• Professional Training:
  • 1999-2004: Ph. D. in Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science
  • 2004-2006: Postdoctoral Fellow, Rockefeller University
  • 2007-2009: Director's Fellow, Los Alamos National Laboratory, CNLS and T-6
  • 2009-: Oppenheimer Fellow, Los Alamos National Laboratory, CNLS, T-6 and CCS-3

Research Interests:

• Non-equilibrium statistical mechanics
• Applications of statistical physics in biology:
• Nucleo-cytoplasmic transport
• Population biology of microorganisms
• Quantitative immunology

Selected Recent Publications:

1. A. Zilman, V. V. Ganusov, A. S. Perelson Stochastic models of lymphocyte proliferation and death , Submitted,  
2. A. Zilman, S. Di Talia, T. Jovanovic-Talisman, B. T. Chait, M. P. Rout, M. O. Magnasco, Enhancement of transport selectivity through nano-channels by non-specific competition , Submitted,  
3. A. Zilman Effects of multiple occupancy and inter-particle interaction on selective transport through narrow channels: theory versus experiment Biophyiscal Journal,  February (2009),
4. T. Jovanovic-Talisman, J. Tetenbaum-Novatt, A. S. McKenney, A. Zilman, R. Peters, M. P. Rout, B. Chait, Artificial nanopores that mimic the selectivity of the nuclear pore complex., Nature,  doi:10.1038/nature07600 (2008)
5. A. Zilman, S. Di Talia, B. Chait, M. Rout, M. Magnasco, Efficiency, selectivity and robustness of the transport through the nuclear pore complex., PLoS Computational Biology,  e127 (2007)
6. H. Salman, A. Zilman, C. Loverdo, J. Jeffroy, A. Libchaber, Solitary modes of bacterial culture in a temperature gradient., Physical Review Letters, 97,118101 (2006).
7. A. Zilman, J. Kieffer, F. Molino, G. Porte, S. Safran, Entropic phase separation in polymer-microemulsion networks., Physical Review Letters, 91,015901 (2004).
8. A. Zilman, S. Safran, Role of cross-links in bundle formation, phase separation and gelation of long filaments. ,Europhysics Letters, 63,139 (2004).
9. N. Gov, A. Zilman, S. Safran Cytoskeleton confinement and tension of red blood cell membranes. ,Physical Review Letters, 90,2281011 (2003).