Guasto Lab

A review article on the “Transport of complex and active fluids in porous media” was recently published in collaboration with Arezoo Ardekani’s group (Purdue U.) in the Journal of Rheology. The paper can be found here.

Louison recently completed his Ph.D. work on magnetic granular materials through a joint program with the University of Oslo and ENS de Lyon. Welcome Louison!

Michael successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis, and will be starting a postdoctoral appointment at Brandeis University in February. Congratulations Michael!

Nico and Amin recently published their work on magnetotactic bacterial transport in porous flows in Nature Communications. Read the full article here and the accompanying Tufts Engineering News article here!

Michael, Nico, and Derek have just published their paper titled “Viscophobic turning dictates microalgae transport in viscosity gradients” in Nature Physics. This work demonstrates how a flagellar thrust imbalance leads biflagellated cells to avoid regions of high fluid viscosity. See also the accompanying article from Tufts.

We have an open postdoc position in the group related to bacterial flagellar locomotion and active matter transport. This work is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), and there is broad flexibility in the specific research projects. See the advertisement below to apply.
OPEN Postdoc Position: Bacterial flagella and active matter

Undergraduate researcher Olivia Martin was awarded a graduate school fellowship from both the NSF and DOD. Congratulations Olivia!

Postdoc Richard Henshaw, former graduate student Amin Dehkharghani, and undergraduate Olivia Martin each presented their recent work that APS March Meeting. Job well done by all!

Derek successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis titled “Viscoelastic flow and swimming cell dynamics in complex environments.” Congratulations!

Amin successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis titled “Swimming cell transport in complex geometries and flows.” Congratulations!