KOROSH TORABI. Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN Dec. 2011

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1 KOROSH TORABI C E N T R A L S T. A P T 2 S E V A N S T O N, I L P H O N E ( ) E - M A I L : K O R O S H. T O R A B N O R T H W E S T E R N. E D U W E B P A G E : H T T P : / / F A C U L T Y. W C A S. N O R T H W E S T E R N. E D U / K O R O S H - T O R A B I / EDUCATION Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN Dec M.S. Chemical Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL July 2007 M.S. Energy Systems Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran June 2005 B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran July 2003 RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Postdoctoral fellow Northwestern University, Evanston, IL Department of Chemistry and Nonequilibrium Energy Research Center Advisor: Professor George C. Schatz Projects: Jan Present Theory of energy conversion in molecular machines Theory and modeling of energy dissipation associated with protein force unfolding Modeling the tensile mechanics of α-helical polypeptides Collaborations with John Marko lab: Experimental studies of force unfolding of protein spectrin Collaborations with Fraser Stoddart lab: Rotaxane based artificial molecular machines Collaborations with Chad Mirkin lab: Template assisted self-assembly of nanoparticles Graduate Research Assistant Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN Nov Dec School of Chemical Engineering Advisor: Professor David S. Corti Dissertation Title: Toward a molecular theory for homogeneous bubble nucleation Projects: Developing molecular level theories and simulation methods to explain the underlying free energy surface and dynamics of homogeneous bubble nucleation in metastable liquids Developing Constrained Density Functional Theory for nucleation free energy and surface tension calculations Applying constrained second functional derivative eigenvalue analysis to stability of metastable phases Korosh Torabi::Curriculum Vitae PAGE 1 OF 5

2 Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL Aug July 2007 Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering Advisor: Professor Javad Abbasian, Thesis Title: Reaction of Calcium Based Sorbents with SO2 and SO3 in Flue Gas Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran Aug June 2005 Advisor: Professor Fatolah Farhadi, Thesis Title: Mathematical modeling of a steam reforming reactor TEACHING EXPERIENCE Purdue University, School of Chemical Engineering Statistical Mechanics, Graduate Teaching Assistant Spring 2011 Principles of Molecular Engineering, Graduate Teaching Assistant Spring 2010 Adv. Chemical Eng. Thermodynamics, Graduate Teaching Assistant Fall 2008 Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology Chemical Reaction Engineering, Graduate Teaching Assistant Spring 2007 Process Design, Graduate Teaching Assistant Spring 2007 Numerical and Data Analysis, Graduate Teaching Assistant Fall 2006 SERVICE Scientific Journal Reviews Journal of Physical Chemistry (independent) Journal of Chemical Physics (with graduate advisor Professor David S. Corti) Session Chair, Nucleation and Growth III AIChE Annual Meeting, Fall 2012, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Session Co-Chair, Nucleation and Growth I AIChE Annual Meeting, Fall 2012, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Iranian Cultural Club, Treasurer, Purdue University, 2010 &2011 Iranian Student Association, President, Illinois Institute of Technology, 2008 AWARDS AND HONORS Doctoral Program Full Scholarship: tuition and stipend School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University Master of Science Program Full Scholarship: tuition and stipend School of Chemical Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges, Fall 2006 Korosh Torabi::Curriculum Vitae PAGE 2 OF 5

3 PUBLICATIONS Torabi, K.; Schatz, G. C., Tensile Mechanics of α-helical Polypeptides. Macromolecules 2013, 46, Torabi, K.; Schatz, G. C., Tensile Mechanics of alpha-helical Polypeptides (Online Application) (DOI: /D37H1DM78). Torabi, K.; Corti, D. S., Toward a Molecular Theory of Homogeneous Bubble Nucleation: II. Calculation of the Number Density of Critical Nuclei and the Rate of Nucleation. J. Phys. Chem. B 2013, 117 (41), Torabi, K.; Corti, D. S., Toward a Molecular Theory of Homogeneous Bubble Nucleation: I. Equilibrium Embryo Definition. J. Phys. Chem. B 2013, 117 (41), Corti, D., S.; Kerr, K., J.; Torabi, K., On the interfacial thermodynamics of nanoscale droplets and bubbles. J. Chem. Phys. 2011, 135, Torabi, K.; Corti, D. S., Molecular simulation study of cavity-generated instabilities in the superheated Lennard-Jones liquid. J. Chem. Phys. 2010, 133, Uline, M. J.; Torabi, K.; Corti, D. S., Homogeneous nucleation and growth in simple fluids. II. Scaling behavior, instabilities, and the (n, v) order parameter. J. Chem. Phys. 2010, 133. Uline, M. J.; Torabi, K.; Corti, D. S., Homogeneous nucleation and growth in simple fluids. I. Fundamental issues and free energy surfaces of bubble and droplet formation. J. Chem. Phys. 2010, 133, Under Review Torabi, K.; Schatz, G. C., Second Law of Thermodynamics for small systems. J. Phys Chem. Lett Zhou, Y.; Zhou, X.; Park, D. J.; Torabi, K.; Brown K. A., Jones, M.; Zhang, C.; Schatz, G. C.; Mirkin C.A., Angular Assembly of Gold Anisotropic Nanoparticles. Nano Lett In Preparation Torabi, K.; and Schatz, G. C., A dissipation-kinetics-surface for energy conversion in biological Molecular Machines Renn, J.; Torabi, K.; Schatz, G. C.; Marko, J., Matouschek, A., Forced unfolding of spectrin with magnetic tweezers Korosh Torabi::Curriculum Vitae PAGE 3 OF 5

4 CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Speaker AIChE Annual Meeting, Fall 2013, San Francisco, CA Korosh Torabi and George C. Schatz, Tensile mechanics of α-helical peptides Molecular Biophysics Symposium, July 2013, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL Korosh Torabi and George C. Schatz, Energy Conversion in Biological Molecular Machines NERC theory subgroup meeting, Invited talk, April 2013, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL Korosh Torabi and George C. Schatz, Tensile mechanics of α-helical peptides AIChE Annual Meeting, Fall 2012, Pittsburgh, PA Korosh Torabi and David.S. Corti, Towards a Molecular Theory for Homogeneous Bubble Nucleation in Metastable Liquids AIChE Annual Meeting, Fall 2011, Minneapolis, MN Korosh Torabi and David.S. Corti, Homogeneous bubble nucleation in superheated liquids: From the underlying free energy surface to the dynamics of nucleation and growth ACS Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, June, 2011 Montreal, Canada Korosh Torabi and David.S. Corti, Homogeneous bubble nucleation in superheated liquids: From the underlying free energy surface to the dynamics of nucleation and growth AIChE Annual Meeting, Fall 2010, Salt Lake City, UT Korosh Torabi, David.S. Corti, Homogeneous Nucleation and Growth: From Equilibrium-Based Analysis of the Embryos to the Dynamics of the Phase Transition Midwest Thermo. And Stat. Mech. Conference Summer 2010, Notre Dame University, IN Korosh Torabi and David.S. Corti, Molecular Dynamics Studies of Instability in Superheated Liquids in the Embryos to the Dynamics of the Phase Transition AIChE Annual Meeting, Fall 2009, Nashville, TN Korosh Torabi and David.S. Corti, Activated Instability of Homogeneous Nucleation in Metastable Fluids Contributor ACS Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, June, 2011 Montreal, Canada Gary Kerr, Korosh Torabi, and David.S. Corti, On the Surface Thermodynamics of Nanoscale Droplets and Bubbles AIChE Annual Meeting, Fall 2008, Philadelphia, PA Mark J. Uline, Korosh Torabi, and David S. Corti, New Picture of First-Order Phase Transitions In Metastable Fluids: Homogeneous Nucleation and Growth AIChE Annual Meeting, Fall 2008, Philadelphia, PA Jaehyun Hur, Bryce D. Sturtevant, Korosh Torabi, David S. Corti, and You-Yeon Won, Structure and Crystallization of Bidisperse Repulsive Colloids In Two Dimensional (2D) Space Korosh Torabi::Curriculum Vitae PAGE 4 OF 5

5 Posters AIChE Annual Meeting, Fall 2013, San Francisco, CA Korosh Torabi and George C. Schatz, Energy Conversion in Biological Molecular Machines U.S. Department of Energy, EFRC DOE PI Meeting, July 2013, Washington, D.C. Korosh Torabi and George C. Schatz, Molecular Machine Designs: Energy Conversion Mechanism and Functional Structures AIChE Annual Meeting, Fall 2012, Pittsburgh, PA Korosh Torabi and George C. Schatz, Theory and Modeling of Artificial Molecular Machines in Biological Systems Korosh Torabi::Curriculum Vitae PAGE 5 OF 5