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 âÃÂÃÂ
Please email Mehryar Jannesari Ghomsheh to be added to the soft matter email list.
Yu ZhongAssistant ProfessorDepartment of Materials Science and EngineeringCornell University
Bio: Yu Zhong earned his B.S. in chemistry (2011) from the University of Science and Technology of China. In 2017, he received a Ph.D. degree in chemistry from Columbia University. His graduate research was centered on designing contorted molecules for electronic and energy applications ranging from organic solar cells, photodetectors to gas sensors. Afterward, he conducted his postdoctoral research in Jiwoong Park’s group at the University of Chicago, where he worked on the design and synthesis of 2D polymers for ultrathin electronic circuits and energy conversion. As of July 2022, He is an assistant professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Cornell University. His research interest is developing novel soft materials and nanomaterials (organic electronic materials, porous polymers, hybrid 2D materials, etc.) for electronics, energy, healthcare, and sustainability applications.