Kevin Kohlstedt

  • Program Years: 2005-2009
  • Academic Institution: Northwestern University
  • Practicum(s):
    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (2006)
  • Degree(s):
    Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Northwestern University, 2009
    B.S. Engineering Physics in Chemical Designs, University of Kansas, 2004
  • Field of Study: Bio-Polymer/Soft Matter Computation
  • Academic Advisor: Monica Olvera de la Cruz
  • Status: Postdoctoral Researcher, Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan
  • Research Area: Coulomb Interactions in Soft Materials

Publications:

1. K.L. Kohlstedt, A. Snezkho, M. Sapozhnikov, I.S. Aranson, J.S. Olafsen, and E. Ben-Naim, "Velocity distributions in granular gases with tunable long-range interactions", Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 068001 (2005)
2. M. Sapozhnikov, A. Peleg, B. Meerson, I.S. Aranson, and K.L. Kohlstedt, "Far-from-Equilibrium Ostwald Ripening in electrostatically driven granular powders", Phys. Rev. E 71, 011307 (2005)
3. K.L. Kohlstedt, G. Vernizzi, and M. Olvera de la Cruz. "Patterning Cylindrical Fibers with Long-Range Electrostatic Forces" Proceedings of the MRS Fall Meeting, 1062-NN05-17 (2007).
4. K.L. Kohlstedt, F.J. Solis, G. Vernizzi, and M.O. de la Cruz. "Spontaneous chirality via long-range electrostatic forces" Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, (2007).
5. Nicolas Lux Fawzi, Kevin L Kohlstedt, Yuka Okabe, and Teresa Head-Gordon. "Protofibril Assemblies of the Arctic, Dutch and Flemish Mutants of the Alzheimer's Aβ1-40 Peptide" Biophys. J. 94, (2007).
6. Nicolas Lux Fawzi, Eng-Hui Yap, Yuka Okabe, Kevin L Kohlstedt, Scott P. Brown, and Teresa Head-Gordon. "Contrasting Disease and Nondisease Protein
Aggregation by Molecular Simulation" Accounts of Chemical Research, 41, (2008) [Cover Article].
7. G. Vernizzi, K.L. Kohlstedt, and M. Olvera de la Cruz. "The electrostatic origin of chiral patterns on nanofibers". Soft Matter, DOI: 10.1039/b814583k [Cover Article].
8. K.L. Kohlstedt, G. Vernizzi, and M. Olvera de la Cruz. "Surface patterning of low-dimensional systems: the chirality of charged fibres". J. Physics: Cond. Mat., (accepted).

Awards:

2009 Outstanding Graduate Researcher at Northwestern in nanoscale science
2009 Awarded Cover Article from Soft Matter
2008 Awarded Cover Article from Accounts of Chemical Research
2007 Travel Grant to Greece for MNIBS Meeting
2004 University Fellow at Northwestern University
2004 Graduated with honors in Engineering Physics
2004 Mary Dau scholarship to study at the University of Copenhagen
2004 Greater Kansas City Scandinavian Study Award
2004 University of Chicago Research Fellowship at Argonne Laboratories
2003 University of Chicago Research Fellowship at Argonne Laboratories
2003 Tau Beta Pi induction
2003 Sigma Pi Sigma induction
2002 University of Kansas Undergraduate Research Fellowship
1999 Kansas Honors Scholar