Daphne Klotsa, PI

I am an associate professor in the Department of Applied Physical Sciences at UNC-Chapel Hill. See also here. My CV can be found here.

My interests are in soft matter, specifically active matter, fluid dynamics, swimmers, robots, self-assembly, packing shapes, and granular dynamics. Although my background is in physics, I value enormously the experience I have gleaned from working in Engineering and Chemistry departments, in addition to Physics.

Office: Murray Hall 1114 (for detailed directions see contact page)
Email: dklotsa AT email.unc.edu

Daphne Klotsa

Current Members

Emmanuel Mintah, Postdoctoral fellow

Department of Applied Physical Sciences

Emmanuel Mintah, Postdoctoral fellow

I studied Chemical and Biological Engineering at Princeton University and completed my PhD in Engineering and Applied Science with concentration in Biomedical Engineering at Yale University.

In my free time, I like to dance salsa and bachata, lift weights, and play basketball.

Ravi Gautam, Postdoctoral fellow

Department of Applied Physical Sciences

Ravi Gautam, Postdoctoral fellow

Doctor of Philosophy. Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Master of Engineering. Department of Chemical Engineering Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

Bachelor of Technology. Department of Chemical Engineering National Institute of Technology, Surat, India

Email: raving@email.unc.edu

Yao Luo

Department of Physics

Yao Luo, Undergraduate student (sophomore)

Hello everyone, I'm Yao! I'm a materials engineering student drawn to the space where computational physics is applied to real life problems, particularly materials-focused ones. I like problems that are equal parts physics and engineering: understanding a system well enough to model it, then building the tooling to actually run that model at scale.

I also don't like being stuck behind a screen, so I keep a hand in hardware engineering and fabrication. Working at both ends has made me a better engineer at each.

I'm always happy to talk with people working on computational materials, HPC, or anything at that intersection.

Website: yaoluo.me

Ayush Kamath

Department of Computer Science

Ayush Kamath, Undergraduate student (senior)

Hi, I'm Ayush! I'm a senior at UNC from Cary, NC, pursuing a double major in Computer Science & Economics. I'm part of the simulations team, where I work on modeling crowd behavior.

Within CS, I'm most interested in backend programming and low-level C.

Ben Bi

Department of Computer Science

Ben Bi, Undergraduate student (senior)

Hi, I'm Ben. I am a senior at UNC Chapel Hill, double majoring in Computer Science and Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures.

My research interests include computational modeling, simulation, and machine learning, especially their applications to crowd behavior and physical systems.

Socrates

Alumni

Postdoctoral fellows

Thomas Dombrowski
Thomas Dombrowski, Postdoctoral fellow (2024 - 2025)Department of Applied Physical Sciences
Thomas Dombrowski, Postdoctoral fellow (2024 - 2025)

Department of Applied Physical Sciences

Master of Science, Major Physics (2017)
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC

Bachelor of Arts, Double Major Physics & Chemistry (2014)
Harriet Wilkes Honors College, Florida Atlantic University

Research assistant, Enderling Lab, Moffit Cancer Center

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-dombrowski-7331bba2/

Hong Nguyen
Hong Nguyen, Postdoctoral researcher (2020-2024)
Hong Nguyen, Postdoctoral researcher (2020-2024)

PhD in Applied Physics (2018)
University of South Florida, Tampa

Bachelor of Science in Engineering Physics (2005)
Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Vietnam

Shannon K. Jones
Shannon K. Jones, Postdoctoral researcher (2016-2018)
Shannon K. Jones, Postdoctoral researcher (2016-2018)

PhD, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology (2016)
UNC-Chapel Hill

B.S. Biochemistry, Minor Biomechanics (2009)
University of Florida, Gainesville

Website: http://shannonkjones.wixsite.com/home

Graduate students

Nick Lauersdorf
Nick Lauersdorf, Graduate student (2019 - 2024)Department of Applied Physical Sciences
Nick Lauersdorf, Graduate student (2019 - 2024)

Department of Applied Physical Sciences

Bachelor of Science, Double Major Physics & Mathematics (2018)
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Jin Lee
Jin Lee, Graduate student (2020 - 2023)Department of Applied Physical Sciences
Jin Lee, Graduate student (2020 - 2023)

Department of Applied Physical Sciences

Bachelor of Science, Double Major Physics & Chemical Physics (2020)
Centre College

Ian Seim
Ian Seim, Graduate student (2017 - 2022)Department of Biology, Applied Physical Sciences
Ian Seim, Graduate student (2017 - 2022)

Department of Biology, Applied Physical Sciences

Bachelor of Science, Major Mathematics & Minor Music (2014)
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC

Now: Postdoctoral fellow, Gladfelter Lab, UNC Chapel Hill

Tom Kolb
Tom Kolb, Graduate student (2015 - 2020)Department of Chemistry, Division of Physical Chemistry
Tom Kolb, Graduate student (2015 - 2020)

Department of Chemistry, Division of Physical Chemistry

Bachelor of Science, Double Major Chemistry & Mathematics (2015)
Union College, Schenectady, NY

Now: Senior Data Analyst, Vanguard Charitable

Minzhi Jiang
Minzhi Jiang, Masters student (2016 - 2018)Department of Applied Physical Sciences
Minzhi Jiang, Masters student (2016 - 2018)

Department of Applied Physical Sciences

Master of Science, Major Physics (2016)
New York University, New York, NY

Bachelor of Science, Major Physics (2012)
Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China

Office: Murray Hall 1136

Undergraduate Students

Sri Sruthi Potluru
Sri Sruthi Potluru, Undergraduate student (2023 - 2025)Department of Biomedical Engineering
Sri Sruthi Potluru, Undergraduate student (2023 - 2025)

Department of Biomedical Engineering

Major in Biomedical Engineering (UNC-Chapel Hill)

Arden Feldt
Arden Feldt, Undergraduate student (2023 - 2025)
Arden Feldt, Undergraduate student (2023 - 2025)

Double Major Computer Science and Statistics
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC

Steini Davidsson
Steini Davidsson, Undergraduate student (2015 - 2017 )
Steini Davidsson, Undergraduate student (2015 - 2017 )

Major Computer Science
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC

Office: Caudill 158