Researchers and research groups

Argentina

• Grupo de Sistemas Complejos (Ezequiel V. Albano's Lab) - IFLYSIB, La Plata
• Grupo de Mecánica Estadística de Líquidos y Sistemas Desordenados IFLYSIB, La Plata
• Laboratorio de Ciencias de Superficies y Medios Porosos (Dir. Dr. J. A. Zgrablich) Universidad Nacional de San Luis
• Claudio Pastorino Comisión Nacional de Energía Atómica

Australia

• Denis Evans Australian National University
• Debra J. Bernhardt (née Searles) Griffith University
• Phil Attard University of South Australia
• Statistical Mechanics and Dynamical Systems Group University of New South Wales
• Nanochemistry Research Institute: Theoretical and Computational Curtin University of Technology
• Centre for Molecular Simulation (Dir. Prof. Richard J. Sadus) Swinburne University of Technology
• The Condensed Matter Theory Group RMIT (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology) University

Austria

• Soft Matter Theory Vienna University of Technology
• Christos N. Likos University of Vienna

Belgium

• Laboratoire de Physique des Polymères Université Libre de Bruxelles
• Group for Research and Applications in Statistical Physics (GRASP) Université de Liège
• Laboratoire de Physique de la Matière molle (LPMM) Université Libre de Bruxelles

Brazil

• Group of Statistical Physics Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas
• Complex Fluids Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
• Vera Bohomoletz Henriques Universidade de São Paulo

Canada

• Research on Liquid Crystals and Complex Fluids (Dir.Don Sullivan) University of Guelph
• Gyan Johari McMaster University
• Normand Mousseau Université de Montréal
• SoftSimu: The Karttunen group University of Western Ontario
• Styliani Constas University of Western Ontario
• Computational Materials Physics (Dir. Dr. Martin H. Müser) University of Western Ontario
• Natalie M. Cann Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario
• Jeremy Schofield University of Toronto
• Stu Whittington - Chemical Physics Theory Group University of Toronto
• Michael Plischke Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia
• Dave Boal Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia
• Kusalik Research Group University of Calgary
• Peter H. Poole St. Francis Xavier University
• Professor Gren N. Patey University of British Columbia

China

• Dr. Zhou Shiqi, Modern Statistic Mechanics Research Institute Hunan University of Technology
• Yilong Han Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Czech Republic

• Tomáš Boublík Univerzita Karlova v Praze
• Ivo Nezbeda Akademie věd České republiky
• Department of Physical Chemistry: Theory (Dir.: Anatol Malijevsky) Prague Institute of Chemical Technology
• E. Hala Laboratory of Thermodynamics Institute of Chemical Process Fundamentals ASCR, v.v.i.

Denmark

• John Perram University of Southern Denmark
• "Glass and Time" DNRF Centre for Viscous Liquid Dynamics, Roskilde University, Denmark

Finland

• Biological Physics and Soft Matter Group (Dir. Prof. Ilpo Vattulainen) Tampere University of Technology
• Computational Soft Matter Research Group (Dir. Dr. Emppu Salonen) Aalto University School of Science and Technology

France

• Laboratoire de Chimie Physique CNRS/Université Paris-Sud
• Laboratoire de physique statistique (Dir. Eric Perez) Ecole Normale Superieure
• Laboratoire de Physique Théorique de la Matière Condensée (Dir. Pascal Viot) Université Pierre et Marie Curie/CNRS
• Matière et Systèmes Complexes (Dir.: Jean-Marc di Meglio) Université Paris 7 - Denis Diderot
• Walter Kob Universite Montpellier II
• Groupe de physique statistique Laboratoire de Physique Théorique d'Orsay, CNRS et de l'Université Paris-Sud 11
• Groupe de Physique Statistique , Institut Jean Lamour, Nancy Université
• Dr. Guillaume Galliero Université de Pau et des Pays de l'Adour
• Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Modèles Statistiques (Dir. Marc Mézard) Université Paris-Sud

Germany

• Condensed Matter Theory Group KOMET 331 (Dir: Kurt Binder) Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz
• Institute for Computational Physics (Dir: Christian Holm) Stuttgart University
• Polymer Theory Group Prof. Dr. Kurt Kremer Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz
• Marcus Müller's research group Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
• Condensed Matter Theory Group Universität Bielefeld
• Computer Simulation Group Philipps-Universität Marburg
• Dr. R. Hentschke Universität Wuppertal
• Dr. Thomas Kraska Universität zu Köln
• Statistische Thermodynamik (Dir. Prof. Dr. Deiters) Universität zu Köln
• Emmy-Noether research group: Complex fluids in external fields (Dir. Dr. Sabine H. L. Klapp) Stranski-Laboratorium für Physikalische und Theoretische Chemie
• Soft Matter Theory Group (Dir. Prof. Dr. Matthias Fuchs) Universität Konstanz
• Theoretical Physical Chemistry Group (Dir.: Dr. Florian Müller-Plathe) Technische Universität Darmstadt
• The Simulation and Theory Group (Dir.: Prof. Dr. Alfons Geiger) Universität Dortmund
• Prof. Dr. Gabriele Sadowski Universität Dortmund
• Macromolecular Modelling Group (Dir.: Ernst-Walter Knapp) Freie Universität Berlin
• Theoretical Polymer Physics (Dir. Prof. Dr. Alexander Blumen) Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
• Theory of inhomogeneous Condensed Matter (Dir. Prof. Dr. Siegfried Dietrich) Max Planck Institute for Metals Research, Stuttgart
• Prof. Dr. Hartmut Löwen Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
• Likos group Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
• Dominik Marx Group Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum
• Theory & Computation of Advanced Materials and Sensors (Dir. Dr. Stephan A. Baeurle) Universität Regensburg
• Institute for Multiscale Simulation (Dir. Prof. Dr. Thorsten Pöschel) Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
• Martin O. Steinhauser, Fraunhofer Research Group Shock Waves in Soft Biological Matter Fraunhofer Institute for High-Speed Dynamics, Ernst-Mach-Institut, EMI, Freiburg
• Abteilung Computerorientierte Quantenfeldtheorie (CQT) (Prof. Dr. Wolfhard Janke) Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Leipzig
• Kirchner Research Group Wilhelm Ostwald Institute for Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Leipzig

Greece

• Molecular Thermodynamics and Modeling of Materials Laboratory National Research Center for Physical Sciences "Demokritos"
• Soft Matter Theory and Simulations Group University of Patras
• Molecular Simulations & Statistical Mechanics research group (Prof. Jannis Samios) National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Chemistry Dept.
• Computational Materials Science & Engineering Group (Prof. Doros N. Theodorou) National Technical University of Athens, Chemical Engineering Dept.
• Laboratory of Statistical Mechanics & Macromolecules (Assoc. Prof. Vlasis Mavrantzas) University of Patras, Chemical Engineering Dept.
• Simulation of Polymeric Colloids and Solutions (Assist. Prof. Konstantinos Karatasos) Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Chemical Engineering Dept.
• Institute of Theoretical & Physical Chemistry (Dr Alice Vegiri) National Hellenic Research Foundation
• Analytical Statistical Mechanical Theories (Prof. Marios Kosmas) University of Ioannina, Chemistry Dept.
• Polymer Simulation Group (Assist. Prof. Costas Vlahos) University of Ioannina, Chemistry Dept.

Hungary

• András Baranyai Eötvös Loránd University
• Pál Jedlovszky Eötvös Loránd University
• Gergely Tóth Eötvös University

India

• Condensed Matter Theory Group Indian Institute of Technology (Kanpur)
• Prof Amalendu Chandra Indian Institute of Technology (Kanpur)
• Complex Fluids Laboratory Indian Institute of Technology (Madras)
• Theoretical Physics Group Indian Institute of Technology (Madras)
• Professor Charusita Chakravarty Indian Institute of Technology (Delhi)
• Dr. Shri Singh Banaras Hindu University

Iran

• Theoretical and Computational Physical Chemistry Group (Dir. Prof. Gholam Abbas Parsafar) Sharif University of Technology
• Soft Condensed Matter Group (Dir. Dr. M. Reza Ejtehadi) Sharif University of Technology
• Mohsen Sadeghi Sharif University of Technology

Ireland

• ACAM (Atlantic Centre for Atomistic Modeling)

Israel

• Prof. Arieh Ben-naim Hebrew University of Jerusalem
• Professor Victoria Buch Hebrew University of Jerusalem
• Daniel Harries Group Hebrew University of Jerusalem
• Computational Physics Group (Dir. Dr. Joan Adler) Israel Institute of Technology
• Physics of Soft Matter and Biomaterials: Theory (Dir. Professor Samuel Safran) Weizmann Institute of Science
• Non-Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics of Soft Matter (Dir. Yair Shokef) Tel-Aviv University

Italy

• Claudio Zannoni home page Università di Bologna
• GCI Computational Physics Group (Dir. Giovanni Ciccotti) Universita’ di Roma La Sapienza
• Francesco Sciortino Universita’ di Roma La Sapienza
• CMSP - Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics at ICTP Trieste
• Silvano Romano Pavia
• Domenico Gazzillo Università Ca' Foscari Venezia
• Achille Giacometti Università Ca' Foscari Venezia
• Statistical and Biological Chemistry Sector Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA)
• Paolo Vittorio Giaquinta Università degli Studi di Messina
• Giovanni Gallavotti Universita' di Roma La Sapienza

Japan

• Theoretical Chemistry Group Okayama University
• Michio Tokuyama Laboratory Tohoku University
• Miyazaki Group University of Tsukuba
• Tanaka Lab University of Tokyo

Mexico

• Física de Líquidos Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana
• Mecánica Estadística Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana
• Jose Alejandre Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana
• Mecánica Estadística Universidad de Guanajuato
• Orest Pizio Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
• Mariano López de Haro Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Netherlands

• Soft Condensed Matter Group Utrecht University
• Henk N.W. Lekkerkerker Debye Research Institute, Utrecht University
• Computational Chemistry Group Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam
• Marrink's MD group University of Groningen
• Multi-scale Mechanics Group (MSM) (Prof. Dr. rer.-nat. Stefan Luding) University of Twente
• Theory of Biomolecular Matter (Dir. Prof. dr. Bela Mulder) FOM Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics

Norway

• Johan Skule Høye Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)

Poland

• Molecular Modelling and Quantum Chemistry Wrocław University of Technology
• Department for the Modelling of Physico-Chemical Processes Maria Curie-Skłodowska University
• Professor Alina Ciach Instytut Chemii Fizycznej, Polskiej Akademii Nauk
• Statistical Physics Division (Dir. Prof. Lech Longa) Uniwersytet Jagielloński
• Nonlinear Dynamics and Computer Simulations (Dir. Prof. Dr. Habil. K. W. Wojciechowski) Institute of Molecular Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences

Portugal

• Centro de Física Teórica e Computacional Universidade de Lisboa
• Protein folding Simulation & Theory (Dir. Dr. Patrícia Faísca) Universidade de Lisboa

Russia

• Alexander L. Kuzemsky Bogoliubov Laboratory of Theoretical Physics
• Атомистическое моделирование и теория конденсированного состояния и неидеальной плазмы (Dir. Норман Генри Эдгарович) Институт теплофизики экстремальных состояний

Slovenia

• Physics of Soft and Partially Ordered Matter: Theory and Simulation Group (Dir. Professor Slobodan Žumer) Univerza v Ljubljani

Spain

• Theoretical Physical Chemistry Group (Dir. Enrique Lomba García) Instituto de Química-Física "Rocasolano" (IQFR), CSIC
• Condensed Matter Theory Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid (ICMM), CSIC
• Statistical Thermodynamics of Molecular Fluids Group (Dir. Carlos Vega) Universidad Complutense de Madrid
• Prof. J. L. F. Abascal Universidad Complutense de Madrid
• Group of Statistical Mechanics (GISC) Universidad Complutense de Madrid
• Physics of Complex Liquids Group (Dir.Dr. Enrique de Miguel Agustino) University of Huelva
• Scientific page of José A. Cuesta Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
• Grupo Interdisciplinar de Sistemas Complejos (GISC)
• MODELICO-CM Modelling and Simulation of Complex Systems (Madrid)
• Investigación en física estadística de líquidos complejos y biofísica Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
• Daniel Duque Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
• Guillermo Navascués Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
• Enrique Velasco Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
• Lorna Bailey Chapman Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED)
• Luis M. Sesé Sánchez Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED)
• Juan J. Freire Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED)
• Pep Español Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED)
• Simulation of Chain Molecules Universidad Complutense de Madrid
• Santiago Lago Aranda Universidad Pablo De Olavide
• Grupo de Materiales Nanoestructurados, Nanoestructuras, Aplicaciones Tecnologicas (Dir. Dr. Sofia Calero) Universidad Pablo De Olavide
• Group of Statistical Mechanics University of Seville
• Lourdes F. Vega Molecular Simulation Group Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Barcelona (ICMAB), CSIC
• Grupo de Termodinámica y Física Estadística Universidad de Cantabria
• Statistical and Nonlinear Physics Group Instituto de Física de Cantabria
• Computer Simulation in Condensed Matter Group SIMCON Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
• Complex Systems. Computer Simulation of Materials and Biological Systems Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
• Grupo de Física Estadística Universitat de Barcelona
• Physics of Complex Systems Group Universitat de Barcelona
• Giancarlo Franzese’s Group Universitat de Barcelona
• Grupo de Física Estadística de la UEx (SPhinX) University of Extremadura
• José Baldomero Caballero Moraleda Universidad de Almería
• Group of Complex Fluids Universidad de Almería
• Statistical Physics Group University of Granada
• Complex Systems (Dir.: Allan Mackie) Universitat Rovira i Virgili
• Grupo de Física Estadística de Líquidos Universidad de Sevilla
• José Manuel Romero Enrique Universidad de Sevilla
• ZCAM Zaragoza Scientific Center for Advanced Modeling
• Soft Matter and Molecular Biophysics Group Universidad de Santiago de Compostela
• Joan Josep Cerdà‬ Institute for Cross-Disciplinary Physics and Complex Systems
• Mathematical Biology & Molecular Simulation group Basque Center for Applied Mathematics
• Ricardo López-Ruiz Universidad de Zaragoza

Sweden

• David van der Spoel Uppsala University
• Åqvist group Uppsala University
• Alexander Lyubartsev Stockholms universitet
• Mikhail Dzugutov Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)
• Roland Kjellander Göteborg University
• Theoretical work - Statistical mechanics Lund University

Switzerland

• The van Gunsteren group's home page ETH Hönggerberg, HCI
• Prof. Dr. Hanspeter Huber University of Basel
• Professor Michele Parrinello's Research Group ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich)
• CECAM Centre Européen de Calcul Atomique et Moléculaire, Lausanne, Switzerland

Taiwan

• Polymer Physics and Complex Fluids Group (Dir. Yeng-Long Chen) Academia Sinica

Turkey

• Mustafa Koyuncu Selçuk Üniversitesi

Ukraine

• Department for Statistical Theory of Condensed Systems (Dir.: Professor Mykhailo Pavlovych Kozlovskii) National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
• Department for Theory of Solutions (Dir.: Prof. Myroslav Holovko) National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
• Department for Computer Simulations of Many-Particle Systems (Dir.: Taras Bryk) National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

United Kingdom

• MD network
• The Wilson Group Durham University
• Condensed Matter Theory (Dir.: Professor Richard Abram) University of Durham
• Materials Modelling group Sheffield Hallam University
• Molecular Simulation Group (Dir.: Dr. M. Allen) University of Warwick
• Theory & Computational Chemistry @ Warwick Chemistry University of Warwick
• Dr Richard Henchman University of Manchester
• Multi-scale and Multi-phase Systems University of Manchester
• Maureen P. Neal Manchester Metropolitan University
• Molecular modelling and thermodynamics Imperial College London
• Computational Physical Chemistry Group (Dir.: Nick Quirke) Imperial College London
• Dr. Fernando Bresme Group Imperial College London
• Center for Science at Extreme Conditions University of Edinburgh
• Condensed Matter Group University of Edinburgh
• Philip J. Camp University of Edinburgh
• Richard Catlow FRS University College London
• Professor Peter V. Coveney University College London
• Atomistic Simulation Centre Queen's University Belfast
• Thomas Young Centre at UCL University College London
• Research group of Professor Hansen Cambridge University
• Professor Daan Frenkel University of Cambridge
• Sprik Group University of Cambridge
• Wales group home page University of Cambridge
• Condensed Matter Theory University of Bath
• Computational Solid State Chemistry Group University of Bath
• Peter D. Olmsted University of Leeds
• Dr. Richard Wheatley University of Nottingham
• Condensed Matter and Statistical Mechanics Group (Dir.: Dr. Bob Jones) Queen Mary, University of London
• Ard Louis research group University of Oxford
• Jonathan Doye's Research Group University of Oxford
• Julia Yeomans' research group University of Oxford
• Structural Bioinformatics and Computational Biochemistry (Dir.: Prof. Mark S. P. Sansom) University of Oxford
• Theory of Soft and Biological Matter University of Oxford
• Dr. Martin Sweatman University of Strathclyde
• Jeroen van Duijneveldt's research group University of Bristol
• Soft Condensed Matter Physics Group University of Surrey
• Computational Materials Chemistry (Dir.: Professor Neil L. Allan) University of Bristol
• Professor Teunis C. Dorlas Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies
• Dr Martin Bates University of York
• J. R. Henderson University of Leeds
• Professor Tom McLeish Durham University
• Disordered Systems Group King's College, University of London
• Dr Karl P. Travis University of Sheffield
• Professor Oliver Penrose Heriot-Watt University
• Collaborative Computational Project 5 - The Computer Simulation of Condensed Phases
• Uwe Thiele Loughborough University
• Prof. J. W. Essex Research Group University of Southampton
• Computational Physics Group (Dir. Andrei V. Zvelindovsky) University of Central Lancashire
• Ruslan L. Davidchack University of Leicester
• Manolopoulos Group University of Oxford
• Scott Habershon University of Bristol
• Marcus Bannerman University of Aberdeen

United States of America

• The Hirst Group University of California, Merced
• Nanoscale Interdisciplinary Research Team (NIRT) University of Massachusetts Amherst and University of Delaware
• Institute for Computational Molecular Science (Dir. Michael L. Klein) Temple University
• Computational Biophysics and Soft Materials research group (Dir. Dr. Coray Colina) Pennsylvania State University
• Liu Research Group University of Pennsylvania
• Keith E. Gubbins' Research Group North Carolina State University
• Carol K. Hall's Research Group North Carolina State University
• Fred Lado North Carolina State University
• Polymer Theory Group (Dir.: Michael Rubinstein) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Peter T. Cummings Vanderbilt University and Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• McCabe Group Vanderbilt University
• David A. Kofke University at Buffalo
• Errington Research Group University at Buffalo
• George Stell Stony Brook University
• Mihaly Mezei Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York
• Pablo Gaston Debenedetti Group Princeton University
• Complex Materials Theory Group (Dir.: Salvatore Torquato) Princeton University
• Panagiotopoulos Group Homepage Princeton University
• The Car Group (Dir. Dr. Roberto Car) Princeton University
• H. Eugene Stanley Boston University
• Nicolas Giovambattista Boston University
• Yonathan Shapir University of Rochester
• Liquid Crystal Physics Group (Dir.: Noel Clark) University of Colorado at Boulder
• Berne Group Columbia University in the City of New York
• Cacciuto Group Columbia University in the City of New York
• Prof. Mark E. Tuckerman New York University
• Douglas J. Henderson Brigham Young University
• Siepmann Group University of Minnesota
• Molecular Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics Research Group (Dir.: Juan J. de Pablo) University of Wisconsin-Madison
• The Skinner Group University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Soft Condensed Matter Theory Group of Professor Philip Taylor Case Western Reserve University
• Case Liquid Crystal and Complex Fluids Group (Dir.: Charles Rosenblatt) Case Western Reserve University
• John M. Prausnitz University of California, Berkeley
• Berend Smit University of California Berkeley
• The Chandler Group University of California, Berkeley
• Allinger's Molecular Mechanics Research Lab University of Georgia
• Center for Simulational Physics (Dir. Prof. David Landau) University of Georgia
• William L. Jorgensen Research Group Yale University
• Center for Advanced Modeling and Simulation Idaho National Laboratory
• David J. Earl group University of Pittsburgh
• Ken Jordan Theoretical and Computational Chemistry University of Pittsburgh
• Materials and Process Simulation Center (Dir.: Dr. William A. Goddard III) California Institute of Technology
• Jay Ponder Lab Washington University School of Medicine
• Lev David Gelb Research Group Washington University in St. Louis
• Michael E. Fisher University of Maryland
• John D. Weeks University of Maryland
• Mesoscopic Fluctuations and Critical Phenomena (Professors Mikhail A. Anisimov and Jan V. Sengers) University of Maryland
• Professor Christopher Jarzynski University of Maryland
• The Yethiraj group University of Wisconsin
• Dr. Paul E. Smith Kansas State University
• Xiao Cheng Zeng University of Nebraska-Lincoln
• Branka M. Ladanyi Colorado State University
• Jianzhong Wu University of California, Riverside
• Thermodynamics Research Laboratory (Dir.: Dr. G. Ali Mansoori) University of Illinois at Chicago
• Theoretical and Computational Biophysics Group (Dir. Klaus Schulten) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• Professor Benjamin Widom Cornell University
• David S. Corti Purdue University
• Ben-Amotz Research Group Purdue University
• E. G. D. Cohen Laboratory The Rockefeller University
• Condensed Matter Theory group University of Washington
• Joel L. Lebowitz Rutgers University
• Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics Rutgers University
• Julian Talbot Duquesne University
• Lloyd L. Lee California State University
• C. Austen Angell Arizona State University
• Walter G. Chapman Rice University
• Prof. Jane E. G. Lipson Dartmouth College
• Teresa Head-Gordon's Lab University of California, Berkeley
• Dale A. Huckaby Texas Christian University
• Glotzer group University of Michigan
• Gezelter Lab University of Notre Dame
• Edward J. Maginn Group University of Notre Dame
• Gregory A. Voth University of Chicago
• Valeria Molinero University of Utah
• Herr Professor Doctor William Graham Hoover University of California, Davis
• Roland Faller Soft Condensed Matter Simulations University of California, Davis
• Nikolai Priezjev Michigan State University
• Prof. Stuart A. Rice University of Chicago
• R. Stephen Berry Research Group University of Chicago
• Laboratory for Theoretical Soft Materials (Dir. Alfredo Alexander-Katz) Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Patrick Doyle Research Group Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Chaikinlab (Dir. Paul Chaikin) New York University
• Gerassimos Orkoulas University of California, Los Angeles
• Donald L. Thompson's Theoretical Chemistry Research Group University of Missouri - Columbia
• Glenn T. Evans Oregon State University
• Charbonneau Research Group Duke University
• Steven W. Rick University of New Orleans