The J. M. Schwarz Theory Group develops theoretical and computational approaches for emergent phenomena in living and nonliving matter, including rigidity transitions, physical learning, collective cellular intelligence, multiscale mechanics from chromatin to tissues, and adaptation in active soft matter. For this postdoc position, the candidate will pursue several projects based on joint funding with Professors Alison Patteson and Jenny Ross, namely,


(1) uncovering the emergent, multiscale structure of cellular collectives, down to the chromatin scale, and how such systems adapt under high compression,


(2) determining how liquid–liquid phase separation forms, reorganizes, and potentially adapts, in nonequilibrium, enzymatically active environments.


Therefore, candidates with backgrounds in soft matter physics, statistical physics, biological physics, complex systems, machine learning for physical systems, applied mathematics, or related dis...