Soft Matter Program at Syracuse University

Congratulations to Prashant Mishra, who successfully defended his thesis, titled “Pattern formation in active nematics”! Prashant was advised by Professor Cristina Marchetti in the Soft Matter Program. He will be taking on a position at the Galloway School in Atlanta.

"A new composition for string quartet takes listeners on a journey into the weird world of soft matter."

http://physics.aps.org/articles/v9/92

Arts & Culture: A Quartet for Soft Matter A new composition for string quartet takes listeners on a journey into the weird world of soft matter.

Prof. Lisa Manning has been selected for recognition with a “Young Scientist Award” by the Commission on Statistical Physics of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics. Prof. Manning has been invited to present her work in Lyon, France at this summer’s StatPhys meeting. Congratulations!