Our research focuses on understanding how soft materials deform, organize, and respond to their environments—particularly far from equilibrium—using single-molecule techniques and materials discovery. Current research topics include understanding the dynamics of lipid vesicles and membranes, colloidal and capillary suspensions, and entangled polymers in flow, as well as AI-guided closed-loop discovery of organic photocatalysts and light-harvesting molecules using modular building-block synthesis.
Awards and Achievements
- Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Fellow, American Physical Society
- Fellow, Society of Rheology
- Camille & Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award
- NSF CAREER Award, National Science Foundation
- Arthur B. Metzner Early Career Award, Society of Rheology
- U.S. Frontiers of Engineering, National Academy of Engineering (FOE NAE)
- NIH Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00)
- Jane Coffin Childs Memorial Fund for Medical Research Postdoctoral Fellowship
- National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Fellowship