As a 2024 Schmidt Science Fellow, Ajinkya aims to unravel how the nose of mosquitoes distinguishes between humans and other animals or plants. Both male and female mosquitoes are vegans for most of their life, primarily feeding on nectar, plant sap, and fruits. But the female mosquito seeks human blood as nourishment for her developing … Continued
Jane’s research will help find novel phases of matter and particles by combining materials design and sophisticated local scale measurements. Theories predict the existence of fundamentally different particles known as non-abelian anyons, whose wave functions braid upon particle exchange. This braiding process can be used to encode and store information, potentially advancing quantum computing by … Continued
Juncal has been investigating the underpinning theoretical and computational techniques required to design optimal distributed controllers and estimators for systems with spatiotemporal dynamics. The principal application that motivates her research is soft robotics. These bio-inspired robots exhibit huge potential as they can adapt their form to the environment, making them ideal for exploratory, search and … Continued
During his PhD in physics at UC Berkeley, Trevor developed a plethora of tools that made predictive understanding of non-equilibrium systems possible. Using modern techniques in statistical mechanics, he quantified dynamical fluctuations of relevant quantities which deepened our understanding of diffusion, energy dissipation, population growth, and the phase behavior of interacting active matter and bacteria. As … Continued
Yang is an environmental engineer with strong policy interests. During his PhD at Tsinghua University, China, he explored options for the decarbonization of energy infrastructure for China’s many industrial parks and modeled the environmental and economic benefits of greenhouse gas mitigation measures. As a Schmidt Science Fellow, working with Prof. Denise Mauzerall at Princeton University, … Continued