Dynamics of Living Matter

Dr. Thierry Savin

Department of Engineering BE3-19
Trumpington Street
Cambridge CB2 1PZ
+44 1223 332 762

Jesus College K15
Cambridge CB5 8BL

+44 1223 339 314

Graduate Students

Zuheir Zaidon, PhD Candidate

Department of Engineering JDG-01

Project: Single cell friction

Churchill College

Aude Mulard, PhD Candidate

Department of Engineering JDG-01

Project: Modelling tissue growth

Girton College

Caroline Giuglaris, MPhil Candidate

Department of Engineering JDG-01

Project: Phase field simulation of tissues

Darwin College

Clare Zhou, MEng Candidate

Department of Engineering ING-10

Project: Haemoglobin video imaging

Magdalene College

Senthooran Kathiravelupillai, MEng Candidate

Department of Engineering INO-05

Project: Mechanical testing of soft tissues

Jesus College

Alumni

Michał Bogdan, PhD

Project: Active matter models of tissue (2015-2019)

Now a Postdoc

Hannah Streat, MEng

Project: Mechanical testing of soft tissues (2018-2019)

Now ?

Theodore Chua, MEng

Project: Water transport in plants (2018-2019)

Now ?

Gustave Ronteix, MPhil

Project: Glioblastoma cell tracking (2017-2018)

Now a PhD at Institut Pasteur

Oliver Fleck, MPhil

Project: Microvascular occlusions (2016-2018)

Now a PhD at Cambridge

Holly Eade, MEng

Project: Mechanical testing of biomaterials (2017-2018)

Now at Cambridge Consultants

Lisa Lee, MEng

Project: Models of the microcirculation (2017-2018)

Now ?

Laurence Cochrane, MEng

Project: Actuators and sensors for tensile tests (2017-2018)

Now a PhD at Cambridge

Clement Moylan, MSci

Project: Haemoglobin video imaging (2017-2018)

Now at Allen & Overy

Suhail Idrees, MEng

Project: Water transport in plants (2016-2017)

Now at Bain & Co

Julia Sinclair, MEng

Project: Single cell tribology (2015-2016)

Now at M&G Investments

Alan le Goallec, MPhil

Project: Mechanics of dictyostelium's development (2014-2015)

Now a PhD at Harvard

Edmund Eustace, MEng

Project: Biological force sensor (2014-2015)

Now at Kilburn&Strode

Soichiro Tottori, PhD Candidate

Project: Failure of blood microcirculation (2014-2015)

Now at the Cavendish

Past Visitors

Florentin Daniel

(from École des Ponts ParisTech)

Project: Single cell friction (2019)

Luca Rosalia

(from Glasgow University)

Project: Mechanical testing of soft tissues (2018)

Alice Marcotte

(from École Polytechnique)

Project: Buckling in thin films (2017)

Soham Karwa

(from Cambridge Maths Department)

Project: Theory of entropic interaction (2017)

Contact me if you want to join the group!

Collaborators (past and current)

Athina E. Markaki

University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

Etienne Reyssat

ESPCI, France

Zhongzhao Teng

Addenbrooke's Hospital, United Kingdom

Ahu Gümrah Parry Dumanli

Imperial College London, United Kingdom

Alexandre J Kabla

University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

Hans Christian Öttinger

ETH Zürich, Switzerland

L. Mahadevan

Harvard University, USA

Patrick S. Doyle

MIT, USA

Martin Kröger

ETH Zürich, Switzerland

Signe Kjelstrup & Dick Bedeaux

NTNU Trondheim, Norway

Wim J. Briels

University of Twente, the Netherlands

Viola Vogel

ETH Zürich, Switzerland

Carlos Marques

Institut Charles Sadron, France

Mahesh Bandi

OIST, Japan

Patrick T. Spicer

Procter & Gamble Co, USA

Clifford J. Tabin

Harvard University, USA