M. Cristina Marchetti
M. Cristina Marchetti
Emerita Research Professor
CONTACT
Physics
Email: cmarchetti@ucsb.edu
PROGRAM AFFILIATIONS
Biophysical Science
Department of Physics
Broida Hall, Room 1311
University of California Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9530
- Hydrodynamics and rheology of active fluids and gels.
- Collective behavior of bacterial suspensions and other self-driven organisms.
- Cell motility and the mechanical properties of the cell cytoskeleton.
- Collective transport in disordered systems: vortex lines in superconductors, charge density waves.
- Dynamics of glassy systems.
Research Spotlight
Numerical simulations of a model of a layer of migrating epithelial cells on a substrate (Silke Henkes, Yaouen Fily and M. Cristina Marchetti). The size of the red arrows is proportional to the local velocity of the cells. Swirling patterns of this type are observed experimentally in confluent cell layers.
(Feb. 26, 2018)
The Distinguished Professor of Physics will oversee the program’s operations and intellectual progress and monitor research advancements
(Dec. 19, 2017)
The distinguished professor's research for the past 25 years has spanned a broad range of problems in statistical physics and soft matter
(Aug. 17, 2016)
M. Cristina Marchetti will use mathematical modeling to study how energy is converted into motion, function
(Aug. 10, 2016)
Vice Chancellor Wheatly cites the physicist's international prominence in research and scholarship for this top university honor
(Aug. 3, 2016)
Professors Manning, Marchetti, Schwarz use soft-matter physics to find cure for cancer
(June 10, 2016)
M. Cristina Marchetti is co-Lead Editor of Physical Review X
(Aug. 25, 2015)
Professors Bowick, Manning, Marchetti, and Paulsen among presenters
(May 27, 2015)
Professors Marchetti, Horn, Leuschke, and Wylie receive Simons grant awards
M. Cristina Marchetti Named Distinguished Professor
Physicist Awarded NSF Grant to Study Collective Behavior of Active Matter
Physicists Awarded NSF Grant to Study Cancer-Cell Behavior
Physicist Named Editor of Top Scientific Journal
Cristina Marchetti appointed Editor at PRX
Two Syracuse University Professors Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1982 Ph.D. in Physics University Florida, Gainesville
1978 Laurea in Physics cum laude University of Pavia, Italy
- Fellow of the American Physical Society
- William R. Kenan, Jr. Professorship
- Associate Director of the Syracuse Biomaterials Institute, 2007-present
- Chancellor's Citation for Academic Achievement, Syracuse University, 2005
- Rotschild-Mayent Sabbatical Fellowship, Institut Curie, Paris, 2007
- Principal Investigator and Member of the Board of Directors of the Boulder School for Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, http://boulder.research.yale.edu
- Vice-Chair and Chair of the Group of Statistical and Nonlinear Physics of the American Physical Society (2005-2008).
Sheared active fluids: thickening, thinning and vanishing viscosity, L.Giomi, T. B. Liverpool and M. Cristina Marchetti, Phys. Rev. E 81, 051908 (2010).
Statistical mechanics and hydrodynamics of Bacterial Suspensions, Aparna Baskaran and M. Cristina Marchetti, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 106, 15567-15572 (2009).
Mechanical response of active gels, T. B. Liverpool, M. C. Marchetti, J.-F. Joanny and J. Prost, EuroPhys. Lett. 85, 18007 (2009).
Enhanced diffusion and ordering of self-propelled rods, Aparna Baskaran and M. Cristina Marchetti, Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 268101 (2008).
Depinning in a two-layer model of plastic flow, P. Le Doussal, M. C. Marchetti, K. J. Wiese, Phys. Rev. B 78, 224201 (2008). (28 pages).
(Feb. 26, 2018)
The Distinguished Professor of Physics will oversee the program’s operations and intellectual progress and monitor research advancements
(Dec. 19, 2017)
The distinguished professor's research for the past 25 years has spanned a broad range of problems in statistical physics and soft matter
(Aug. 17, 2016)
M. Cristina Marchetti will use mathematical modeling to study how energy is converted into motion, function
(Aug. 10, 2016)
Vice Chancellor Wheatly cites the physicist's international prominence in research and scholarship for this top university honor
(Aug. 3, 2016)
Professors Manning, Marchetti, Schwarz use soft-matter physics to find cure for cancer
(June 10, 2016)
M. Cristina Marchetti is co-Lead Editor of Physical Review X
(Aug. 25, 2015)
Professors Bowick, Manning, Marchetti, and Paulsen among presenters
(May 27, 2015)
Professors Marchetti, Horn, Leuschke, and Wylie receive Simons grant awards