Condensed and Living Matter Seminars

Upcoming Condensed and Living Matter Seminars



Condensed, Soft & Living Matter Seminar

Alison Sweeney, Yale
- David Rittenhouse Laboratory, A8


Condensed, Soft & Living Matter Seminar

Leslie Schoop, Princeton
- David Rittenhouse Laboratory, A8

Past Condensed and Living Matter Seminars



Condensed and Living Matter Seminar: Search and Response Mechanisms in Active Soft Matter

Alireza Abbaspourrad (Cornell University)
- David Rittenhouse Laboratory A8

Efficient migration in complex environments is crucial for biological systems that search for a target across various length scales. Microswimmers’ motion, such as bacterial chemotaxis in complex environments, and…



Condensed and Living Matter Seminar: Van der Waals magnets and antiferromagnets interacting with electron spins

Dan Ralph (Cornell University)
- David Rittenhouse Laboratory A8

This talk will discuss two projects.  The first concerns topological insulator/magnet samples made by mechanical stacking of exfoliated van der Waals flakes.  The proximity interaction of the…



Condensed and Living Matter Seminar: "Robots that evolve on demand"

Rebecca Kramer-Bottiglio (Yale)
- David Rittenhouse Laboratory A8

Abstract: Soft robots have the potential to adapt their morphology and behavioral control policy to changing tasks and environments. Inspired by the dynamic plasticity of living materials and general adaptability of…



Condensed and Living Matter Seminar: Multicellular is different: the biophysical basis of multicellular growth

Peter Yunker (Georgia Tech)
- David Rittenhouse Laboratory A8

Cells often live in groups, such as surface attached communities of unrelated bacteria (e.g., biofilms) to multicellular organisms (e.g., animals). Living in groups provides cells with a range of…



Condensed and Living Matter Seminar: Computing with Physical Systems

Peter McMahon (Cornell University)
- David Rittenhouse Laboratory A8

Conventional digital computing technology based on complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor (CMOS) devices has accumulated a performance increase in excess of 1,000,000x versus the first CMOS digital…