Eugene M. Terentjev (born 21 June 1959) is professor of

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at the

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, and fellow of

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where he is the Director of Studies in Natural Sciences. Terentjev earned his MSc in Physics from

Moscow State University M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU; russian: Московский государственный университет имени М. В. Ломоносова) is a public research university in Moscow, Russia and the most prestigious ...

, and his PhD from Institute of Crystallography,

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, Moscow. He then carried out postdoctoral research at

Case Western Reserve University Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) is a private research university in Cleveland, Ohio. Case Western Reserve was established in 1967, when Western Reserve University, founded in 1826 and named for its location in the Connecticut Western Res ...

in Cleveland, Ohio, before moving to Cambridge in 1992. Terentjev's

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is over 60, with over 16000 citations to his articles. His most notable contributions are in the scientific field of liquid crystal elastomers, and in biophysics.

Selected publications

* "F1 rotary motor of ATP synthase is driven by the torsionally asymmetric drive shaft." O. Kulish, A.D. Wright, E.M. Terentjev: ''Sci. Rep.'', 6, 28180 (2016). * "How cells feel: stochastic model for a molecular mechanosensor." M. Escude, M.K. Rigozzi, E.M. Terentjev: ''Biophys. J.'', 106, 124–133 (2014). * "Mouldable liquid-crystalline elastomer actuators with exchangeable covalent bonds." Z. Pei, Y. Yang, Q. Chen, E.M. Terentjev, Y.Wei, Y. Ji: ''Nature Mater.'' 13, 36-41 (2013). * "A chain mechanism for flagellum growth." L.D.B. Evans, S. Poulter, E.M. Terentjev, C. Hughes, G.M. Fraser: ''Nature'', 504, 287-290 (2013). * "Strength of nanotubes, filaments and nanowires from sonication-induced scission." Y.Y. Huang, T.P.J. Knowles and E.M. Terentjev: ''Adv. Mater.'' 21, 1–4 (2009). * "Photo-mechanical actuation in polymer-nanotube composites." S.V. Ahir, E.M. Terentjev: ''Nature Mater.'' 4, 491–495 (2005).

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