Department of Physics, Duke University
Prof. Charbonneau was recently granted an Eddie Goldenberg Research of Canada. Mid-2027, he will therefore be joining the Physics faculty at Université de Montréal. More details about this important move will follow in due time.
Prof. Charbonneau published the 500th dataset within the Duke Research Data Repository and is the top depositor. He recently shared his thoughts on data sharing and the use of the RDR.
Next week, I’ll be co-organizing the 6th International Conference on Packing Problems at TU/e, in the Netherlands. I’m looking forward to reconnecting with friends, meeting new colleagues, and, of course, learning some new physics and mathematics along the way. I’m Continue reading ICPP2026
It’s now official! I’ll be in Munich for a few days this summer, running a very exciting workshop with my WiHQP collaborators. Join us if you’re around!
Our book, Women in the History of Quantum Physics, has been (mostly positively) reviewed in various outlets over the last six months. On its own, that’s quite an accomplishment. According to our publisher, it’s increasingly rare for such a book Continue reading WiHQP reviewed in Nature
I’m quite proud of our latest paper: How do simple grains or particles suddenly lock together and become rigid—a process known as jamming? This work approaches this classic physics problem from a new angle: by asking how algorithms explore configuration Continue reading Jamming: algorithms and geometry
Our review on amorphous sphere packings has just been published in a new RSC volume on packing, announced recently in an elegant press release. Congratulations to my collaborator, Peter Morse, for making this happen! If you’d like a personal copy Continue reading Amorphous Packings of Spheres
As of July 1, 2025, Patrick Charbonneau is Professor of Physics at Duke University.
Over the summer, Professor Charbonneau had the privilege of visiting MOTAT in Auckland, New Zealand, where the Cambridge Meccano model differential analyzer can now be found. He also got to give a talk to museum staff and volunteers about his Continue reading Travel News
Congratulations, Dr. Mingyuan Zheng, for her work on the not-so-glass-like behavior of active matter being accepted in PRL! It’s a nice bow in our recent gathering in Suzhou. Updated June 4, 2025: Published!
