David James Edward Callaway is a biological nanophysicist in the

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, where he is professor and laboratory director. He was trained as a theoretical physicist by

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, and

Cosmas Zachos Cosmas K. Zachos (; born 1951) is a theoretical physicist. He was educated in physics (undergraduate A.B. 1974) at Princeton University, and did graduate work in theoretical physics at the California Institute of Technology (Ph.D. 1979 ) under t ...

, and was previously an associate professor at the

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after positions at

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and

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. Callaway's laboratory discovered potential therapeutics for

Alzheimer's disease Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease and the cause of 60–70% of cases of dementia. The most common early symptom is difficulty in remembering recent events. As the disease advances, symptoms can include problems wit ...

based upon

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after an earlier paper of his developed models of Alzheimer amyloid formation. He has also initiated the study of protein domain dynamics by

neutron spin echo Neutron spin echo spectroscopy is an inelastic neutron scattering technique invented by Ferenc Mezei in the 1970s and developed in collaboration with John Hayter. In recognition of his work and in other areas, Mezei was awarded the first Walter ...

spectroscopy, providing a way to observe protein

nanomachines Molecular machines are a class of molecules typically described as an assembly of a discrete number of molecular components intended to produce mechanical movements in response to specific stimuli, mimicking macromolecular devices such as switch ...

in motion. Previous work includes the invention of the

microcanonical ensemble In statistical mechanics, the microcanonical ensemble is a statistical ensemble that represents the possible states of a mechanical system whose total energy is exactly specified. The system is assumed to be isolated in the sense that it canno ...

approach to

lattice gauge theory In physics, lattice gauge theory is the study of gauge theories on a spacetime that has been discretized into a lattice. Gauge theories are important in particle physics, and include the prevailing theories of elementary particles: quantum ele ...

with

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, work on the convexity of the effective potential of

quantum field theory In theoretical physics, quantum field theory (QFT) is a theoretical framework that combines Field theory (physics), field theory and the principle of relativity with ideas behind quantum mechanics. QFT is used in particle physics to construct phy ...

, work on

Langevin dynamics In physics, Langevin dynamics is an approach to the mathematical modeling of the dynamics of molecular systems using the Langevin equation. It was originally developed by French physicist Paul Langevin. The approach is characterized by the use o ...

in quantum field theory with John R. Klauder, a monograph on

quantum triviality In a quantum field theory, charge screening can restrict the value of the observable "renormalized" charge of a classical theory. If the only resulting value of the renormalized charge is zero, the theory is said to be "trivial" or noninteracting. ...

, constraints on the Higgs boson and papers on

black holes A black hole is a massive, compact astronomical object so dense that its gravity prevents anything from escaping, even light. Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity predicts that a sufficiently compact mass will form a black hole. Th ...

and superconductors. His work in these areas is highly cited and notable.

Athletic accomplishments

Dr Callaway is an avid expedition mountaineer and polar explorer. He was a competitor on the first

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References

External links

*Callaway's publications at th
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American biophysicists American mountain climbers California Institute of Technology alumni Living people Nanophysicists 21st-century American physicists Year of birth missing (living people) People associated with CERN {{US-physicist-stub