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Research.com Recognitions

  • 1995 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1982 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS)
  • 1981 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1981 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1972 - Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Overview

David Chandler was affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research focused primarily on Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science, with notable work in subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Global and Planetary Change, and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

The scientist contributed extensively to topics including:

  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Winter Sports Injuries and Performance
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Landslides and related hazards

Frequently appearing as coauthors alongside David Chandler were:

  • Petra M. Langebroek
  • Ronja Reese
  • Julius Garbe
  • G. Hilmar Gudmundsson
  • Emily A. Hill

The scientist published in a variety of venues, notably:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • The Cryosphere
  • Quaternary Science Reviews
  • Earth's Future
  • Journal of Hydrology

Some recent publications included:

  • "The stability of present-day Antarctic grounding lines - Part 2: Onset of irreversible retreat of Amundsen Sea glaciers under current climate on centennial timescales cannot be excluded" (2023), The Cryosphere
  • "Evolution of the Antarctic Ice Sheet Over the Next Three Centuries From an ISMIP6 Model Ensemble" (2024), Earth's Future
  • "The stability of present-day Antarctic grounding lines - Part 1: No indication of marine ice sheet instability in the current geometry" (2023), The Cryosphere
  • "Southern Ocean sea surface temperature synthesis: Part 2. Penultimate glacial and last interglacial" (2021), Quaternary Science Reviews
  • "Rainfall intensity and catchment size control storm runoff in a gullied blanket peatland" (2022), Journal of Hydrology

David Chandler received several distinctions during their career, including:

  • Member of the National Academy of Sciences (1995)
  • Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) (1982)
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1981)
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (1981)
  • Fellow of Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (1972)

Best Publications

  • Role of Repulsive Forces in Determining the Equilibrium Structure of Simple Liquids

    John D. Weeks;David Chandler;Hans C. Andersen

  • Interfaces and the driving force of hydrophobic assembly

    David Chandler

  • Introduction to modern statistical mechanics

    David Chandler;Jerome K. Percus

  • TRANSITION PATH SAMPLING: Throwing Ropes Over Rough Mountain Passes, in the Dark

    Peter G. Bolhuis;David Chandler;Christoph Dellago;Phillip L. Geissler

  • Hydrogen-bond kinetics in liquid water

    Alenka Luzar;David Chandler

  • Hydrophobicity at Small and Large Length Scales

    Ka Lum;David Chandler;John D. Weeks

  • Statistical mechanics of isomerization dynamics in liquids and the transition state approximation

    David Chandler

  • Optimized Cluster Expansions for Classical Fluids. II. Theory of Molecular Liquids

    David Chandler;Hans C. Andersen

  • Exploiting the isomorphism between quantum theory and classical statistical mechanics of polyatomic fluids

    David Chandler;Peter G. Wolynes

  • Transition path sampling and the calculation of rate constants

    Christoph Dellago;Peter G. Bolhuis;Félix S. Csajka;David Chandler

  • Effect of environment on hydrogen bond dynamics in liquid water.

    Alenka Luzar;David Chandler

  • Two‐dimensional imaging of state‐selected photodissociation products detected by multiphoton ionization

    David W. Chandler;Paul L. Houston

  • Theory of the hydrophobic effect

    Lawrence R. Pratt;David Chandler

  • Structure and hydrogen bond dynamics of water–dimethyl sulfoxide mixtures by computer simulations

    Alenka Luzar;David Chandler

  • Autoionization in Liquid Water

    Phillip L. Geissler;Christoph Dellago;Christoph Dellago;David Chandler;Jürg Hutter

  • Relationship between the Hard-Sphere Fluid and Fluids with Realistic Repulsive Forces

    Hans C. Andersen;John D. Weeks;David Chandler

  • Van der waals picture of liquids, solids, and phase transformations.

    David Chandler;John D. Weeks;Hans C. Andersen

  • Rigorous formulation of quantum transition state theory and its dynamical corrections

    Gregory A. Voth;David Chandler;William H. Miller

  • Dynamics on the Way to Forming Glass: Bubbles in Space-Time

    David Chandler;Juan P. Garrahan

  • Molecular model for aqueous ferrous–ferric electron transfer

    Robert A. Kuharski;Joel S. Bader;David Chandler;Michiel Sprik

Frequent Co-Authors

Hans C. Andersen
Hans C. Andersen Stanford University
Lawrence R. Pratt
Lawrence R. Pratt Tulane University
Berend Smit
Berend Smit University of California, Berkeley
Paul A. Madden
Paul A. Madden University of Oxford
Richard N. Zare
Richard N. Zare Stanford University
Phillip L. Geissler
Phillip L. Geissler University of California, Berkeley
Bruce J. Berne
Bruce J. Berne Columbia University
Peter G. Bolhuis
Peter G. Bolhuis University of Amsterdam
Shekhar Garde
Shekhar Garde Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Michael F. Hagan
Michael F. Hagan Brandeis University

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