Welcome

Welcome to our Group Website! 

We are an experimental soft matter group working primarily in three types of systems: shear-induced deformation and rearrangements of soft particles, collective behaviors of active colloids, and cell-substrate interactions, with goals to develop new methods for material processing, and assemble biological and nonbiological building blocks into high-dimensional hierarchical structures. Whenever possible, we design high-throughput experiments to augment our capacity and bring in statistical and physical models to optimize experimental designs and accelerate scientific discovery.

We are currently seeking post-doctoral scholars, graduate students, undergraduate students and post-baccalaureates to join our efforts. Please read the Open Position page to find out more.

News

April 2, 2025
We implement a strategy to embed dermal fibroblasts in collagen in contact with anisotropic hydrogel fibers. These fibroblasts generate traction forces and remodel the...
March 7, 2025
The 102nd New England Complex Fluids at Yale University was a success! Thanks to all the invited speakers and soundbite contributors who contributed to this vibrant...
February 7, 2025
The New England Complex Fluids (NECF) Workshop is officially coming to Yale on March 7, 2025. Please  register early at: https://www.complexfluids.org/necf/index.php, and...