Prof Linda Hirst’s lab carries out research on all kinds of interesting soft materials. Current projects include:
- Active matter and biopolymers
- Liquid crystal/nanoparticle composites
- Lipid membrane structure and phase behavior
- Molecular packing and topological defects at curved interfaces
Our group is a member of the physics graduate group at The University of California Merced in the School of Natural Sciences.
The group has received generous funding from
- The National Science foundation
- The University of California MEXUS program
- The UC Merced Health Sciences Research Institute
- The University of California Cancer Research Coordinating Committee (CRCC)
- The UC Merced Committee on Research
- The UC Merced CREST Center (NSF)
- The UC Merced MACES Center (NASA)