Oxford Theoretical Physics

Condensed Matter Theory: Soft and Biological Matter

Julia Yeomans

Research:

• Current Research
• Recent Publications

Vacancies:

• Graduate Study
• Post-doctoral Positions

Group Members:

• Scott Edwards
• Nuno Silvestre
• Gareth Alexander
• Halim Kusumaatmaja
• Matthew Blow
• Richard Matthews
• Victor Putz
• Yiannis Zacharoudiou
• Anton Markesteijn

Collaborators:

• Anna Balazs
• Issam Ali
• Davide Marenduzzo
• Enzo Orlandini
• Olivier Pierre-Louis

Links:

• Oxford University
• Oxford Physics
• Theoretical Physics
• Condensed Matter Theory
• Theory of Soft and Biological Matter

Lecture Courses:

• 1st Year Calculus Lectures
• CP3: Revision Lectures

Current topics of interest in the group include:

1. Drops on micropatterned surfaces

2. Low Reynolds number swimming

3. Hydrodynamics of liquid crystals and active systems

4. Ejection of DNA from viral capsids

5. Colloidal-polymer mixtures with ultra-low surface tensions (Link to Dirk Aarts' group)