Dr. Nir Kampf
Research associate
Department of Materials & Interfaces
Weizmann Institute of Science
Rehovot 76100 - ISRAEL
Tel: +972 8 9343436 Fax: +972 8 9344138
kampf@weizmann.ac.il

Education

2001 - 2005 - Post-Doc., Department of Material & Interfaces, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.

2001 - Post-Doc., Department of Food Science University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA.

2000 - D.Sc., Hydrocolloid coating of cells.
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Institute of Biochemistry, Food Science and Nutrition, The Faculty of agricultural, Food and Environmental Quality Sciences, Rehovot, Israel.

1994 - M.Sc., Physical and textural properties of soy milk gels.
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Institute of Biochemistry, Food Science and Nutrition, The Faculty of agricultural, Food and Environmental Quality Sciences, Rehovot, Israel.

1991 - B.Sc., Biochemistry.
Ben-gurion University, Faculty of Life Science, Beer-Shiva, Israel.

Academic positions

1. 1998-2001 - Laboratory research assistance (permanent position), Institute of Biochemistry, Food Science and Nutrition, The Faculty of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Quality Sciences, Rehovot, Israel.

2. 2005-current - Research associate, Department of Materials & Interfaces, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.

Selected publications

20. Perkin, S., Chai, L., Kampf, N., Raviv, U., Briscoe, W., Dunlop, I., Titmuss, S., Seo, M., Kumacheva, E., and Klein, J. (2006). Forces between Mica Surfaces, Prepared in Different Ways, Across Aqueous and Nonaqueous Liquids Confined to Molecularly Thin Films. Langmuir 22, 6142-6152.

19. Perkin, S., Kampf, N. and Klein, J. (2006). Long-Range Attraction between Charge-Mosaic Surfaces acrossWater. Phys Rev. Lett. 96 (3), 038301(4).

18. Perkin, S., Kampf, N. and Klein, J. (2005). Stability of Self-Assembled Hydrophobic Surfactant Layers in Water. J. Phys. Chem. B. 109(9); 3832-3837.

17. Kampf, N.; Gohy, J. F.; Jerome, R.; Klein, J. (2005) Normal and shear forces between a polyelectrolyte brush and a solid surfac. J. Polym. Sci. Pol. Phys. 43, 193-204.

16. Kampf, N. (2004) Molecular lubrication: the function of charged polyelectrolytes between surfaces. Chemistry (in Hebrew), 74;31-34.

15. Klein, J., Raviv, U., Perkin, S., Kampf, N., Giasson, S. (2004). Dynamics of water, hydrated-ions and charged polymers in highly-confined films, and their role in friction modification, Dynamics in Small Confining Systems VI, MRS.

14. Kampf, N., Raviv, U., and Klein, J. (2004). Normal and shear forces between adsorbed and gelled chitosan layers. Macromolecules, 37(3); 1134-1142.

13. Raviv, U., Giasson, S, Kampf, N., Gohy, JS., Jerome, R., and Klein, J. (2003). Lubrication by Charged Polymers, Nature. 425:163-165.

12. Raviv, U., Kampf, N. and Klein, J. (2003). The implication of 'jump-in' for the shear viscosity of ultra thin liquid films, in Dynamics and friction at sub-micron confining systems, Eds. Y. Braiman, M. Drake, F. Family, J. Klafter; ACS Books, Washington.

11. Kampf, N., Corradini, M. and Peleg, M. (2003). Rheological properties of albumin foams determined by squeezing flow viscometry. Rheologica Acta. 42: 259-268.

10. Kampf, N., Corradini, M. and Peleg, M. (2003). Rheological properties of albumin foams determined by squeezing flow viscometry. Rheologica Acta. 42: 259-268.

9. Kampf, N. (2002). The use of Polymers for Cells Coating. Polymers for advanced technologies. 13: 896-905.

8. Kampf N. and Peleg M. (2002). Characterization of chickpea (Cicer arietum L.) pastes using squeezing flow viscometry. Rheologica Acta. 41: 549-556.

7. Raviv, U., Kampf, N. and Klein, J. (2002). The implication of 'jump-in' for the shear viscosity of ultra thin liquid films', in 'Dynamics and friction at sub-micron confining systems', Eds. Y. Braiman, M. Drake, F. Family, J. Klafter; ACS Books, Washington.

6. Kampf N., Zohar C. and Nussinovitch A. (2000). Alginate coating of X. laevis embryos. Biotechnol. Prog. 16(3) 497-505.

5. Kampf N., Zohar C. and Nussinovitch A. (2000). Hydrocolloids coating of X. laevis embryos. Biotechnol. Prog. 16(3) 480-487.

4. Kampf N. and Nussinovitch A. (2000). Hydrocolloid coating of cheeses. Food Hydrocolloids. 14(6) 531-537.

3. Kampf N., Nussinovitch A. (1999). Influence of creep phenomenon and roughness on the adhesion of Xenopus laevis eggs to different substrates. J. Adhesion Sci. Tech. 13(4) 453-475.

2. Kampf N., Nussinovitch A. (1997). Rheological characterization of kappa-carrageenan soy milk gels. Food Hydrocolloids. 11(3) 261-269.

1. Nussinovitch A., Kampf N. (1993). Shelf-Life extension and conserved texture of alginate-coated mushrooms (Agaricus bisporus). Lebensm. -Wiss. u.-Technol., 26, 469-475.

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