• B.S., Physics and Mathematics, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel, 1990
• Ph.D., Physics, Boston University, 1994
• Postdoctoral Research:
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Chicago, 1994-1996
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Nonlinear Studies, 1996-1998
• Employment:
  • Technical Staff Member, Complex Systems Group (T-13), 1998-2006
  • Group Leader, Complex Systems Group (T-13), 2006-present

Research Interests:

• Soft and Granular Matter
• Nonequilibrium Dynamics and Irreversible processes
• Transport Processes
• Complex Networks
• Population and Mathematical Biology

Selected Recent Publications:

1. E. Ben-Naim and J. Machta, Stationary States and Energy Cascades in Inelastic Gases, cond-mat/0411743, (2004).
2. E. Ben-Naim and P.L. Krapivsky Kinetic Theory of Random Graphs: from Paths to Cycles, Phys. Rev. E  in press (2005).
3. E. Ben-Naim, P.L. Krapivsky, and S. Redner Bifurcations and Patterns in Compromise Processes, Physica D 183, 190 (2003).
4. X. Nie, E. Ben-Naim, and S.Y. Chen Dynamics of Freely Cooling Granular Gases, Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 204301 (2002).
5. E. Ben-Naim, Z.A. Daya, P. Vorobieff, and R.E. Ecke Knots and Random Walks in Vibrated Granular Chains, Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 1414 (2001).
6. E. Ben-Naim, S.Y. Chen, G. D. Doolen, and S. Redner Shock Like Dynamics of Inelastic Gases, Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 4069 (1999).