Dana Browne

Roles and Affiliation: Dana Browne is a Professor of Physics and Associate Chair for Instruction at Louisiana State University's Department of Physics & Astronomy. He holds a Ph.D. from Stanford University (1982).

Education:

• Ph.D., 1982, Stanford University

Research Interests: His work focuses on theoretical condensed matter physics, particularly systems far from thermal equilibrium such as fluid dynamics, chemical reactions, traffic flow, and biological systems. He extends statistical mechanics principles to non-atomic systems and studies nonequilibrium phase transitions using renormalization group techniques. Additionally, he collaborates on electronic structure calculations for materials and biophysics modeling of protein folding.

Key Research Themes:

• Nonequilibrium phase transitions
• Statistical mechanics applications beyond atomic systems
• Bio-inspired polymer dynamics
• Electronic structure of novel materials

Grants and Collaborations:

• Collaborative work with experimental condensed matter groups
• Contributions to crystal structure analysis (e.g., BeB₂, LaSb₂)
• Development of biopolymer simulation models

Labs/Teams: Engages with computational physics teams and experimental collaborators in material science and biophysics.