Karen Daniels
Professor
- Phone: 919-513-7921
- Email: kdaniel@ncsu.edu
- Office: 258C Riddick
- Website: http://danielslab.physics.ncsu.edu
Publications
- Current CV
- ORCID
- Link to Full Text of All Publications from NCSU Scholarly Publications Repository
- Google Scholar
- arXiv preprints
Professional History
- A.B. Physics Dartmouth College, 1994
- Science Teacher, St. Ann’s School, Brooklyn, NY, 1994-1997
- Ph.D. Physics Cornell University, 2002
- Postdoc Duke University, 2002-2005
- Asst-Assoc-Full Professor of Physics, NCSU, 2005-present
Other Appointments
- Visiting Scientist, Department of Complex Fluids, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, Göttingen, Germany, 2011-2012
- Divisional Associate Editor, Physical Review Letters, 2017-present
Awards
- NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, 2007
- Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship, 2011
- LeRoy and Elva Martin Award for Teaching Excellence, 2013
- North Carolina State University Faculty Scholar, 2013
- Equity for Women Award, North Carolina State University, 2015
- Outstanding Referee, Physical Review Letters, 2017
- Fellow of the American Physical Society, 2018
Karen Daniels is a Professor of Physics at NC State University. She received her BA in Physics from Dartmouth College in 1994, taught school for a few years, and then pursued a PhD in Physics at Cornell University. After receiving her doctorate in 2002, she moved to North Carolina to do research at Duke University and then joined the faculty at NC State in 2005. Her lab at NC State investigates a number of problems in the deformation and failure of materials, from fluid flows, to piles of sand, to fracturing gels. When not working with her students on experiments in the lab, she likes to spend time in the outdoors, which has led her to contemplate the implications of her research for geological and ecological systems. In 2011-2012, she received an Alexander von Humboldt fellowship which allowed her to spend the year conducting research in Göttingen, Germany.
- Physics Department Complex Matter and Biophysics Seminar
- Triangle MRSEC
- Thin Films @ Duke
- Triangle Soft Matter Workshop
- APS Soft Matter :: Fluid Dynamics :: Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
- Soft Matter mailing list (lots of job postings for PhD/postdoc positions)
- NSCU ADVANCE Project
- APS Committee on the Status of Women in Physics
- APS Communication and Negotiation Skills Seminar for Women
- Conferences for Undergraduate Women in Physics (CUWiP)
- SoftWomen mailing list for faculty in soft condensed matter physics
- py-women mailing list for women in physics at NC State
Publications
- Network analysis of particles and grains
- Papadopoulos, L., Porter, M. A., Daniels, K. E., & Bassett, D. S. (2018), JOURNAL OF COMPLEX NETWORKS, 6(4), 485–565. https://doi.org/10.1093/comnet/cny005
- Nonlocal rheology of dense granular flow in annular shear experiments
- Tang, Z., Brzinski, T. A., Shearer, M., & Daniels, K. E. (2018), Soft Matter, 14(16), 3040–3048.
- Simulating surfactant spreading: Influence of a physically motivated equation of state
- Sinclair, D., Levy, R., & Daniels, K. E. (2018), European Journal of Applied Mathematics, 29(1), 30–54.
- Sounds of failure: Passive acoustic measurements of excited vibrational modes
- Brzinski, T. A., & Daniels, K. E. (2018), Physical Review Letters, 120(21).
- Symmetry-reversals in chiral active matter
- Workamp, M., Ramirez, G., Daniels, K. E., & Dijksman, J. A. (2018), Soft Matter, 14(27), 5572–5580.
- Capillary fracture of ultrasoft gels: Variability and delayed nucleation
- Grzelka, M., Bostwick, J. B., & Daniels, K. E. (2017), Soft Matter, 13(16), 2962–2966.
- Deformation of an elastic substrate due to a resting sessile droplet
- Bardall, A., Daniels, K., & Shearer, M. (2017), European Journal of Applied Mathematics.
- Oxidation-mediated fingering in liquid metals
- Eaker, C. B., Hight, D. C., O’Regan, J. D., Dickey, M. D., & Daniels, K. E. (2017), Physical Review Letters, 119(17). https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.119.174502
- Photoelastic force measurements in granular materials
- Daniels, K. E., Kollmer, J. E., & Puckett, J. G. (2017), Review of Scientific Instruments, 88(5).
- Preface: Focus on imaging methods in granular physics
- Amon, A., Born, P., Daniels, K. E., Dijksman, J. A., Huang, K., Parker, D., … Wierschem, A. (2017), Review of Scientific Instruments, 88(5).
- Evolution of network architecture in a granular material under compression
- Papadopoulos, L., Puckett, J. G., Daniels, K. E., & Bassett, D. S. (2016), Physical Review E, 94(3).
- Friction and pressure-dependence of force chain communities in granular materials
- Huang, Y. M., & Daniels, K. E. (2016), Granular Matter, 18(4).
- High refractive index immersion liquid for superresolution 3D imaging using sapphire-based aplanatic numerical aperture increasing lens optics
- Laskar, J. M., Kumar, P. S., Herminghaus, S., Daniels, K. E., & Schroter, M. (2016), Applied Optics, 55(12), 3165–3169.
- Nonaffine deformation under compression and decompression of a flow-stabilized solid
- Ortiz, C. P., Riehn, R., & Daniels, K. E. (2016), Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment.
- Solid capillarity: When and how does surface tension deform soft solids?
- Andreotti, B., Baumchen, O., Boulogne, F., Daniels, K. E., Dufresne, E. R., Perrin, H., … Style, R. W. (2016), Soft Matter, 12(12), 2993–2996.
- Spatio-temporal patterns in inclined layer convection
- Subramanian, P., Brausch, O., Daniels, K. E., Bodenschatz, E., Schneider, T. M., & Pesch, W. (2016), Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 794, 719–745.
- Topological and geometric measurements of force-chain structure
- Giusti, C., Papadopoulos, L., Owens, E. T., Daniels, K. E., & Bassett, D. S. (2016), Physical Review E, 94(3).
- Extraction of force-chain network architecture in granular materials using community detection
- Bassett, D. S., Owens, E. T., Porter, M. A., Manning, M. L., & Daniels, K. E. (2015), Soft Matter, 11(14), 2731–2744.
- Spatiotemporal measurement of surfactant distribution on gravity-capillary waves
- Strickland, S. L., Shearer, M., & Daniels, K. E. (2015), Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 777.
- Surfactant spreading on a thin liquid film: Reconciling models and experiments
- Swanson, E. R., Strickland, S. L., Shearer, M., & Daniels, K. E. (2015), Journal of Engineering Mathematics, 94(1), 63–79.
- The statistical physics of athermal materials
- Bi, D. P., Henkes, S., Daniels, K. E., & Chakraborty, B. (2015), Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics, 6, 63–83.
- Correlations between electrical and mechanical signals during granular stick-slip events
- Daniels, K. E., Bauer, C., & Shinbrot, T. (2014), Granular Matter, 16(2), 217–222.
- Elastocapillary deformations on partially-wetting substrates: Rival contact-line models
- Bostwick, J. B., Shearer, M., & Daniels, K. E. (2014), Soft Matter, 10(37), 7361–7369.
- Nonlinear elasticity of microsphere heaps
- Ortiz, C. P., Daniels, K. E., & Riehn, R. (2014), Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics, 90(2).
- Self-healing dynamics of surfactant coatings on thin viscous films
- Strickland, S. L., Hin, M., Sayanagi, M. R., Gaebler, C., Daniels, K. E., & Levy, R. (2014), Physics of Fluids (Woodbury, N.Y.), 26(4).
- Acoustic measurement of a granular density of modes
- Owens, E. T., & Daniels, K. E. (2013), Soft Matter, 9(4), 1214–1219.
- Capillary fracture of soft gels
- Bostwick, J. B., & Daniels, K. E. (2013), Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics, 88(4).
- Equilibrating temperaturelike variables in jammed granular subsystems
- Puckett, J. G., & Daniels, K. E. (2013), Physical Review Letters, 110(5).
- Flow-driven formation of solid-like microsphere heaps
- Ortiz, C. P., Riehn, R., & Daniels, K. E. (2013), Soft Matter, 9(2), 543–549.
- Focus on granular segregation
- Daniels, K. E., & Schroter, M. (2013), New Journal of Physics, 15.
- Local properties of patterned vegetation: Quantifying endogenous and exogenous effects
- Penny, G. G., Daniels, K. E., & Thompson, S. E. (2013), Philosophical Transactions. Mathematical, Physical, and Engineering Sciences., 371(2004).
- Equipartition of rotational and translational energy in a dense granular gas
- Nichol, K., & Daniels, K. E. (2012), Physical Review Letters, 108(1).
- Influence of network topology on sound propagation in granular materials
- Bassett, D. S., Owens, E. T., Daniels, K. E., & Porter, M. A. (2012), Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics, 86(4).
- Trajectory entanglement in dense granular materials
- Puckett, J. G., Lechenault, F., Daniels, K. E., & Thiffeault, J. L. (2012), Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment.
- Granular controls on periodicity of stick-slip events: Kinematics and force-chains in an experimental fault
- Hayman, N. W., Ducloue, L., Foco, K. L., & Daniels, K. E. (2011), Pure and Applied Geophysics, 168(12), 2239–2257.
- Local origins of volume fraction fluctuations in dense granular materials
- Puckett, J. G., Lechenault, F., & Daniels, K. E. (2011), Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics, 83(4).
- Sound propagation and force chains in granular materials
- Owens, E. T., & Daniels, K. E. (2011), Europhysics Letters, 94(5).
- Equilibration of granular subsystems
- Lechenault, F., & Daniels, K. E. (2010), Soft Matter, 6, 3074–3081.
- Fluorescent visualization of a spreading surfactant
- Fallest, D. W., Lichtenberger, A. M., Fox, C. J., & Daniels, K. E. (2010), New Journal of Physics, 12.
- Scalar conservation laws with nonconstant coefficients with application to particle size segregation in granular flow
- May, L. B. H., Shearer, M., & Daniels, K. E. (2010), Journal of Nonlinear Science, 20(6), 689–707.
- Shear-driven size segregation of granular materials: Modeling and experiment
- May, L. B. H., Golick, L. A., Phillips, K. C., Shearer, M., & Daniels, K. E. (2010), Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics, 81(5).
- Student blogging about physics
- Daniels, K. E. (2010), The Physics Teacher, 48.
- Universal shapes formed by two interacting cracks
- Fender, M. L., Lechenault, F., & Daniels, K. E. (2010), Physical Review Letters, 105(12).
- A porous convection model for grass patterns
- Thompson, S. E., & Daniels, K. E. (2010), American Naturalist, 175(1), E10–15. https://doi.org/10.1086/648603
- Introduction: Sixth annual gallery of nonlinear images, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2009
- Cvitanovic, P., Daniels, K. E., Kudrolli, A., Losert, W., & Redner, S. (2009), Chaos (Woodbury, N.Y.), 19(4).
- Mixing and segregation rates in sheared granular materials
- Golick, L. A., & Daniels, K. E. (2009), Physical Review. E, Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics, 80(4). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.80.042301
- Competition and bistability of ordered undulations and undulation chaos in inclined layer convection
- Daniels, K. E., Brausch, O., Pesch, W., & Bodenschatz, E. (2008), Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 597, 261–282. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022112007009615
- Fluctuations, correlations and transitions in granular materials: statistical mechanics for a non-conventional system
- Behringer, R. P., Daniels, K. E., Majmudar, T. S., & Sperl, M. (2008), Philosophical Transactions. Mathematical, Physical, and Engineering Sciences., 366(1865), 493–504.
- Force chains in seismogenic faults visualized with photoelastic granular shear experiments
- Daniels, K. E., & Hayman, N. W. (2008), Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth (Washington, D.C. : 1991), 113(B11).
- Instabilities in droplets spreading on gels
- Daniels, K. E., Mukhopadhyay, S., Houseworth, P. J., & Behringer, R. P. (2007), Physical Review Letters, 99, 123501.
- Characterization of a freezing/melting transition in a vibrated and sheared granular medium
- Daniels, K. E., & Behringer, R. P. (2006), Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment.
- Hysteresis and competition between disorder and crystallization in sheared and vibrated granular flow
- Daniels, K. E., & Behringer, R. P. (2005), Physical Review Letters, 94, 168001.
- Starbursts and wispy drops: Surfactants spreading on gels
- Daniels, K. E., Mukhopadhyay, S., & Behringer, R. P. (2005), Chaos (Woodbury, N.Y.), 15, 041107.
- Defect turbulence and generalized statistical mechanics
- Daniels, K. E., Beck, C., & Bodenschatz, E. (2004), Physica. D, Nonlinear Phenomena, 193, 208. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physd.2004.01.033
- Dynamics of meteor impacts
- Daniels, K. E., Coppock, J. E., & Behringer, R. P. (2004), Chaos (Woodbury, N.Y.), 14, S4.
- Statistics of defect trajectories in spatio-temporal chaos in inclined layer convection and the complex Ginzburg-Landau equation
- Huepe, C., Riecke, H., Daniels, K. E., & Bodenschatz, E. (2004), Chaos (Woodbury, N.Y.), 14, 864–874.
- Localized transverse bursts in inclined layer convection
- Daniels, K. E., Wiener, R. J., & Bodenschatz, E. (2003), Physical Review Letters, 91, 114501.
- Statistics of defect motion in spatiotemporal chaos in inclined layer convection
- Daniels, K. E., & Bodenschatz, E. (2003), Chaos (Woodbury, N.Y.), 13, 55.
- Defect turbulence in inclined layer convection
- Daniels, K. E., & Bodenschatz, E. (2002), Physical Review Letters, 88, 034501.
- Pattern formation in inclined layer convection
- Daniels, K. E., Plapp, B. B., & Bodenschatz, E. (2000), Physical Review Letters, 84, 5320–5323. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.5320
