People

Core Faculty
Name	Contact
Donald Candela Granular flows, granular memory, quantum fluids Candela group	candela@physics.umass.edu 413-545-3666 PSB W112
Benny Davidovitch Condensed matter theory Davidovitch group	bdavidov@physics.umass.edu 413-545-0381 HAS 405B
Anthony Dinsmore Soft interfaces, membranes, powders, contact electrification Dinsmore group	dinsmore@physics.umass.edu 413-545-3786 HAS 303
Lori Goldner Single molecule biophysics Goldner group	lgoldner@physics.umass.edu 413-545-0594 HAS 407B
Manasa Kandula Active and Complex colloids, Collective assembly Kandula group	hkandula@umass.edu 413-545-2219 HAS 402
Varghese Mathai Multiphase flows, Soft matter laden turbulence Mathai group	vmathai@umass.edu HAS 302
Narayanan Menon Nonequilibrium matter - sheets, filaments, grains, fluids Menon group	menon@physics.umass.edu 413-545-0852 HAS 403A
Shubha Tewari Granular flow, charged grains, education and outreach Tewari group	tewari@physics.umass.edu 413-545-9599 HAS 301
Mark Tuominen Experimental condensed matter physics, Nanotechnology Tuominen group	tuominen@physics.umass.edu 413-545-1944 PSB W106
Shuang Zhou Liquid crystals, active matter, collective motion Zhou group	zhou@physics.umass.edu 413-545-1291 HAS 407A

Adjunct Faculty
Name	Contact
Gregory Grason Soft matter theory, self assembly, polymers	grason@polysci.umass.edu 413-577-1511 CONTE A212
Murugappan Muthukumar Polymers Muthukumar group	muthu@polysci.umass.edu 413-577-1212 CONTE A212

Retired Faculty
Name	Contact
Jonathan Machta Theoretical condensed matter, Statistical physics Machta group	machta@physics.umass.edu HAS 406

Postdoctoral Research Associates
Name	Contact
Bipul Biswas Complex active colloids design and dynamics Kandula group	bbiswas@umass.edu HAS 127

Graduate Students
Name	Contact
Oluwafemi Akomolafe active liquid crystals Zhou group	oakomolafe@umass.edu Hasbrouck 38
Sizhe Cheng Individual and collective dynamics of microswimmers Zhou group	scheng@umass.edu Hasbrouck 38
Mingzhu Cui Wetting and hysteresis on curved surfaces Dinsmore group	mingzhucui@umass.edu Hasbrouck 205
Devadyouti Das Surface entropic effect in lyotropic liquid crystals Zhou group	ddas@umass.edu Has 38
Pronay Dutta Non-equilibrium assembly of active-passive mixtures Kandula group	pronaydutta@umass.edu Has 38
Nicholas Hackney Grason group	nhackney@umass.edu Conte
Robert Keane Turbulent bubble rafts Mathai group	robertkeane@umass.edu Hasbrouck 306
Mary Elizabeth Lee Santangelo group	marvlee@umass.edu Hasbrouck 306
Beatrice Lunsford-Poe Active microrheology in liquid crystals Zhou group	blunsfordpoe@umass.edu Hasbrouck 38
Domenic McArthur Water entry on soft thin films Mathai group	dmcarthur@umass.edu Hasbrouck 135
Prasanna More Flexible active colloids design and dynamics Kandula group	pmore@umass.edu Hasbrouck 135
Christopher Oville Photoactive Lipid membranes Dinsmore group	coville@umass.edu Hasbrouck 205
Kerry O’Brien Soft fluid structure interactions Mathai group	kaobrien@umass.edu Hasbrouck 306
Nick Popowich Memory effects in granular media Candela group
Anthony Raykh External field responsive colloids in confined environments Kandula group	araykh@umass.edu Hasbrouck 38
Dalton Roush Fluid Mechanics Davidovitch group	droush@umass.edu PSB W05
Kyle Sullivan Grason group	kyltsullivan@umass.edu Conte
Chetan Yadav active granular systems Menon group	cyadav@umass.edu Hasbrouck 205
Zhiyu Yang Particle laden flows with curvature Mathai group	zhiyuyang@umass.edu Hasbrouck 306
Yating Zhang sedimentation of anisotropic objects Menon group	yatingzhang@umass.edu Hasbrouck 205
Nuoya Zhou thin sheets at fluid interfaces Menon group	nuoyazhou@umass.edu Hasbrouck 205

Undergraduate Students
Name	Contact
Michael Abreu Rolling in fluids Mathai group
Miles Alipui Contact electrification of solids by liquids Dinsmore group
Joseph Amendolare Wetting on curved surfaces Dinsmore group
Emily Aslanian Shock-focusing under concave water impact Mathai group
Cristhian Barba Garzon Packing of sphere/dimer mixtures Tewari group
Joelle Beck computations of membrane structural equation Mathai group
Braeden Callaghan Tuned mass damper for sloshing waves Mathai group
Alessandro Cosgrove active granular systems Menon group
Jackson Diodati Active colloid dynamics at oil-water interfaces Kandula group
Ramin Gasimli Brachistochrone dynamics in viscous fluids Mathai group
Rishabh Jain Lipid membranes and polymers Dinsmore group
Henry Jordan force propagation in filament networks Menon group
Jeehyun Kim thin sheets at fluid interfaces Menon group
Dante Lamenza Naylor Soft fluidic coupled oscillators Mathai group
Yuchen Li Hemi-spherical colloid synthesis and assembly Kandula group
Takuto Nakamura Modeling of inertial particles in standing gravity waves Mathai group
Hassan Nejmeldeen Fabrication and characterization of ultrasoft thin elastomers Mathai group
Elliot Parry Shear response of charged granular materials Tewari group
Vasanth Prabhakaran Rolling in fluids Mathai group
Ishan Rana Shape-anisotropic particles in granular flow Tewari group
Ava Rodrigues sedimentation of anisotropic objects Menon group
Eli Silman Moving fluid contact lines Dinsmore group
Shiyu Zhang rheology of powders Menon group

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Adjunct Faculty

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Undergraduate Students