A head shot of Professor SantangeloChris Santangelo
Professor
Office: 209G Physics Building
 A headshot of Alexia.Alexia Chatzitheodorou
Graduate student

Shapes of nematic elastomer cylinders
 A headshot of CarlosCarlos Moguel-Lehmer
Graduate student

Dynamics of non-Euclidean sheets
Carter Matties
Graduate student and NRT Fellow

Former Group Members

NameDegreeCurrent
Gentian MuhaxheriPh.D. 2026
Hysterons through bifurcation analysis and catastrophe theory
postdoc @ Northwestern
Samay HulikalPh.D. 2026
Surfing Shapes & Breaking Bridges: Geometric Control in Soft Matter
postdoc @ CU Boulder
Sourav RoyPh.D. 2025
Frustration & Functionality: Geometry & Topology in Mechanical Metamaterials
postdoc @ AMOLF
Manu MannattilPh.D. 2023
Asymptotics, Geometry, and Soft Matter
postdoc @ Harvard SEAS
Mary Elizabeth Lee-TrimblePh.D. 2023
When to hold and when to fold: Studies on the topology of origami and linkages
@ company
Keung Eun KimPh.D. 2022
Geometry of discrete and continuous bounded surfaces
postdoc @ UBC
Michelle BerryPh.D. 2022
Mechanologic: Designing Mechanical Devices that Compute
data scientist @ 84.51 degrees
Daria AtkinsonPh.D. 2020
Filaments, Fibers and Foliations in Frustrated Soft Materials
Carlos DuquePh.D. 2020
Distortion Controlled Isotropic Swelling and Self Assembly of Triply Periodic Minimal Surfaces
data scientist in Europe
Bryan ChenPostdoc 2015-2017Silicon Valley Commerce
Salem Al MoslehPh.D. 2018
Geometry, Growth and Pattern Formation in This Elastic Structures
Asst. Prof. @ U. Maryland Eastern Shore
Vincent Demerypostdoc 2013-2014Prof. @ ESPCI
Marcelo DiasPh.D. 2012
Swelling and Folding as Mechanisms of 3D Shape Formation in Thin Elastic Sheets
Reader @ U. Edinburgh
Art Evanspostdoc 2013-2015CTO, Multiscale Systems
James Hannapostdoc 2010-2013Assoc. Prof. @ U. Nevada Reno
Badel Mbangapostdoc 2010-2012Vice Pres., Business Analytics and AI @ PNC Bank
Leslie UptonNEAGEP internPhysicist @ Northrop Grumman
Kiyotaka AkaboriMS 2011Technical consultant @ Mathworks