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MRSEC Faculty Primary Participants

2024–2025

IRG I: Programmable Multiscale and Multi-Material Control of Functional Soft Matter

Katia Bertoldi (SEAS) (Lead)
Lakshminarayanan Mahadevan (OEB, Physics, SEAS) (Co-Lead)
Joanna Aizenberg (SEAS, CCB) (Co-Lead)
David R. Clarke (SEAS)
Jennifer Lewis (SEAS)
Kevin Parker (SEAS)
Conor J. Walsh (SEAS)
Robert J. Wood (SEAS)

IRG II: Non-Equilibrium Phenomena in Mechanically Soft Systems

Frans Spaepen (SEAS) (Lead)
David R. Nelson (MCB, Physics, SEAS) (Co-Lead)
Michael P. Brenner (SEAS) (Co-Lead)
N. Michelle Holbrook (OEB)
Boris Kozinsky (SEAS)
Vinothan Manoharan (Physics, SEAS)
Jarad Mason (CCB)
Zhigang Suo (SEAS)
Joost J. Vlassak (SEAS)
David A. Weitz (SEAS, Physics)

Seed Projects

Jia Liu (SEAS)
David J. Mooney (SEAS)
Zachary Schiffer (SEAS)

Key:  Departments and Schools of Harvard University

CCB: Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
EPS: Department of Earth and Planetary Science
MCB: Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology
OEB: Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Physics: Department of Physics
SEAS: School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
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