Advance your academic career, collaborate globally, and expand your network— join now !

Due to scheduled maintenance work on our database systems, there may be short service disruptions on this website between 10:00 and 11:00 CEST on June 14th.

Ronald Larson

Prof. Dr. Ronald Larson

G.G. Brown Professor, Dept. of Chem. Eng., Univ. of Michigan
+ 1

Share Link

Share

Information

Ronald G. Larson is the AH White Distinguished University Professor of the Univ. of Michigan. He joined the University of Michigan in 1996, after working for 17 years at Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, New Jersey. He received a Ph.D. in 1980 in chemical engineering from the University of Minnesota. Larson’s research interests include the structure and flow properties of “complex fluids”, which include polymers, colloids, surfactant-containing fluids, and biological macromolecules. He wrote the 1998 textbook, “The Structure and Rheology of Complex Fluids.” Larson has served as Chair of the Chemical Engineering Department of the University of Michigan and has been awarded the Alpha Chi Sigma Award from the AICHE; and the Bingham Medal from the Society of Rheology. He became a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2003.

Research Keywords & Expertise

Biopolymers
Fluid Mechanics
molecular simulations
Complex fluids
Polyelectrolyte Intera...

Fingerprints

21%
molecular simulations
5%
Complex fluids

Short Biography

Ronald G. Larson is the AH White Distinguished University Professor of the Univ. of Michigan. He joined the University of Michigan in 1996, after working for 17 years at Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, New Jersey. He received a Ph.D. in 1980 in chemical engineering from the University of Minnesota. Larson’s research interests include the structure and flow properties of “complex fluids”, which include polymers, colloids, surfactant-containing fluids, and biological macromolecules. He wrote the 1998 textbook, “The Structure and Rheology of Complex Fluids.” Larson has served as Chair of the Chemical Engineering Department of the University of Michigan and has been awarded the Alpha Chi Sigma Award from the AICHE; and the Bingham Medal from the Society of Rheology. He became a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2003.