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Nasrin Afzal Virginia Tech. Advisor: Michel Pleimling |
I am interested in applications of non_equilibrium statistical mechanics in biology. My research focuses on computational modeling of various systems especially Cytoskeleton. I am a Theorist. |
 afzal [at] vt.edu |
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Daniel B. Allan Johns Hopkins University Advisor: Robert L. Leheny |
I am interested in protein adsorption, rheology, fluid dynamics, image analysis, and computing with large data sets. I am an experimentalist. | |
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Dejan Arzensek University of Ljubljana Advisor: Rudolf Podgornik |
Proteins as soft matter physics material: topics such as protein assembly, interactions forces and physical mechanisms in protein assembly processes, polymer and colloid dynamics, polymer mediated interactions. I am an experimentalist. I also do some theory on the side. I am an experimentalist. |
 dejan.arzensek [at] student.fmf.uni-lj.si |
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Salvatore Assenza Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Advisor: Paolo De Los Rios |
Coarse grained modeling of Biomacromolecules. I am a Theorist. |
 salvatore.assenza [at] epfl.ch |
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Amir Azadi University of Massachusetts, Amherst Advisor: Gregory M. Grason |
Field of research: Theorist/Role of topological defects in Complex structure and optimal packings. I am a theorist. |
 aazadi [at] physics.umass.edu |
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Kaushik S. Balasubramanian Brandeis University Advisor: Bulbul Chakraborty |
Interests : Non equilibrium properties of soft matter and biophysics (Theorist) |
 ksbalu [at] brandeis.edu |
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Bernard Beckerman Northwestern University Advisor: Erik Luijten |
I specialize in computational soft matter research, and am especially interested in both solid and fluid membrane mechanics. I am a theorist. |
 bernard.beckerman [at] gmail.com |
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Silvia Biffi University of Milan Advisor: Tommaso Bellini |
I am interested in colloidal physics, DNA self-assembly, and Liquid Crystals. (Experimentalist) |
 silvia.biffi [at] unimi.it |
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Matthew C. Blosser University of Washington Advisor: Sarah Keller |
I am interested in the biophysical properties of lipid bilayers, especially miscibility phase transitions. I am an experimentalist. |
 blosserm [at] uw.edu |
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Robijn Bruinsma, Lecturer University of California, Los Angeles |
My current work concerns the application of theoretical physics and numerical modeling to molecular biology. |
 bruinsma [at] physics.ucla.edu |
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Isaac R. Bruss University of Massachusetts Advisor: Professor Gregory Grason |
I am interested in soft-matter physics pertaining to the geometry, packing, and self-assembly of nanoscale and biological systems. I am a theorist. | |
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Liheng Cai University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Advisor: Michael Rubinstein |
I am interested in polymer physics and its application to biological systems. My research focuses on physical mechanisms of airway defense systems of mammalian lungs, physical properties of bio-gels such as mucus, and scaling theory of particle motion in complex fluids. I am an experimentalist. | |
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Valeria Cassina University of Milano - Bicocca Advisor: Prof. Francesco Mantegazza |
My scientific activity is devoted to the study of DNA and Abeta amyloid fibrils with single molecule techniques such as Magnetic and Optical Tweezers and Atomic Force Microscopy. I am an experimentalist. |
 valeria.cassina [at] unimib.it |
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Paul Chaikin, Lecturer New York University |
Soft Matter, Colloids, Polymers, emulsions, self-assembly and self-replicaiton, granular stuff, packing, (Experimentalist) | |
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Jeong-Mo Choi Harvard University Advisor: Eugene I. Shakhnovich |
I’m now studying theoretical protein chemistry (protein folding, protein-protein interaction, etc.) and its consequences in population genetics. I am a theorist. |
 jeongmochoi [at] fas.harvard.edu |
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Mykyta V. Chubynsky University of Ottawa Advisor: Gary W. Slater |
Research interests: Electrophoresis of polyelectrolytes, both in free solution and in polymer networks/gels; diffusion in complex media; developing and studying simulation methods (lattice Monte Carlo and accelerated molecular dynamics); rigidity of disordered elastic networks. I am a theorist. | |
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Noel A. Clark, Lecturer University of Colorado |
Experimental soft matter physics, focusing on liquid crystals and colloids. (Experimental) | |
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Maria D. Correa-Rodriguez National Institute of Genomic Medicine Mexico Advisor: Enrique Hernandez-Lemus |
Statistical Physics of gene expression, transcriptional regulation dynamics and DNA-cationic micelle complexation. (Theorist) |
 maria.cr [at] ciencias.unam.mx |
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Kinjal Dasbiswas University of Florida Advisor: Prof. Alan T. Dorsey |
I am working on the role of topological defects in novel superfluid phenomena, such as supersolid Helium. I am a condensed matter theorist and apply tools from statistical physics and elasticity theory to problems in low temperature physics. |
 kidbis [at] phys.ufl.edu |
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Aykut Erbas University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Advisor: Michael Rubinstein |
Friction in bio-systems; Theoretical and computational modelling of charged/neutral-polymer brushes, hydrodynamic modeling of the mucociliary clearance system, all-atom MD simulations. I am a theorist. |
 aerbas [at] unc.edu |
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Daan Frenkel, Lecturer Cambridge University, United Kingdom |
I am a theorist. Numerical simulations of soft materials. | |
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Ting Ge Johns Hopkins University Advisor: Prof. Mark O. Robbins |
I perform molecular simulations to understand polymer mechanics, in particular I am interested in the role of entanglements during large deformation and fracture of glassy polymers. (Theorist) |
 get [at] pha.jhu.edu |
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Todd R. Gingrich University of California, Berkeley Advisor: Phill Geissler |
I am interested in computational techniques for studying self-assembly both in and out of equilibrium. I am a theorist. | |
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Anton Goloborodko Massachusetts Institute of Technology Advisor: Leonid Mirny |
I am a theorist. My primary topic is the organization of chromatin in a nucleus, mostly, from the polymer point of view. My other interests are protein adsorption and populational dynamics. |
 golobor [at] mit.edu |
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Alexander Y. Grosberg, Lecturer & Scientific Organizer New York University |
Statistical physics of polymers and biopolymers, soft condensed matter, biological physics. (Theorist) | |
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Ming Guo Harvard University Advisor: David A Weitz |
I’m studying the material properties and dynamics inside living cells and their dependence to biopolymer components, biological activity level, as well as to the micromechanical environments. I am an experimentalist. |
 mingguo [at] fas.harvard.edu |
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Yosi Hammer Tel-Aviv University Advisor: prof. Yacov Kantor |
Polymers in restricted geometry, energy and forces. I am a theorist. |
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Wafa Hassouneh Duke University Advisor: Dr. Ashutosh Chilkoti |
I am interested in understanding the self-assembly behavior of Elastin-like polypeptide diblocks. I am an experimentalist. |
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Laure Herrmann Institut Charles Sadron (UPR22-CNRS) Advisor: Patrick Kékicheff |
I am an experimentalist and I work on lyotropic lamellar mesophases. I am particularly interested in the effect of guest components (such as polymers) on the phase behavior and elastic properties of lamellar phases into which they are incorporated. |
 laure.herrmann [at] ics-cnrs.unistra.fr |
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Bob Hommersom FOM Institute AMOLF Advisor: Mirjam Leunissen |
I am a researcher in the field of soft and biological matter investigating interactions originating from DNA and corresponding properties as polymer-like behaviour, materials constructed with DNA and colloids and how they behave in colloidal suspensions. I am an experimentalist. |
 Hommersom [at] amolf.nl |
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Anne Juggernauth University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Advisor: Brian Love |
I am currently working on self assembly in polymers and colloids with an emphasis on structure - property relationships (using rheology, microscopy and small angle scattering). I’m also interested in general topics in soft matter physics (including interfaces, polymer nanocomposites, liquid crystals and biomolecules). I am primarily an experimentalist. |
 annekj [at] umich.edu |
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Devin Kachan University of California, Los Angeles Advisor: Robijn Bruinsma |
I am interested in the influence of casimir forces on the phase diagram of cross-linked actin networks. (Theorist) |
 dkachan [at] physics.ucla.edu |
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Milos Knezevic University of Cambridge Advisor: Prof. Mark Warner |
Theory of photoresponsive ferroelectric liquid crystals. I am a theorist. |
 mk684 [at] cam.ac.uk |
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Micha Kornreich Tel-Aviv University Advisor: Roy Beck Barkai |
Areas of physics interest: Structure and interactions of intermediate filaments. I am an experimentalist. |
 michakor [at] post.tau.ac.il |
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Kurt Kremer, Lecturer Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research |
Prof. Kremer’s research mainly employs various computer simulation techniques to a variety of different problems in the general area of soft matter physics in close relation to either experiment or analytic theory or both. I am a theorist. | |
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Tonya Kuhl, Lecturer University of California, Davis |
Direct Measurements of Biological Membrane – Membrane Interactions, Ligand-Receptor Interactions, Polymer Thin-Films, and Small Angle Scattering Studies of Interfacial Films |
 tlkuhl [at] ucdavis.edu |
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Eugenia Kumacheva, Lecturer & Scientific Organizer University of Toronto |
Physical chemistry of polymers, self-assembly, microfluidics, biotechnology. (Experimental) | |
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Albert Licup VU University Amsterdam Advisor: Fred C. MacKintosh |
I am interested in the nonequilibrium mechanics and dynamics of bioploymer networks and in particular on their nonlinear elasticity. I am a theorist. |
 a.j.licup [at] vu.nl |
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Fred MacKintosh, Lecturer VU University |
Theoretical biophysics and soft matter. (Theorist) | |
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L. Mahadevan, Lecturer Harvard University |
Applied mathematics. Macroscopic physics. Biological dynamics. |
 lm [at] seas.harvard.edu |
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Alexandre Mamane Institute Curie Advisor: Jean François Joanny |
The theme of my phd is the modeling of molecular motors and related functions in the cell. The team I work in is also interested in understanding the physical part of sbjects like the hearing process, tissue growth, cell division. I am a theorist. |
 alexandre.mamane [at] gmail.com |
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Tomer Markovich Tel Aviv Univeristy Advisor: David Andelman |
My research topic is ionic solutions on the nano scale: bulk and interfacial properties. I am a theorist. |
 tomermar [at] post.tau.ac.il |
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Jacob Mohau Mateyisi Institute of Theoretical Physics, South Africa Advisors: Kristian Muller-Nedebock and Leandro Boonzaaier |
My interest lies on the theoretical understanding of the physics of soft biological matter systems. I am also interested in the theoretical understanding of sorption of molecules into pores provided by porous material from both equilibrium and dynamical perspectives. I am a theorist. |
 mateyisi [at] sun.ac.za |
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Dustin McIntosh University of California, Santa Barbara Advisor: Omar Saleh |
I have specialized in single-molecule elastic measurements of polyelectrolytes, but am broadly interested in novel applications of polymer physics and solution electrostatics. I am an experimentalist. |
 dmcintos [at] physics.ucsb.edu |
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Tom McLeish, Lecturer Durham University |
My research covers three themes: (1) Molecular rheology and dynamics of polymeric fluids (2) Noisy processes in molecular biology and evolution (3) History, theology and philosphy of science, including science and society. (Theorist) | |
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Shlomi Medalion Bar-Ilan University Advisor: Prof. Yitzhak Rabin |
Thermodynamics of biological systems, elastic models of biopolymers, DNA topology, DNA-protein interactions, coarse grained models and simulations of macromolecules. I’m a theorist. |
 shlomed.uni [at] gmail.com |
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Elena Minina University of Stuttgart Advisor: Axel Arnold |
1. Polymer dynamics in cylindrical confinement: the hydrodynamics influence on the typical time scales of polymers in confinement using computer simulations and developing scaling laws. 2. Theoretical description of ferrofluid microstructure. I’m a theorist. Also I perform computer simulations. |
 eminina86 [at] gmail.com |
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Abhiram Muralidhar University of Minnesota Advisor: Prof. Kevin Dorfman |
My interests include theory and simulation of polymers, and biophysics. I am a theorist. |
 abhiram [at] umn.edu |
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Elizaveta Novikova Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands Advisor: Kees Storm |
My area of interests: I’m interested in investigating the processes that give rise to cell mechanosensitivity, in particular in the behavior of focal adhesion clusters under tension. I’m a theorist. |
 E.A.Novikova [at] tue.nl |
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Gilad Orly Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel Advisor: Nir Gov |
Fields of Interest: Physics of biological systems, in particular the formation of protrusions in cells and non-equilibrium processes in the cell. (Theorist) |
 gilad_o [at] hotmail.com |
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Andrew J. Oyer University of Connecticut Advisor: Douglas Adamson |
I work on exfoliation and chemical modification of graphene from natural sources. I am an experimentalist. |
 oyerajm [at] gmail.com |
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Beatriz A. Pazmino Betancourt Wesleyan University Advisor: Francis Starr |
Polymer dynamics and cooperative motion near glass transition of Nano-composites. (Theorist) |
 bpazminobeta [at] wesleyan.edu |
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Adrian F. Pegoraro Harvard University Advisor: Dr. David A. Weitz |
Area of interest: I am interested in studying collective cell motion and how changes in the substrate lead to changes in collective cell dynamics. I’m an experimentalist. |
 apegoraro [at] seas.harvard.edu |
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Nikolay Perunov Massachusetts Institute of Technology Advisor: Prof. Jeremy England |
Protein folding: physical models, statistical methods. I am a theorist. |
 perunov [at] mit.edu |
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Jorien Peters Wageningen University Advisor: Atze Jan van der Goot, Remko Boom |
Interested in swelling behaviour of dairy protein structures. I am an Experimentalist. | |
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Philip A. Pincus, Lecturer University of California, Santa Barbara |
Our group does theoretical research broadly in soft condensed matter. Most of our research is motivated by problems arising from biomolecular issues and the physics of aqueous systems. (Theorist) | |
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David J. Pine, Lecturer New York University |
Soft matter, colloids, granular materials (Experimentalist) | |
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Jenni Portman Michigan State University Advisor: Philip Duxbury |
Areas of physics interest: Molecular Dynamics simulations of solvent and multi-chain effects on polymer folding and modeling of novel devices to image these processes. I am a theorist. |
 portman1 [at] msu.edu |
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Yitzhak Rabin, Lecturer Bar-Ilan University |
Biophysics, DNA, nanopores, gels, soft matter, statistical physics. I am a theorist. | |
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Leo Radzihovsky, Director & Scientific Organizer University of Colorado |
I am interested in states of condensed matter and phase transitions between them, particularly when fluctuations and correlations are qualitatively important. (Theorist) | |
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Sepideh Razavi City College of New York Advisors: Ilona Kretzschmar and Joel Koplik |
I am interested in the study of Janus colloids near and at interfaces by both experimental and simulation tools with the goal of gaining insight into the connection between emulsion stability and particle-particle interactions at liquid/liquid interfaces. I am an experimentalist. |
 srazavi [at] che.ccny.cuny.edu |
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Payam Rowghanian Center for Soft Matter Research, New York University Advisor: Alexander Grosberg |
Theoretical and Computational studies in the areas of biological and polymer physics, and critical phenomena. |
 pr733 [at] nyu.edu |
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Gregory J. Rubinstein Princeton University Advisor: Professor Howard Stone |
My research interests are in complex viscous flows involving the shear-enhanced dispersion of colloidal particles. I am a theorist. |
 grubinst [at] princeton.edu |
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Michael Rubinstein, Scientific Organizer University of North Carolina |
I am interested in all areas of soft condensed matter and polymer physics including polymer entanglements, charged polymers, polymer gels and networks, and their applications to biological systems, such as airway surface layer of a lung. (Theorist) | |
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Samuel Safran, Lecturer Weizmann Institute of Science |
We study the structure, phase behavior and dynamics of systems such as membranes, macromolecules, and biological cells, using the approaches of statistical thermodynamics. Through our interactions with experimental groups, the theory is applied to problems of membrane fusion, elasticity, self-assembly and adhesion of cells, and self-assembly of amphiphilic molecules. I am a theorist. | |
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Ozan S. Sariyer University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Advisor: Michael Rubinstein |
: I am interested in the statistical mechanics of polymeric systems. My current research is on elasticity of entangled rubber networks. I am a theorist. | |
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Raoul D. Schram Instituut-Lorentz for theoretical physics, Leiden Advisor: Helmut Schiessel and Gerard Barkema |
My main interest is currently the dynamics of the polymer in a globular state, and its applications to DNA in the cell nucleus. I am a theorist. |
 raouldschram [at] gmail.com |
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Vittore F. Scolari UPMC, Paris, France and NCBS, Bangalore, India Advisor: Marco Cosentino Lagomarsino and Aswin Sai Narain Seshasayee |
Areas of interests: Biophysical properties of the bacterial Nucleoid. I am a theorist. |
 vittore.scolari [at] upmc.fr |
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Eugene Shakhnovich, Lecturer Harvard University |
Basic principles of protein folding and structural and dynamical properties of other complex polymer systems. |
 shakhnovich [at] chemistry.harvard.edu |
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Tyler N. Shendruk University of Ottawa Advisor: Dr. Gary W. Slater |
I study separation phenomena in microfluidic devices in which both thermal and advective forces play an important role. I am a theorist. | |
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Jan Smrek New York Univeristy Advisor: Alexander Grosberg |
I’m a theorist interested in structural properties of DNA and proteins search process in cell nucleus. |
 js5013 [at] nyu.edu |
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Samantha M. Stam University of Chicago Advisor: Margaret Gardel and Wendy Zhang |
I study mechanisms of force transmission through networks of semiflexible actin filaments. I am mainly an experimentalist. |
 smstam [at] uchicago.edu |
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Joris Stegen Eindhoven University of Technology Advisor: Paul van der Schoot |
I am interested in the behaviour of highly concentrated protein solutions. I am a theorist. |
 j.stegen [at] tue.nl |
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Ye Tian Center for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National Lab Advisor: Oleg Gang |
physical behavior for 3-D colloidal crystallization. I am an experimentalist. |
 yetian [at] bnl.gov |
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Corianne van den Akker FOM Institute AMOLF Advisor: Gijsje Koenderink |
I am interested in mechanics and structure of biopolymers: rheology, imaging and spectroscopy. I am an experimentalist. | |
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Fernando Vargas-Lara Wesleyan University Advisor: Prof. Francis W. Starr |
My Ph.D research centers on molecular simulations and theory of the assembly of nanoparticles mediated DNA links. I am interested in studying how the structural parameters of the DNA-coated nanoparticles affect the topology of the resulting self-assembled network, and the assemblies thermodynamically properties. (Theorist) |
 lvargaslara [at] wesleyan.edu |
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Andreas Weinberger Institut Charles Sadron (UPR22-CNRS) Advisor: Carlos Marques |
Self-assembled bilayers from lipids and polymers. I am an experimentalist. | |
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David A. Weitz, Lecturer Harvard University |
Experimental soft condensed matter research, biophysics, biotechnology. (Experimental) | |
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Ana West Emory University Advisor: Dr. James T. Kindt |
Research Interests: Using both theory and a hybrid Monte-Carlo (MC)-Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulation technique I am exploring the long-time dynamics of high-affinity, high-specificity, transient networks assembled from purposefully mixing stoichiometrically mismatched ‘junctions’ and ‘linker’ components. I am a theorist. |
 awest5 [at] emory.edu |
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Apiwat Wisitsorasak Rice University Advisor: Prof. Peter Wolynes |
I study glassy dynamics by using the idea of Random First Order Transition to understand inhomogeneity and mechanical force effect on glasses. I am also interested in cellular cytoskeleton network. (Theorist) |
 aw15 [at] rice.edu |
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Huayin (Helen) Wu Harvard University Advisor: David Weitz |
Area of interest: I am interested in the responses of biopolymers to forces, and am currently studying rheological behavior in particular. I am an experimentalist. |
 huayinwu [at] fas.harvard.edu |
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Le Yan New York University Advisor: Matthieu Wyart |
I am interested in phase transition, critical phenomena and diffusion in random networ. I am a theorist. |
 ly452 [at] nyu.edu |
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Xingbo Yang Syracuse University Advisor: M.Cristina Marchetti |
Non-equilibrium Statistical Mechanics with a focus on Soft Matter and Biological Physics. (Theorist) |
 xyang14 [at] syr.edu |
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Catherine Yeh University of California, Santa Barbara Advisor: Philip Pincus |
Polymer solutions, interfacial properties, polymer brushes. (Theorist) |
 yeh [at] physics.ucsb.edu |
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Ekaterina B Zhulina, Lecturer Institute of Macromolecular Compounds of the Russian Academy of Sciences |
Theoretical investigation of polymer self-assembly in solutions and at interfaces, polymer and biopolymer brushes. I am a theorist. |
 kzhulina [at] hotmail.com |
