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17019
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2019 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2008 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For pioneering the approach of microrheology of complex fluids based on the thermal diffusion of probe colloids

Overview

Thomas G. Mason is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily focusing on Medicine and Materials Science. Within these broad fields, they have contributed extensively to subfields including Materials Chemistry, Rheumatology, Organic Chemistry, Food Science, and Biomedical Engineering. The scientist's work addresses several core topics:

  • Pickering emulsions and particle stabilization
  • Material Dynamics and Properties
  • Surfactants and Colloidal Systems
  • Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Research
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies
  • Proteins in Food Systems
  • Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research

Their publication record includes contributions to diverse, peer-reviewed journals. Notably frequent venues for their work include Physical Review E, Scientific Reports, Science Advances, Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, and the Journal of Colloid and Interface Science. This assortment reflects an interdisciplinary approach, spanning both fundamental physical sciences and clinical biomedical investigations.

Thomas G. Mason has coauthored research with a number of colleagues, often collaborating with:

  • Yixuan Xu
  • Kerry Wright
  • Cynthia S. Crowson
  • John M. Davis
  • Courtney A. Arment

Representative recent publications include:

  • "Emergent tetratic order in crowded systems of rotationally asymmetric hard kite particles," 2020, published in Nature Communications
  • "Engineering multicomponent tissue by spontaneous adhesion of myogenic and adipogenic microtissues cultured with customized scaffolds," 2023, published in Food Research International
  • "Patients with ACPA-positive and ACPA-negative rheumatoid arthritis show different serological autoantibody repertoires and autoantibody associations with disease activity," 2023, published in Scientific Reports
  • "Distinct Single Cell Gene Expression in Peripheral Blood Monocytes Correlates With Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitor Treatment Response Groups Defined by Type I Interferon in Rheumatoid Arthritis," 2020, published in Frontiers in Immunology
  • "Jamming and depletion in extremely bidisperse mixtures of microscale emulsions and nanoemulsions," 2023, published in Science Advances

The scientist's research contributions have been recognized by professional societies. In 2019, they were named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Earlier, in 2008, they were elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) with a citation highlighting pioneering work in microrheology of complex fluids using thermal diffusion measurements of probe colloids.

Best Publications

  • Optical measurements of frequency-dependent linear viscoelastic moduli of complex fluids.

    T. G. Mason;T. G. Mason;D. A. Weitz

  • Nanoemulsions: formation, structure, and physical properties

    T G Mason;J N Wilking;K Meleson;C B Chang

  • Particle Tracking Microrheology of Complex Fluids

    T. G. Mason;K. Ganesan;J. H. van Zanten;D. Wirtz

  • TOPICAL REVIEW: Nanoemulsions: formation, structure, and physical properties

    T. G. Mason;J. N. Wilking;K. Meleson;C. B. Chang

  • Fluid Mechanics of Microrheology

    Todd M. Squires;Thomas G. Mason

  • Yielding and flow of monodisperse emulsions

    T.G. Mason;J. Bibette;D.A. Weitz

  • New fundamental concepts in emulsion rheology

    T.G. Mason

  • Shear Rupturing of Droplets in Complex Fluids

    T. G. Mason;J. Bibette

  • Shape-Controlled Colloidal Interactions in Nematic Liquid Crystals

    Clayton P. Lapointe;Clayton P. Lapointe;Thomas G. Mason;Ivan I. Smalyukh

  • Nanoscale double emulsions stabilized by single-component block copolypeptides

    Jarrod A. Hanson;Connie B. Chang;Sara M. Graves;Zhibo Li

  • Diffusing-wave-spectroscopy measurements of viscoelasticity of complex fluids

    T. G. Mason;Hu Gang;D. A. Weitz

  • Diffusing wave spectroscopy microrheology of actin filament networks.

    Andre Palmer;Thomas G. Mason;Jingyuan Xu;Scot C. Kuo

  • Bio-microrheology: a frontier in microrheology.

    Daphne Weihs;Thomas G. Mason;Michael A. Teitell

  • Formation of Concentrated Nanoemulsions by Extreme Shear

    Kieche Meleson;Sara Graves;Thomas G. Mason

  • Model for the elasticity of compressed emulsions.

    Martin D. Lacasse;Gary S. Grest;Dov Levine;T. G. Mason

  • Colloidal Alphabet Soup: Monodisperse Dispersions of Shape-Designed LithoParticles

    Carlos J. Hernandez;Thomas G. Mason

  • Entropic crystal–crystal transitions of Brownian squares

    Kun Zhao;Robijn Bruinsma;Thomas G. Mason

  • Emulsification in Viscoelastic Media.

    Mason Tg;Bibette J

  • Directing Colloidal Self-Assembly through Roughness-Controlled Depletion Attractions

    Kun Zhao;Thomas G. Mason

  • Anomalous viscous loss in emulsions.

    Andrea J. Liu;Sriram Ramaswamy;Sriram Ramaswamy;T. G. Mason;Hu Gang

  • Kinetically induced ordering in gelation of emulsions

    J. Bibette;T. G. Mason;Hu Gang;D. A. Weitz

Frequent Co-Authors

David A. Weitz
David A. Weitz Harvard University
Paul Chaikin
Paul Chaikin New York University
Jérôme Bibette
Jérôme Bibette PSL University
Denis Wirtz
Denis Wirtz Johns Hopkins University
Eric B. Sirota
Eric B. Sirota MSD (United States)
Ivan I. Smalyukh
Ivan I. Smalyukh University of Colorado Boulder
Michael A. Teitell
Michael A. Teitell University of California, Los Angeles
Gary S. Grest
Gary S. Grest Sandia National Laboratories
Sarah H. Tolbert
Sarah H. Tolbert University of California, Los Angeles
Benjamin J. Schwartz
Benjamin J. Schwartz University of California, Los Angeles

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