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Franck Vernerey (91´«Ã½):ÌýF. Vernerey is a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Material ScienceÌýand IQ Biology programs at the University of Colorado, Boulder. His research focuses on the relationship between the structure and behavior of soft materials, which include polymers, biopolymers, hydrogels, and biologically active materials such as cells.
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Carson Bruns (91´«Ã½): C. Bruns is an Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado Boulder.ÌýHis lab manipulates matter on the smallest of scales to create materials with emergent properties, characterized by novel and sometimes surprising features arising from the interactions of multiple bodies.
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Shengqiang Cai (UCSD): S. Cai is an Associate Professor at the University of CaliforniaÌýSan Diego. His researchÌýis focused on the mechanics and chemistry of soft materials including both synthesized polymers and biological tissues. They focus on understanding and modeling large deformation, instabilities, fracture, fatigue, chemo-mechanical coupling, electro-mechanical coupling in diverse soft materials
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Nikolaos Bouklas (Cornell University):ÌýN. Bouklas is an Assistant Professor at Cornell University. HisÌýresearch focuses in the fields of theoretical and computational solid mechanics. Developing theoretical frameworks and advanced computational methods, he aims to improve the fundamental understanding of materials and structures and enhance the predictive capabilities in relevant engineering applications.
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Gabriel SanojaÌý(UT Austin):ÌýG. Sanoja is an Assistant Professor at the University of Texas Austin. His research focuses on engineering mechanical properties and the lifetime of soft polymeric materials.
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Shankar Sridhar (Avery Dennsion):ÌýS. Sridhar is a professional researcher at Avery Dennison. His research interests areÌýfocused on fundamental mechanics of complex soft materials using physical principles of structure-property emergence and mathematical modeling/simulation to help innovate materials science.
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Fay Salmon (3M):ÌýF. Salmon is a staff scientist at 3M. She works on the mechanical testing and characterization of soft materials and adhesives.
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