Unit Leader
Michael Rubinstein, Ph.D.
Professor
Departments of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, Biomedical Engineering, Chemistry and Physics, Duke University
Research keywords:
Polymer Physics, Soft Matter, Polymer Dynamics, Polymer Networks, Polymer Gels, Viscoelasticity
*The following members are listed in alphabetical order.
Stephen Craig, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Chemistry, Duke University
Research keywords:
Polymers, Networks, Mechanochemistry
Wei Cui, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Global Station for Soft Matter, GI-CoRE, Hokkaido University
Research keywords:
Hydrogels, Soft Composites, Fracture Mechanics
Jan Genzer, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University
Research keywords:
Polymer Surfaces & Interfaces, Surface Patterning, Surface-initiated Polymerization, Polymer Brushes, Silicone Gels, Hydrogels, Responsive Materials, Biofouling
Wei Hong, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Mechanics and Aerospace Engineering, Southern University of Science and
Technology
Department of Aerospace Engineering, Iowa State University
Research keywords:
Continuum Mechanics, Fracture, Multiphysics Modeling, Soft Composites, Structures and Materials
Chung-Yuen Hui, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Cornell University
Research keywords:
Fracture Mechanics of Soft Materials, Adhesion and Contact Mechanics, Surface Constitutive Behavior of Soft Solids and Mechanical Behavior of Soft Composites
Tsutomu Indei, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Global Station for Soft Matter, GI-CoRE, Hokkaido University
Research keywords:
Theoretical Physics for Condensed Soft Matter, Polymer Rheology, Associating Polymer, Microrheology