains

    Jörn Ilja Siepmann;Daan Frenkel

  • New Monte Carlo method to compute the free energy of arbitrary solids. Application to the fcc and hcp phases of hard spheres

    Daan Frenkel;Anthony J. C. Ladd

  • Prediction of absolute crystal-nucleation rate in hard-sphere colloids

    Stefan Auer;Daan Frenkel

  • Molecular Dynamics Simulations

    Daan Frenkel;Berend Smit

  • Tracing the phase boundaries of hard spherocylinders

    Peter Bolhuis;Daan Frenkel

  • Numerical calculation of the rate of crystal nucleation in a Lennard‐Jones system at moderate undercooling

    Pieter Rein ten Wolde;Maria J. Ruiz‐Montero;Daan Frenkel

  • Understanding molecular simulation : from algorithms to applications. 2nd ed.

    D. Frenkel;B. Smit

  • Monte Carlo study of the isotropic and nematic phases of infinitely thin hard platelets

    R. Eppenga;R. Eppenga;D. Frenkel

  • Novel scheme to study structural and thermal properties of continuously deformable molecules

    D. Frenkel;G.C.A.M. Mooij;B. Smit

  • The hard ellipsoid-of-revolution fluid I. Monte Carlo simulations

    D. Frenkel;B.M. Mulder

  • Computer simulation study of gas–liquid nucleation in a Lennard-Jones system

    Pieter Rein ten Wolde;Daan Frenkel

  • Fluid-fluid coexistence in colloidal systems with short-ranged strongly directional attraction

    Norbert Kern;Daan Frenkel

  • Numerical evidence for bcc ordering at the surface of a critical fcc nucleus

    Pieter Rein ten Wolde;Maria J. Ruiz-Montero;Daan Frenkel

  • The hard ellipsoid-of-revolution fluid

    D. Frenkel;B.M. Mulder

  • Receptor-mediated endocytosis of nanoparticles of various shapes.

    Robert Vácha;Francisco J Martinez-Veracoechea;Daan Frenkel

  • Extended corresponding-states behavior for particles with variable range attractions

    Massimo G. Noro;Daan Frenkel

  • Determination of phase diagrams for the hard-core attractive Yukawa system

    M. H. J. Hagen;D. Frenkel

Frequent Co-Authors

Berend Smit
Berend Smit University of California, Berkeley
Michael P. Allen
Michael P. Allen University of Warwick
Peter G. Bolhuis
Peter G. Bolhuis University of Amsterdam
Marjolein Dijkstra
Marjolein Dijkstra Utrecht University
Tuomas P. J. Knowles
Tuomas P. J. Knowles University of Cambridge
Evert Jan Meijer
Evert Jan Meijer University of Amsterdam
Anthony J. C. Ladd
Anthony J. C. Ladd University of Florida
Henk N. W. Lekkerkerker
Henk N. W. Lekkerkerker Utrecht University
Eduardo Sanz
Eduardo Sanz Complutense University of Madrid
Sanat K. Kumar
Sanat K. Kumar Columbia University

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