Research Interests

  • Contact Info:
    • Department of Physics
    • Syracuse University
    • Syracuse, NY 13244 USA
  • Phone: 315.443.3920
  • Fax: 315.443.9103

Research Overview

We are interested in collective motion in disordered, non-equilibrium materials, including glasses, granular materials and biological tissues. How is structure related to flow in these materials? Why is plastic deformation generically localized, and how can we identify flow defects? How do macroscopic phenomena such as surface tension and viscosity emerge from microscopic properties? To address these questions in various materials, we use theoretical and computational methods.

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IGERT Program

Graduate Fellowship opportunities with:

Syracuse University Department of Physics

The Soft Interfaces Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) focuses on research on soft and biological interfaces and on the interaction between soft and hard materials. The research is broadly organized into three areas: (i) biological membranes in vitro and in vivo, (ii) biomaterials interfaces, and (iii) nanostructured interfaces. These areas are all central to modern materials science and engineering, both for their fundamental interest and their potential for technological and medical applications. The IGERT Fellows will have opportunities to be engaged in theoretical and experimental research projects within cross-disciplinary teams of scientists and engineers. .