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The life and death of cracks - Weitz Lab researchers explore how fractures nucleate, propagate and stop, with papers published in Nature Physics and AGU Advances. Congratulations, Thomas, Yiqiao, Lizhi...!

January 29, 2024

Here’s a moment that almost everyone has experienced — you drop your phone screen down on a hard surface and hear the telltale crunch. The screen is cracked but you don’t know how bad. You pick up the phone and survey the damage. 

At that moment, looking at your cracked phone screen, have you ever wondered why it cracked in the way it did? Why do some fault lines stretch across the screen while others stop after only a few millimeters?  

Harvard scientists, in collaboration with an international and interdisciplinary team of researchers, are exploring...

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Weitz Lab Members Present Research at ASCB annual meeting in Boston

December 15, 2023

The Weitz Lab is proud to announce that group member Arka recently gave a talk at the CellBio’23, the annual meeting of renowned ASCB (American Society for Cell Biology) in December 2023 in Boston, where he presented his innovative research. The annual event brings together physicists, biologists and researchers to discuss the latest developments in cell biology. Also in attendance at the meeting was Tommy, Thomas, Sijie and Max from the group.

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Weitz Lab welcomes visitors!

December 6, 2023

On Wednesday 10/4/2023, to support the Women+ of Color Project, Weitz Lab opened its doors and organized a special visit for several students guiding them through the world of synthetic and biological materials.

On Friday 10/20/2023, Weitz Group participated in the Harvard Undergraduate Research Opportunities in Science (HUROS) Fair, which took place at the Student Organization...

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Applying science and engineering in the Navajo Nation - Robinson Tom goes from Navajo Tech summer researcher to SEAS Ph.D. student

November 10, 2023

Robinson Tom’s interest in STEM and his passion for giving back to his Navajo Nation community have always been intertwined.

Tom, a second-year Ph.D. student in bioengineering at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), first became interested in science while serving as a linguist in the United States Army from 2010-14.

“I worked with electronic warfare devices, which let me listen in on enemy radio frequencies in Afghanistan,” he said. “Placing these instruments in adverse...

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Summer interns present various research projects

August 15, 2023

Each summer, Weitz lab welcomes many talented young students to explore their research interests. This year, we had the following summer interns. Thanks to the mentors who spent their time guiding them in various research projects! Bravo!

Emma Houllegatte (mentor: Kevin Jahnke)

Solene Ludwig (mentor: Sijie Sun, Qiaoling Huang)

Bianca, Drealle, Oliver (mentor: Yan Liu, Chunhuan Liu, Robinson Loren)

Qixin Hu (mentor: John Heyman)  

Felix, Alex Young (mentor: Will Wang)

Marion Hamonou...

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Weitz Lab Members Present Research at APS March Meeting in Las Vegas

Weitz Lab Members Present Research at APS March Meeting in Las Vegas

March 20, 2023

The Weitz Lab is proud to announce that group members Ben and Sijie recently attended the renowned APS March Meeting 2023 in Las Vegas, where they presented their innovative research. The annual event brings together physicists and researchers to discuss the latest developments in physics.
Ben delivered a talk titled "Compression Induced Syneresis and Yielding in Fibrous Oil-in-Hydrogel Emulsions," exploring the release of water and collapse of emulsion gels under compression. He examined how emulsion droplets in a fibrous gel network impact hydrogel syneresis and the optimization of...

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