Saturday
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm
Keynote Session: Colloidal Self-Assembly
Discussion Leader: Ahmed Al Harraq (Princeton University, United States)
3:45 pm - 3:50 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
3:50 pm - 4:20 pm
David Pine (New York University, United States)
"Self-Assembly of Colloidal Diamond"
4:20 pm - 4:30 pm
Discussion
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Soft Matter Characterization From Rheology, Scattering, and Continuum Mechanics Techniques
Discussion Leader: Meera Ramaswamy (Princeton University, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Florence Müller (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
"Correlating Interparticle Properties to Macroscopic Rheology in Rough Particle Gels"
7:45 pm - 7:50 pm
Discussion
7:50 pm - 8:05 pm
Laurel Kroo (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States)
"Measuring Transient Extensional Properties in Complex Microstructured Fluids Using a Composite Harmonic-Exponential Waveform"
8:05 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:25 pm
Sabrina Marnoto (Northeastern University, United States)
"In-Line Fluidic Elastometer for Production and Characterization of Microparticles"
8:25 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:45 pm
Sebastian Gonzalez La Corte (Princeton University, United States)
"Morphodynamics of Growing Bacterial Communities in Polymeric Environments"
8:45 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:05 pm
Anisur Rahman (University of Massachusetts, Amherst, United States)
"Interfacial Pinning, Interactions, and Assembly of Rough Colloids at Fluidic Interfaces"
9:05 pm - 9:10 pm
Discussion
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm
Navid Bizmark (Princeton University, United States)
"Post-Loading RNA in Lipid Nanoparticles"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Computationally-Driven Material Design From Statistical Mechanics
Discussion Leader: Yao Xiong (Northwestern University, United States)
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Gautam Bordia (University of California, Berkeley, United States)
"Thermodynamics of Structured Liquids"
9:15 am - 9:20 am
Discussion
9:20 am - 9:35 am
Huiling Li (University of Michigan, United States)
"Segregative Phase Separation of Weak Polyelectrolyte Complexes: A Unique Phase Re-Entry Phenomenon at High Salt Concentration"
9:35 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 9:55 am
Anukta Datta (University of California, Santa Barbara, United States)
"A Cumulants Based Mathematical Framework to Describe Non-Ideal Polymer Conformations from Their Scattering Signatures"
9:55 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:15 am
Geert Schulpen (Utrecht University, The Netherlands)
"Analyzing Phase Separation Kinetics from Arrested Structures"
10:15 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:35 am
Zhang Wu (Harvard University, United States)
"Meso-Porous to Macro-Porous Liquid-Gated Colloidosome Microcapsules for Cargo Release"
10:35 am - 10:40 am
Discussion
10:40 am - 10:55 am
Christina Rice (University of Michigan, United States)
"Quantifying How Malaria Changes Red Blood Cell Distribution"
10:55 am - 11:00 am
Discussion
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Poster Session
Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Mentorship Component: Sharing Soft Matter Research: Lessons for Funding, Papers, and Public Communication
Discussion Leader: Samuel Birrer (Pennsylvania State University, United States)
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Panel Discussion
Sharing Soft Matter Research: Lessons for Funding, Papers, and Public Communication
Arthi Jayaraman (University of Delaware, United States)
Susanna Harris (Stellate Communications, United States)
Anne Grillet (Sandia National Laboratories, United States)
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Complete the GRS Evaluation Forms; Election of Future Chair(s)
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes