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.
Katia BertoldiWilliam and Ami Kuan Danoff Professor of Applied MechanicsJohn A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Bio: Katia Bertoldi is the William and Ami Kuan Danoff Professor of Applied Mechanics at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. She earned master’s degrees from Trento University (Italy) in 2002 and from Chalmers University of Technology (Sweden) in 2003, majoring in structural engineering mechanics. Upon earning a Ph.D. degree in mechanics of materials and structures from Trento University, in 2006, Katia joined as a PostDoc the group of Mary Boyce at MIT. In 2008 she moved to the University of Twente (the Netherlands) where she was an assistant professor in the faculty of engineering technology. In January 2010 Katia joined the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University and established a group studying the mechanics of materials and structures. She is the recipient of the NSF Career Award 2011 and of the ASME’s 2014 Hughes Young Investigator Award. She serves as an associate editor for the journal Extreme Mechanics Letters. She published over 120 peer-reviewed papers and several patents.