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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1984 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For important contribution to the theory of surface films, their phases and phase transitions, which have a significant part in the current understanding of adsorbed monolayers and mulitlayers

Overview

Michael Schick is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions to molecular biology, statistics, probability and uncertainty, atomic and molecular physics and optics, organic chemistry, and physiology.

The scientist's work covers several main topics, including lipid membrane structure and behavior, probabilistic and robust engineering design, surfactants and colloidal systems, erythrocyte function and pathophysiology, nanopore and nanochannel transport studies, force microscopy techniques and applications, and Markov chains and Monte Carlo methods.

Michael Schick has published research in various venues, with frequent publications in the following journals:

  • Biophysical Journal
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Membranes
  • Wood Material Science and Engineering
  • The Journal of Membrane Biology

Some of the recent papers authored or coauthored by Michael Schick include:

  • Model Plasma Membrane Exhibits a Microemulsion in Both Leaves Providing a Foundation for "Rafts" (2020, Biophysical Journal)
  • Recent Experiments Support a Microemulsion Origin of Plasma Membrane Domains: Dependence of Domain Size on Physical Parameters (2020, Membranes)
  • Lipid redistribution in the highly curved footprint of Piezo1 (2022, Biophysical Journal)
  • A Theoretical Basis for Nanodomains (2022, The Journal of Membrane Biology)
  • The European Yield Model (EYM) for laterally loaded timber connections with smooth nails (2021, Wood Material Science and Engineering)

Michael Schick collaborates with several frequent coauthors, including:

  • D. W. Allender
  • Ha Giang
  • Livia Stohrer
  • Claudia Schillings
  • Vincent Heuveline

Recognition of Michael Schick's contributions includes being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2011. Earlier, in 1984, they were also elected Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) with a citation noting important contributions to the theory of surface films, their phases, and phase transitions, which relate to understanding adsorbed monolayers and multilayers.

Best Publications

  • Stable and unstable phases of a diblock copolymer melt

    M. W. Matsen;M. Schick

  • Biological and synthetic membranes: What can be learned from a coarse-grained description?

    Marcus Müller;Kirill Katsov;Michael Schick

  • Self-assembling amphiphilic systems

    Gerhard Gompper;Michael Schick;Scott Milner

  • Line Tensions, Correlation Lengths, and Critical Exponents in Lipid Membranes Near Critical Points

    Aurelia R. Honerkamp-Smith;Pietro Cicuta;Marcus D. Collins;Sarah L. Veatch

  • Correlation between structural and interfacial properties of amphiphilic systems.

    G. Gompper;M. Schick

  • Magnetic exponents of the two-dimensional q-state Potts model

    B Nienhuis;E K Riedel;M Schick

  • Microphase Separation in Starblock Copolymer Melts

    M. W. Matsen;M. Schick

  • Application of the theory of dispersion forces to the surface melting of ice.

    Michael Elbaum;M. Schick

  • Spin-1 model of a microemulsion.

    M. Schick;Wei-Heng Shih

  • Field Theoretic Study of Bilayer Membrane Fusion. I. Hemifusion Mechanism

    K. Katsov;M. Müller;M. Schick

  • Microphases of a Diblock Copolymer with Conformational Asymmetry

    M. W. Matsen;M. Schick

  • A New Mechanism of Model Membrane Fusion Determined from Monte Carlo Simulation

    M. Mueller;K. Katsov;M. Schick

  • Dispersion-force effects in interfacial premelting of ice

    L. A. Wilen;J. S. Wettlaufer;M. Elbaum;M. Schick

  • Lamellar phase of a symmetric triblock copolymer

    M. W. Matsen;M. Schick

  • Stable and Unstable Phases of a Linear Multiblock Copolymer Melt

    M. W. Matsen;M. Schick

  • Polymer Brushes: From Self-Consistent Field Theory to Classical Theory

    Roland R. Netz;M. Schick

  • A new mechanism of model membrane fusion determined from Monte Carlo simulation.

    M. Müller;K. Katsov;M. Schick

  • Self-assembly of block copolymers

    Mark W Matsen;Michael Schick

  • Lattice model of microemulsions

    G. Gompper;M. Schick

  • Bulk and interfacial thermodynamics of a symmetric, ternary homopolymer–copolymer mixture: A Monte Carlo study

    M. Müller;M. Schick

  • Membrane heterogeneity: Manifestation of a curvature-induced microemulsion

    Michael Schick

  • Low-density helium monolayers as two-dimensional imperfect gases: An analysis employing the second virial coefficient

    R. L. Siddon;M. Schick

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerhard Gompper
Gerhard Gompper Forschungszentrum Jülich
Marcus Müller
Marcus Müller University of Göttingen
Igal Szleifer
Igal Szleifer Northwestern University
David Andelman
David Andelman Tel Aviv University
Mark W. Matsen
Mark W. Matsen University of Waterloo
Roland R. Netz
Roland R. Netz Freie Universität Berlin
Robert Hołyst
Robert Hołyst Polish Academy of Sciences
An-Chang Shi
An-Chang Shi McMaster University
Wei-Heng Shih
Wei-Heng Shih Drexel University
Sarah L. Keller
Sarah L. Keller University of Washington

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