Congratulations to Dr. Zizhao (Will) Wang on Successfully Defending His PhD Dissertation! May 29, 2025 We are excited to announce that Zizhao (Will) Wang has successfully defended his doctoral dissertation entitled “Homogeneous Nucleation of Nearly Hard-sphere Colloidal Crystals from the…
From Waste to Taste, Microfluidics-based screening for microorganisms project awarded by The Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability at Harvard University February 24, 2025 The Salata Institute at Harvard University announced a fourth round of seed grant awards for work…
Weitz Lab Christmas Party 2024: A Night of Fun, Food, and Festivities December 20, 2024 The Weitz Lab team came together for a spectacular Christmas celebration, marking the holiday season with delicious food, exciting games, and lively entertainment. The evening…
Shahmir nominated as a Rhodes Scholar 2025! November 22, 2024 Shahmir Aziz, a senior at the College and one of our lab’s undergraduate interns, was recently nominated as a Rhodes Scholar 2025! Congratulations! Shahmir is currently working under Kevin Jahnke for…
Congrats, Dr. Xinge Diana Zhang! September 17, 2024 Diana has successfully defended her thesis! Title of Diana’s thesis: Techniques for High-Throughput Enzyme Evolution Using Droplet Microfluidics Diana’s dissertation introduces groundbreaking advancements in enzyme evolution, a critical field that enhances enzymes used in industrial processes…
Weitz Lab Members Present Research at the Cambridge Porous Media Workshop August 13, 2024 The 2024 Cambridge Porous Media Workshop was successfully held at Schlumberger-Doll Research, Cambridge, MA, August 12-13. The workshop was hosted by SPE New York & New…
Congrats, Dr. Keepseagle & Dr. Kim! May 31, 2024 Kayla & Seongsoo have successfully defended their thesis! Congrats to both of them! Title of Kayla’s thesis: Microfluidic Technologies to Advance Antibody DiscoveryAbstract: This dissertation introduces a pioneering approach to antibody discovery that harnesses the…
Advanced Drug Delivery and Encapsulation project awarded by Harvard Grid Accelerator! Congrats, Kevin (project lead), Chenjing & Tiffany! March 28, 2024 The Harvard Grid Accelerator announced awards to six interdisciplinary projects that have transformative potential in health, climate, and manufacturing….
Sparking connections: Hosted Symposium at SEAS March 15, 2024 Co-organized by the Aizenberg Group and the Weitz Group, the Harvard SEAS Lab Connection Symposium was a great success and we had over 100 people joined us! The Symposium hosted 14…
David Weitz receives the 2024 Bower Award Bower Award and Prize for Achievements in Science By Carole Mezian January 31, 2023 Harvard MRSEC researcher David A. Weitz is one of nine researchers that has been selected for the 2024 Bower Award and Prize for…
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…
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…
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….
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…
Congrats, Dr. Zhou! Larissa has successfully defended her thesis “Cooking in Space” September 29, 2023 Larissa has successfully defended her thesis “Cooking in Space”. Congratulations, Dr. Zhou! Here is the abstract from her thesis. Abstract The question of how to feed humans…
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…
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…
Best wishes from the Weitz Lab! January 4, 2023 Warm wishes from the Weitz Lab, seen here during our 2022 holiday party. Secret Santa came to our party, and everyone had lots of fun! Wishing you a happy and healthy…
13 people from Weitz lab present their research work at the 93rd New England Complex Fluids Workshop. Bravo! December 2, 2022 The 93rd New England Complex Fluids Workshop was held successfully at Harvard University, Friday, December 6, 2019. Here is the 93rd New England…
David Weitz named Highly Cited Researchers in 2022! November 18, 2022 The honor celebrates researchers who have published papers ranking within the top 1% of citations over the last decade By Lindsay Brownell (BOSTON) — Clarivate has announced its Highly Cited…
Weitz Group participated the Harvard Undergraduate Research Opportunities in Science (HUROS) Fair. November 4, 2022 Weitz Group participated the Harvard Undergraduate Research Opportunities in Science (HUROS) Fair, which took place on Friday, November 4, 2022, from 1-4pmat theStudent Organization Center at Hilles…
Weitzlab volleyball team won 3rd place in Rhino league! Bravo! September 2, 2022 The Weitzlab volleyball team, dubbed the Notorious D.I.G., achieved the best record in group history at the Harvard Rhino beach volleyball league, 3rd place out of 40…
Wenshan and Peter’s paper published in Science! Congratulations! June 6, 2022 Congratulations, Wenshan and Peter! High-throughput, single-microbe genomics with strain resolution, applied to a human gut microbiome Abstract: Characterizing complex microbial communities with single-cell resolution has been a long-standing goal of microbiology….
Several group members successfully defended their dissertations! Congratulations to all of them! March 26, 2022 Several group members have successfully defended their dissertations in the past months: Tina, Sijie, Brendan, Yinan, and Christoph. They all participated in the in-person Harvard…
4 people from Weitz lab presented their research at the 90th New England Complex Fluids Workshop. Bravo! March 17, 2022 The 90th New England Complex Fluids Workshop was held successfully in-person at Northeastern University Friday, 3/11/2022. Here is the 90th New…
First-ever MRSEC Science Slam: Sarah Battat – Shake, Charge, and Nucleate February 1, 2022 The Division of Materials Science and the Materials Research Science and Engineering Center Program were proud to present the first-ever MRSEC Science Slam on Friday 1/28/2022….
Happy Holidays from the Weitz Lab December 13, 2021 Warm holiday wishes from the Weitz Lab, seen here during their 2021 holiday party. Stay safe this season, and have a wonderful winter break!…
David Weitz named top translational and highly cited researchers of the year! November 18, 2021 Annual rankings recognize scientists with greatest influence in their fields based on number of patents and citations By Lindsay Brownell (BOSTON) — Every year, the…
Congrats, Dr. Gault! September 9, 2021 Zach Gault has successfully defended his thesis, “Mechanical Hysteresis of Fumed Silica Dispersions“. Congratulations, Dr. Gault!…
August Departures – Weixia, Liyuan, & Jing July 27, 2021 You know what they say about Weitz lab members—they may leave, but they’re never really gone! This August, we “lose” three long-standing members of the group who are moving on…
Weitz Lab Volleyball Team & Summer BBQ July 9, 2021 The Notorious D.I.G. are at it again! After taking a year off due to COVID, the Harvard Rhino volleyball league is back for the summer of 2021. The Weitz Lab team, dubbed…
Great success of January birthday celebration for Wonho, Kayla, Ramya and Will (Zizhao) January 28, 2021 At the last group meeting of January 2021, the group passed a joyful moment in celebrating the birthdays for four of the members: Wonho,…
Group meeting holiday celebration with snack packs and interesting games December 10, 2020 Our last group meeting of 2020 had lots of fun: not only we had scientific talk and discussions, but also we had each a snack pack offered…
85th New England Complex Fluids meeting – first and hopefully the last one on zoom organized by Harvard December 4, 2020 Dave Weitz (Dept. of Physics and SEAS, Harvard University), and Bob Graham (MRSEC, Harvard University) organized successfully the 85th New England Complex…
Kirk Mutafopulos, Peter J. Lu, Ryan Garry, & Pascal Spink’s paper published in Lab on a Chip as a cover article. November 10, 2020 Kirk Mutafopulos’ work on Selective cell encapsulation, lysis, pico-injection and size-controlled droplet generation using traveling surface…
Congratulations Dr. Wang! October 1, 2020 Yongcheng has successfully defended his thesis “Droplet microfluidics for high-throughput single-cell analysis” on zoom. Congratulations!…
Special moment, special connection! Weitz group continues with active research and remote events. September 18, 2020 During the lab shutdown (April – June 2020), seven weekly subgroup meetings were held to keep group members connected via zoom. Lots of interesting discussion happened…
#ShutDownSTEM June 10, 2020 Today, members of the Weitz Group joined individuals at institutions, laboratories, scientific societies, and technical journals around the world to pause their work in support of the Black Lives Matter movement and efforts against racism in…
Congratulations Dr. Xia! May 13, 2020 Jing has successfully defended his thesis “Mechanics and Properties of Biopolymer Networks and Cells” on zoom. Congratulations!…
Graduate student Larissa Zhou managing integrated operations for Off Their Plate during the COVID-19 pandemic. Call for Donations! April 24, 2020 “During the COVID-19 pandemic, graduate student Larissa Zhou has been managing integrated operations in Boston for Off Their Plate, a grassroots movement…
Weitz’s lab donated a large proportion of its PPE stock to support our colleagues in the hospitals March 18, 2020 In the face of COVID-19, Weitz’s lab donated a large proportion of its PPE stock before the lab’s shutdown. The…
Peter J. Lu reported some very exciting new results from the ACE-M2R experiment on the international space station. January 29, 2020 ACE-M-2 (Advanced Colloids Experiment-Microscopy-2): Sometimes it’s hard to tell a gas from a liquid. Advanced Colloids Experiment-Microscopy-2 (ACE-M-2) observes…
More than 15 people from Weitz lab presented their research work at the 81st New England Complex Fluids Workshop. Bravo! December 6, 2019 The 81st New England Complex Fluids Workshop was held successfully at Harvard University (Maxwell Dworkin, Room G115)…
SEAS Grad student profile: Larissa Zhou, a materials science and mechanical engineering Ph.D. candidate in the in the lab of David Weitz November 15, 2019 Whether testing French fry crispiness or developing more palatable space food, this Ph.D. candidate has…
Wen Li, Hyomin Lee, Liyuan Zhang, Xuehui Ge’s paper published in Chemical Society Review as a cover article September 7, 2018 Wen Li, Hyomin Lee, Liyuan Zhang, Xuehui Ge’s review paper on microfluidic fabrication of microparticles for biomedical applications published in Chemical…
Prof. Weitz elected to the National Academy of Engineering March 1, 2016 David A. Weitz, Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics and Applied Physics at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS), has been elected to the National Academy…
Former summer student Neil Davey won a national prize! January 8, 2016 Davey recently won a silver medal in the undergraduate section of the National Inventors Hall of Fame’s Collegiate Inventors Competition for his research project, “Early Cancer Diagnosis by…
Assaf’s paper published in Nature Biotechnology October 12, 2015 Please click here to read more. Congratulations, Assaf! Nature Biotechnology article….
Esther’s paper published in Science! August 28, 2015 Congratulations, Esther!! Abstract: Amorphous nanoparticles (a-NPs) have physicochemical properties distinctly different from those of the corresponding bulk crystals; for example, their solubility is much higher. However, many materials have a high propensity to…
Liheng and Tom’s work published in Advanced Materials as a cover article August 10, 2015 Liheng and Tom’s work on soft PDMS published in Advanced Materials as a cover article! Congratulations! More information on Advanced Materials article and SEAS News. …
Members from Weitz lab co-developed single cell barcoding technique! May 15, 2015 Members from Weitz lab, Ilke Akartuna, Linas Mazutis, and Anindita Basu, co-developed single cell barcoding technique, and these works have been published in Cell. Science Direct article Cell Press article…
Ming’s paper published in Cell! August 15, 2014 Ming’s paper published in Cell! Congratulations, Ming!! That is also the first paper published in Cell by Weitz group. SEAS News article Probing the Stochastic, Motor-Driven Properties of the Cytoplasm Using Force…
Prof. Weitz gave Wulff Lecture @ MIT April 18, 2014 Wednesday, April 16, 2014 Dripping, jetting, drops, and wetting: the magic of microfluidics Speaker: Prof. David A. Weitz, Harvard University Time: 4:00p–5:00p Location: 54-100 Wulff Lecture The Wulff Lecture is an…
Prof. Ludwik Leibler visited Weitz lab @ May 13, 2014 May 13, 2014 Prof. Ludwik Leibler is a French physicist. He is Professor at École supérieure de physique et de chimie industrielles de la ville de Paris (ESPCI ParisTech), Research Director (“classe exceptionnelle”) at…