Curriculum Vitae

Academic Qualifications

Talks & Posters

Talks

• APS March Meeting, DSNP Award Session, USA, 2026 (Nominated)
• Biophysics Group, Case Western Reserve University, USA, 2025
• Squishy Physics Seminar, Harvard University, USA, 2024
• Soft and Living Matter Group Meeting, University of Pennsylvania, USA, 2024
• Biophysics Seminar, Princeton University, USA, 2024
• CCB Seminar, Flatiron Institute, USA, 2024
• NWO Physics “Motion”, Netherlands, 2023 (Nominated)
• APS March Meeting, USA, 2023
• 1st SLAM Afternoon, Leiden University, Netherlands, 2023 (Invited talk)
• Opening act for Joan Van der Waals Colloquium, Leiden University, Netherlands, 2023 (Invited talk)
• APS March Meeting, USA, 2022
• 30th Dutch Soft Matter Meeting, soundbite, Online, 2021
• SLAM Seminar, Leiden University, Netherlands, 2020 (Invited talk)
• 3rd Workshop on Theoretical Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, 2020 (Invited talk)
• 2nd Workshop on Theoretical Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, 2019 (Invited talk)

Posters

• KITP conference: The Many Faces of Active Mechanics, USA, 2024
• DRSTP symposium: Trends in Theory, Netherlands, 2024
• NWO Physics, Netherlands, 2024 (Selected for one-minute pitch)
• Casimir Summer School, Netherlands, 2023
• APS March Meeting, USA, 2023
• DRSTP symposium: Trends in Theory, Netherlands, 2022 (Best poster nomination)
• NWO Biophysics, Netherlands, 2022
• Active Matter and Complex Media School (Cargèse), France, 2022
• Active Matter: The Next 25 Years, Lorentz workshop, Netherlands, 2022
• International Liquid Crystal Conference, Portugal, 2022
• Physics of Life Summer School, UK, 2022
• 35th Conference of European Colloid & Interface Society, online, 2021

Service

Mentoring

• Romer Rosales-Hasek (Undergraduate Student, UCSB), Spatial Control of Active Flows through Patterns of Activity on Filaments, July 2025 – present
• Pathma Eswaran (Graduate Student, UCSB), Active Microemulsions: Coupling Phase Separation and Polar Order, July 2025 – present
• Daniel Fischel (Undergraduate Student, UCSB), Actin Microridges in Zebrafish Periderm, March 2026 – present

Journal Clubs & Seminars

• SMaLS Seminars, University of California Santa Barbara, 2025–present (Organizer & Coordinator)
• S.A.L.S.A. Journal Club, University of California Santa Barbara, 2025–present (Organizer & Coordinator)
• SLAM (Smart, Living & Active Matter) Seminars, Leiden University, 2021–2023 (Organizer & Coordinator)
• Soft Matter Journal Club, Leiden University, 2020–2021 (Organizer & Coordinator)
• High Energy Theory journal club, Purdue University, 2019–2020 (Organizer & Coordinator)

Outreach

• “Theoretical physics and advice for first year PhD students”, talk at the 8th annual Science Day, Leiden University, 2023 (Invited)
• Provided simulations that became exhibits in the “Night of Discoveries 2024” science & art exhibition, Leiden, 2024 (Invited)

Workshops

• Computational Advances in Active Matter, Lorentz Center, Netherlands, 2023 (Discussion Leader)
• 4th Workshop on Theoretical Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, 2021 (Organizer)
• 3rd Workshop on Theoretical Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, 2020 (Organizer)

Peer Review

• Nature Communications — Referee

Programming Languages & Tools

Personal Skills