We are a group of biophysicists, physicists, chemists and microbiologists at UCL. We study artificial and biological soft active matter. We are interested in its fundamental behaviours and its applications to healthcare and materials science. We are always looking for bright people to join us at any level. Get in touch!
We use a combination of techniques from soft matter, microscopy, photonics, statistical physics and nanofabrication. We are part of the UCL Soft Materials and Antimicrobial Resistance Networks. Recent research highlights are detailed below.
Anshu Thapa PhD Student (2019-2024) Anshu completed her PhD in Soft Matter under the supervision of Prof. Giorgio Volpe and Dr Matthew Blunt in the…
Continue reading → Congratulations to Anshu who has successfully passed her PhD viva
Alessia Gentili PhD Student (2019-2024) Alessia completed her PhD in Soft Active Matter. During her PhD, Alessia studied, characterised and experimentally implemented anomalous diffusion. Congratulations…
Continue reading → Congratulations to Alessia who has successfully passed her PhD viva
What a great way to celebrate the start of the new year by getting together with pizza and, what is becoming a group’s tradition, our…
Optimal face-to-face coupling for fast self-folding kirigami Maks Pecnik Bambic, Nuno A. M. Araújo, Benjamin Walker, Duncan Hewitt, Qing Xiang Pei, Ran Ni & Giorgio…
Subject areas: Deep learning, statistical mechanics, soft matter, computational sciences. Supervisors: Prof Giorgio Volpe (UCL), Dr Joyjit Chattoraj (IHPC, A*STAR, Singapore), and Dr Ran Ni…
Continue reading → A 3-Year PhD Studentship in Deep-Learning Assisted Statistical Mechanics
Environmental memory boosts group formation of clueless individuals Cristóvão Dias, Manish Trivedi, Giovanni Volpe, Nuno Araújo & Giorgio Volpe The formation of groups of interacting…
Valentino Barbieri PhD Student (2018-2023) Valentino completed his PhD in Nanoscience cosupervised with Prof. Giuseppe Battaglia. Valentino developed nanoscopic hybrid polymer vesicles with gold embedded…
Continue reading → Congratulations to Valentino who has been awarded his PhD Degree in Nanoscience
Aligne−d is a tile-based puzzle game in which players must join two electrodes on a hexagonal grid using a selection of organic molecules. Players are scored…
Our lab has been awarded a Silver Medal for Sustainability within the Laboratory Efficiency Assessment Framework (LEAF). Thank you to Anshu for leading our efforts…
Continue reading → Silver Leaf award for sustainability to our lab
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