Biophysical Society Newsletter - October 2016

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BIOPHYSICAL SOCIETY NEWSLETTER

2016

OCTOBER

Obituary

synthesis and design, process operations, discrete- continuous nonlinear optimization, local and global optimization, and computational chemistry and molecular biology. He was the recipient of numerous awards and honors for teaching and research, including elec- tion to the National Academy of Engineering in 2011, selection as a member of The Academy of Medicine, Engineering, and Sciences of Texas in 2015, and induction as a Corresponding Member of the Academy of Athens in 2015. Among other recognitions, Floudas was the recipient of the National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator Award in 1988, the 2001 American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Profes- sional Progress Award for Outstanding Progress in Chemical Engineering, the 2006 AIChE Computing in Chemical Engineering Award, and he was named a Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researcher in 2014 for the 11 years between 2002 and 2012 and again in 2015. Floudas was a mem- ber of the Biophysical Society since 2002. He is survived by his wife of 30 years, Fotini , as well as their daughter, Ismini . —Photo and text courtesy of Texas A&M University

Christodoulos A. Floudas Professor Christodoulos A. Floudas , director of the Texas A&M Energy Institute and the Erle Nye ’59 Chair Professor for Engineering Excellence in the Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering at Texas A&M University, passed away at age 56, in August, while on vacation with his family in Greece. He previously served Princeton University for 29 years and was the Stephen C. Macaleer ’63 Profes- sor in Engineering and Applied Science, Emeritus, and Professor of Chemical and Biological Engi- neering, Emeritus at Princeton. Born in Ioannina, Greece, he earned a diploma of chemical engineering from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in 1982, and a PhD in chemical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in 1986, studying under Professor I. E. Grossmann . During a career that spanned four decades, he became a world-renowned authority in math- ematical modeling and optimization of complex systems. His research interests were at the interface of chemical engineering, applied mathematics, and operations research, with principal areas of focus including multi-scale systems engineering for energy and the environment, chemical process

Christodoulos A. Floudas

On the Move

Seth H. Weinberg moved from a research faculty position at the Virginia Modeling, Analysis, and Simulation Center at Old Dominion University to an assistant professor position in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia. Weinberg is a member of the Society's Public Affairs and Education Committees. Have you changed positions recently or know of a BPS member who has? Send news of your move to ccurry@biophysics.org.