This year, our conversations will focus on the key challenges and opportunities in soft matter design, including living materials, nanomaterials, and the macroscopic behavior of soft systems. Each seminar will be held from 12:00-1:00 p.m. in Olin 128 with a 30-minute presentation followed by 20 minutes of discussion. From 1:00-2:00 p.m., we will host an optional extended session for one-on-one or small group conversations with the speaker, Cornell faculty, postdocs, and graduate researchers. You are welcome to leave after 1:00 if your schedule requires it, but we hope you will stay for this additional dialogue, which we view as an essential part of the series.We look forward to your participation and to another year of discovery and exchange.Organizers: Sarah Hormozi, Itai Cohen, Eric Dufresne, Nick Abbott, Uli WiesnerCoordinators: Taylor Parente and Mehryar Jannesari GhomshehCornell Soft Matter Hub
Please email Mehryar Jannesari Ghomsheh to be added to the soft matter email list.
Daniel GoldmenSchool of PhysicsGeorgia Institute of Technology
Bio: Daniel Goldman is a professor in the School of Physics at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Goldman’s research program investigates the interaction of biological and physical systems with complex materials like granular media. He received his B.S. in physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1994. He received his Ph.D. in 2002 from the University of Texas at Austin, studying nonlinear dynamics and granular media. He did postdoctoral work in locomotion biomechanics at the University of California at Berkeley. Goldman became a faculty member at Georgia Tech in January 2007. He is an adjunct member of the School of Biology and a member of the Bioengineering Graduate Program. Goldman is a Georgia Power Professor of Excellence, a Fellow of the American Physical Society (2014), and has received an NSF CAREER/PECASE award, a DARPA Young Faculty Award, a Sigma Xi Young Faculty award, and a Burroughs Welcome Fund Career Award at the Scientific Interface.