Waterloo Soft Matter Theory Conference

This is a new one-day conference on soft matter theory. This will bring in Canadian researchers and graduate students in this area to showcase their research projects and promote collaborations. The relevant topics include polymers, membranes, materials, and nano-science. The overall format will be two keynote speakers (one morning and one afternoon) and seven invited speakers. There will be a special 90-minute session, where the graduate students can make short oral presentations on their research projects. Lunch will be provided by the Black Hole Bistro.

Keynote Speakers:

Randall Kamien, University of Pennsylvania
David Weitz, Harvard University

Invited Speakers:

John Bechhoefer, Simon Fraser University
Colin Denniston, University of Western Ontario
Mark Matsen, University of Waterloo
Nikolas Provatas, McGill University
Joerg Rottler, University of British Columbia
Andrew Rutenberg, Dalhousie University
An-Chang Shi, McMaster University
Gary Slater, University of Ottawa

Participants:

Dmitry Abanin, Perimeter Institute
Nasser Mohieddin Abukhdeir, University of Waterloo
Arash Ahmadi, McMaster University
Alena Antipova, University of Western Ontario
Matilda Backholm, McMaster University
Azadeh Bagheri, University of Waterloo
Mehran Bagheri, University of Ottawa
Behnaz Bagheri Varnousfaderani, University of Waterloo
Solomon Barkley, McMaster University
John Bechhoefer, Simon Fraser University
Drew Bennett, University of Waterloo
Martin Bertrand, University of Ottawa
Aidan Brown, Dalhousie University
Jeff Chen, University of Waterloo
Mykyta Chubnysky, University of Ottawa
Alexandre Day, University of Waterloo
John de Bruyn, University of Western Ontario
Hendrick de Haan, University of Ontario Institute of Technology
Ashkan Dehghan, McMaster University
Colin Denniston, University of Western Ontario
Trang Do, University of Waterloo
Jess Fallone, University of Waterloo
James Forrest, University of Waterloo
Paul Fowler, McMaster University
Jie Gao, University of Waterloo
Mohamed Amine Gharbi, University of Pennsylvania
Michel Gingras, University of Waterloo
Doug Grzetic, University of Guelph
Bae-Yeun Ha, University of Waterloo
Mona Habibi, University Western Ontario
Paul Higgs, McMaster University
Mark Ilton, McMaster University
Chanil Jeon, University of Waterloo
Randall Kamien, University of Pennsylvania
Mikko Karttunen, University of Waterloo
Yuriy Khalak, University of Waterloo
Grigoriy Kimaev, University of Waterloo
Norman Lam, University of Toronto
Yao Li, Tsinghua University
Apichart Linhananta, Lakehead University
Bin Liu, University of Waterloo
Zheng Ma, University of Ottawa
Frances Mackay, University of Western Ontario
Pranav Madhikar, University of Waterloo
Pendar Mahmoudi, Universityof Waterloo
Mark Matsen, University of Waterloo
Han Miao, Shanghai Jiatong University
Anna Mkrtchyan, University of Western Ontario
Mostafa Nategh, University of Guelph
Benoit Palmieri, McGill University
Robert Peters, McMaster University
Ganna Piatkovska, University of Western Ontario
Nikolas Provatas, McGill University
Joerg Rottler, University of British Columbia
Andrew Rutenberg, Dalhousie University
Rafael Schulman, McMaster University
David Sean, University of Ottawa
Tyler Shendruk, University of Ottawa
An-Chang Shi, McMaster University
Gary Slater, University of Ottawa
Russell Spencer, University of Guelph
Yu-Cheng Su, University of Waterloo
Russell Thompson, University of Waterloo
John Tatini Titantah, University of Western Ontario
Shaghayegh Vafaei, University of Guelph
Qianshi Wei, University of Waterloo
David Weitz, Harvard University
Robert Wickham, University of Guelph

Scientific Organizers:

Jeff Z. Y. Chen, University of Waterloo
Bae-Yeun Ha, University of Waterloo
Mikko Karttunen, University of Waterloo
Russell Thompson, University of Waterloo