Professor Raymond E. Goldstein

Career

• 1988 Service de Physique Théorique, Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France Visiting Scientist
• 1988-1991: University of Chicago, James Franck and Enrico Fermi Institutes Postdoctoral Research
• 1991-1996: Princeton University Assistant Professor of Physics Associated Faculty, Program in Applied and Computational Mathematics
• 1996-2002: University of Arizona Associate Professor of Physics and Applied Mathematics
• 2002-: University of Arizona Professor of Physics and Applied Mathematics
• 2004-: University of Arizona Member, Bio5 Institute Co-Director (with Roy R. Parker), Quantitative Biology Initiative
• 2006-: University of Cambridge Schlumberger Professor of Complex Physical Systems, DAMTP

Research

The primary focus of my research is biological physics.  Our group conducts both theoretical and experimental research on problems of evolutionary biology (such as the evolution of multicellularity), developmental biology, and aspects of nonequilibrium phenomena unique to living systems.  We also conduct research on natural pattern formation in the physical and biological world.  Current interests include the dynamics of icicle growth, topological transitions of minimal  surfaces, and the statistical physics of hair.

Selected Recent Publications

1. Soap-Film Möbius Strip Changes Topology With a Twist Singularity, Raymond E. Goldstein, H. Keith Moffatt, Adriana I. Pesci, and Renzo L. Ricca, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 107, 21979-21984 (2010)
2. Fluid Velocity Fluctuations in a Suspension of Swimming Protists, Ilia Rushkin, Vasily Kantsler, and Raymond E. Goldstein, Physical Review Letters 105, 188101 (2010)
3. Direct Measurement of the Flow Field Around Swimming Microorganisms, Knut Drescher, Raymond E. Goldstein, Nicolas Michel, Marco Polin, and Idan Tuval, Physical Review Letters 105, 168101 (2010)
4. Fidelity of Adaptive Phototaxis, Knut Drescher, Raymond E. Goldstein, and Idan Tuval, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 107, 11171-11176 (2010)
5. On the Mechanisms of Icicle Evolution, Jerome. A. Neufeld, Raymond E. Goldstein, and M. Grae Worster, Journal of Fluid Mechanics 647, 287-308 (2010)
6. Measurement of Cytoplasmic Streaming in Single Plant Cells by Magnetic Resonance Velocimetry, Jan-Willem van de Meent, Andy J. Sederman, Lynn F. Gladden, and Raymond E. Goldstein, Journal of Fluid Mechanics 642, 5-14 (2010)
7. Dynamics of Enhanced Tracer Diffusion in Suspensions of Swimming Eukaryotic Microorganisms, Kyriacos C. Leptos, Jeffrey S. Guasto, J.P. Gollub, Adriana I. Pesci, and Raymond E. Goldstein, Physical Review Letters 103, 198103 (2009)
8. Noise and Synchronization in Pairs of Beating Eukaryotic Flagella, Raymond E. Goldstein, Marco Polin, and Idan Tuval, Physical Review Letters 103, 168103 (2009)
9. Enhanced Mixing and Spatial Instability in Concentrated Bacterial Suspensions, Andrey Sokolov, Raymond E. Goldstein, Felix I. Feldchtein, and Igor S. Aranson
Physical Review E 80, 031903 (2009)
10. Chlamydomonas Swims With Two `Gears' in a Eukaryotic Version of Run-and-Tumble Locomotion, Marco Polin, Idan Tuval, Knut Drescher, J.P. Gollub, and Raymond E. Goldstein, Science 325, 487-490 (2009)
11. Dancing Volvox: Hydrodynamic Bound States of Swimming Algae, Knut Drescher, Kyriacos Leptos, Idan Tuval, Takuji Ishikawa, Timothy J. Pedley, and Raymond E. Goldstein, Physical Review Letters 102, 168101 (2009) 
12. How to Track Protists in Three Dimensions, Knut Drescher, Kyriacos Leptos, and Raymond E. Goldstein, Review of Scientific Instruments 80, 014301 (2009)
13. Volvox barberi, the Fastest Swimmer of the Volvocales (Chlorophyceae), Cristian A. Solari, Richard E. Michod, and Raymond E. Goldstein, Journal of Phycology 44, 1395-1398 (2008) 
14. Nature's Microfluidic Transporter: Rotational Cytoplasmic Streaming at High Péclet Numbers, Jan-Willem van de Meent, Idan Tuval, and Raymond E. Goldstein, Physical Review Letters 101, 178102 (2008)
15. Microfluidics of Cytoplasmic Streaming and its Implications for Intracellular Transport, Raymond E. Goldstein, Idan Tuval, and Jan-Willem van de Meent, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 105, 3663-3667 (2008)