Celebrating DSOFT Early Career Awardees Through The Years

Presentations

• Sculpting fields, flows and transport in complex fluid and soft matter systems

  Invited-In-person · Invited

  March 16, 2026, 12:00 PM – March 16, 2026, 12:36 PM

  Presenters

  • Todd Squires

    • University of California, Santa Barbara

  Authors

  • Todd Squires

    • University of California, Santa Barbara

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• Invited Talk

  Invited · Invited

  March 16, 2026, 12:36 PM – March 16, 2026, 1:12 PM

  Presenters

  • Nikta Fakhri

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Nikta Fakhri

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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• Invited Talk

  Invited · Invited

  March 16, 2026, 1:12 PM – March 16, 2026, 1:48 PM

  Presenters

  • stefano sacanna

    • New York University (NYU)

  Authors

  • stefano sacanna

    • New York University (NYU)

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• From Instability-Driven Fabrication to Soft Robotics: A Mechanics-First Approach

  Invited-In-person · Invited · Withdrawn

  March 16, 2026, 1:48 PM – March 16, 2026, 2:24 PM

  Publication: Brun, P-T. "Shape formation in interfacial flows." Physical Review Fluids 9.11 (2024): 110501.

  Presenters

  • Pierre-Thomas Brun

    • KU Leuven

  Authors

  • Pierre-Thomas Brun

    • KU Leuven

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• Static electricity's secrets lie on the surface

  Invited-In-person · Invited

  March 16, 2026, 2:24 PM – March 16, 2026, 3:00 PM

  Publication: Grosjean, G., Ostermann, M., Sauer, M., Hahn, M., Pichler, C.M., Fahrnberger, F., Pertl, F., Balazs, D.M., Link, M.M., Kim, S.H., Schrader, D.L., Blanco, A., Gracia, F., Mujica, N. & Waitukaitis, S. Adventitious carbon controls contact electrification between insulating oxides. Accepted at Nature.

  Presenters

  • Scott Waitukaitis

    • Institute of Science and Technology Austria

  Authors

  • Scott Waitukaitis

    • Institute of Science and Technology Austria

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