Prof. Dr. Ivan Smalyukh

Profile

Academic positionAssociate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Reader
Research fieldsExperimental and Theoretical Physics of Polymers,Experimental Condensed Matter Physics
Keywordsnanomaterials, self-assembly, colloids, topological defect, liquid crystal

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CityBoulder
InstitutionUniversity of Colorado at Boulder
InstituteDepartment of Physics

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Siegfried DietrichTheorie inhomogener kondensierter Materie, Max-Planck-Institut für Intelligente Systeme, Stuttgart
Start of initial sponsorship01/03/2015

Programme(s)

2014Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Smalyukh is a highly respected soft condensed math physicist and internationally known for his discoveries and his insights concerning the understanding of organizing principles responsible for mesoscale self-assembly phenomena. The common theme, which unites the bulk of his research efforts, is the emergence of various degrees of liquid crystalline order as a result of self-assembly. During his stay in Germany, Professor Smalyukh intends to combine topology and active matter paradigms in an effort to achieve topology-dictated non-equilibrium self-assembly of topologically distinct active particles.