Control Strategies in Soft Matter and Biological Systems

Presentations

• Multi-parameter control of active matter

  Invited-In-person · Invited

  March 18, 2026, 8:00 AM – March 18, 2026, 8:36 AM

  Presenters

  • Luke Davis

    • University of Edinburgh

  Authors

  • Luke Davis

    • University of Edinburgh

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• Control of active field theories at minimal dissipation

  Oral-In-person

  March 18, 2026, 8:36 AM – March 18, 2026, 8:48 AM

  Publication: https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.19285

  Presenters

  • Artur Soriani

    • University of Luxembourg

  Authors

  • Artur Soriani

    • University of Luxembourg

  • Elsen Tjhung

  • Etienne Fodor

    • University of Luxembourg

  • Tomer Markovich

    • Tel Aviv University

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• Thermodynamic control of condensed matter: Driving equilibrium landscapes

  Oral-In-person

  March 18, 2026, 8:48 AM – March 18, 2026, 9:00 AM

  Presenters

  • Tirthankar Banerjee

    • University of Luxembourg

  Authors

  • Jeremy Miranda

  • Tirthankar Banerjee

    • University of Luxembourg

  • Tal Agranov

  • Etienne Fodor

    • University of Luxembourg

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• Minimizing Thermodynamic Curvature and Dissipation in Nonequilibrium Control with Auxiliary Degrees of Freedom

  Oral-In-person

  March 18, 2026, 9:00 AM – March 18, 2026, 9:12 AM

  Presenters

  • Tatyana Sharpee

    • Salk Institute

  Authors

  • Tatyana Sharpee

    • Salk Institute

  • Maxim Lyutikov

    • Purdue University

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• Robustness and optimal control in Turing patterns

  Oral-In-person

  March 18, 2026, 9:12 AM – March 18, 2026, 9:24 AM

  Presenters

  • Pearson Miller

    • UC San Diego

  Authors

  • Pearson Miller

    • UC San Diego

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• Emergent coordinate systems for microrobot swarms built on topological defects

  Oral-In-person

  March 18, 2026, 9:24 AM – March 18, 2026, 9:36 AM

  Presenters

  • Bryan VanSaders

    • Drexel University

  Authors

  • Bryan VanSaders

    • Drexel University

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• Programmable microrobot reveals odd rheology in sea urchin chiral fluids

  Oral-In-person

  March 18, 2026, 9:36 AM – March 18, 2026, 9:48 AM

  Presenters

  • Yu-Chen Chao

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Authors

  • Yu-Chen Chao

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Lisa Lin

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Yuchao Chen

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Minseok Lee

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Tom Burkart

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Nikta Fakhri

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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• Programmable Self-limiting Growth of Self-assembled Microparticles

  Oral-In-person

  March 18, 2026, 9:48 AM – March 18, 2026, 10:00 AM

  Presenters

  • Elijah Gibson

    • California State University, Fullerton

  Authors

  • Elijah Gibson

    • California State University, Fullerton

  • Jose Lopez-Ceja

    • California State University, Fullerton

  • Nabila Tanjeem

    • California State University, Fullerton

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• Dynamic Control of DNA Origami Tiles Self-assembly by Transcriptional Modules

  Oral-In-person

  March 18, 2026, 10:00 AM – March 18, 2026, 10:12 AM

  Publication: A paper is prepared to submit.

  Presenters

  • Lei Zhang

    • New York University (NYU)

  Authors

  • Lei Zhang

    • New York University (NYU)

  • Ruojie Sha

  • Lev Bershadsky

    • New York University

  • Paul Chaikin

    • New York University (NYU)

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• Climate control and resource management by the passive architecture of a termite mound

  Oral-In-person

  March 18, 2026, 10:12 AM – March 18, 2026, 10:24 AM

  Presenters

  • Meron Dibia

    • Rutgers University - Camden

  Authors

  • Meron Dibia

    • Rutgers University - Camden

  • Hunter King

    • Rutgers University - Camden

  • Kanaya Malakar

    • Rutgers University - Camden

  • Sanjay P Sane

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• Reconstruction and control of endocrine–metabolic dynamics

  Oral-In-person · Withdrawn

  March 18, 2026, 10:24 AM – March 18, 2026, 10:36 AM

  Presenters

  • Michele Nardin

    • Janelia Research Campus

  Authors

  • Michele Nardin

    • Janelia Research Campus

  • Tosif Ahamed

    • Janelia Research Campus

  • Vojko Pjanovic

  • Anoj Ilanges

  • Ann Hermundstad

    • Janelia Research Campus

  • Jakob Voigts

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• Beyond Semiclassical Approximations: Entanglement Flow, Nuclear Decay Channels, and Environmental Structure in Radical Pair Magnetoreception

  Oral-In-person

  March 18, 2026, 10:36 AM – March 18, 2026, 10:48 AM

  Presenters

  • Sam Smart

    • Colorado School of Mines

  Authors

  • Sam Smart

    • Colorado School of Mines

  • Emma Payne-Carr

  • Time Niemeyer

  • Lincoln Carr

    • Colorado School of Mines

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