Welcome to Prof. Haji-Akbari’s Computational Soft Matter Group at Yale University Department of Chemical & Environmental Engineering. We are broadly interested in the application of modern theoretical and computational tools rooted in thermodynamics and statistical mechanics to study the thermodynamics and kinetics of phase transitions in soft matter systems. Our particular focus is on crystallization and aggregation in colloidal, aqueous and biological systems. Examples include the ice formation in the atmosphere, desalination nanotechnology, colloidal self-assembly and protein folding and aggregation.
Research
Explore our current research projects in crystallization, desalination, membrane nanotechnology and protein dynamics.
Recent News
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- Campus & Community
Haji Akbari Group @ 2025 Langer Symposium
Kimia gave a talk titled “Reaction Coordinates for heterogeneous Ice Nucleation.” Fernanda presented a poster in the student poster session.
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- Publication
43. Computational Investigations of Ion Selectivity in Capacitive Deionization from Electronic to Device Scales
Dogan A. H., Korkut A. S., Haji-Akbari A., Uralcan B. The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 0, 16
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- Milestones
Annie successfully passed her area exam. Congratulations Annie!
Her presentation was titled “Investigation of protein folding and stability via enhanced sampling techniques .”
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- Milestones
Fernanda successfully defended her thesis. Congratulations Dr. Sulantay Vargas!
Her thesis presentation was titled “Unpacking Crystal Nucleation: CNT on Non-Uniform Surfaces and the Role of Interatomic Potentials.”
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Manuel successfully passed his area exam! Congratulations!
His presentation was titled “Development of FFS software for investigation of biological rare events.”
