Maria Cristina Marchetti (born 1955) is an Italian-born, American theoretical physicist specializing in statistical physics and condensed matter physics. In 2019, she received the Leo P. Kadanoff Prize of the American Physical Society.[1] She held the William R. Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professorship of Physics at Syracuse University, where she was the director of the Soft and Living Matter program,[2] and chaired the department 2007–2010. She is currently Professor of Physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara.[3]
M. Cristina Marchetti | |
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 Marchetti in 2014. | |
| Born | December 11, 1955 |
| Alma mater | University of Pavia, University of Florida |
| Known for | Collective behavior of active matter systems |
| Awards | Leo P. Kadanoff Prize (2019) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Statistical physics, Condensed matter theory |
| Institutions | Syracuse University, University of California, Santa Barbara |
| Thesis | Fluctuations in systems far from equilibrium (1982) |
| Doctoral advisor | James W. Dufty |
| Website | marchetti |
Education
editM. Cristina Marchetti was trained as a physicist at the University of Pavia in Italy. She studied out-of-equilibrium physics for her graduate degree and received a PhD degree from the University of Florida in 1982.[2] Her PhD thesis was entitled "Fluctuations in systems far from equilibrium."[4]
Professional career
editMarchetti was an assistant professor at Syracuse University from 1987 to 1997. She then became a professor at Syracuse University from 1997 to 2018. She is now professor at University of California, Santa Barbara. Marchetti was appointed co lead-editor of the journal Physical Review X (PRX), a journal run by the American Physical Society (APS) in 2016.[5] She leads the journal with Jean-Michel Raimond, a professor of physics at the Université Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris, France.
She was elected a fellow of the American Physical Society's (APS) Division of Condensed Matter Physics in 2000[6] for "contributions to the theory of the dynamics of vortex matter and charge-density waves,"[6] and was vice-chair and chair of the APS Group of Statistical and Nonlinear Physics from 2005 to 2008. She became a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2013[7][8] and a fellow of the National Academy of Sciences in 2019.[9] She became a co-editor of the Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics as of 2017.[10]
Research
editMarchetti has made a contribution to the development of the field of active matter, which is matter composed of self-propelled energy-consuming particles.[11] Her research focuses on understanding the structure, phase transitions and rheology of suspensions and gels made of active matter systems like self-propelled particles,[12] biological filaments[13] and biological cells.[14] Marchetti is particularly interested in understanding the behavior of cell colonies that grow in confined geometries such as those found in animal and human tissues.[15][16][17][18] The bulk mechanical properties of these colonies can reveal how the cells in the tissues interact, a problem Marchetti studies theoretically.
Family
editMarchetti is married to theoretical physicist Mark Bowick. They have two adult children, Micol and Alessandro Marchetti-Bowick.
Honors and awards
edit- Fellow of the American Physical Society, Division of Condensed Matter Physics (elected 2000)[6]
- Chancellor's Citation for Academic Achievement, Syracuse University, 2005[19]
- Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (elected 2013)[7][8]
- Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences (elected 2019)[9]
- Leo P. Kadanoff Prize, American Physical Society.[1]
- Member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences (elected 2014)[20]
Publications
edit- Marchetti, M. C.; et al. (2013). "Hydrodynamics of soft active matter". Reviews of Modern Physics. 85 (3): 1143. Bibcode:2013RvMP...85.1143M. doi:10.1103/RevModPhys.85.1143.
References
edit- ^ a b "Leo P. Kadanoff Prize". www.aps.org. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
- ^ a b "M. Cristina Marchetti". thecollege.syr.edu. Retrieved 2019-03-04.
- ^ "M. Cristina Marchetti | Department of Physics - UC Santa Barbara". www.physics.ucsb.edu. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
- ^ "Fluctuations in systems far from equilibrium". ufdc.ufl.edu. Retrieved 2019-03-04.
- ^ "Physicist Named Editor of Top Scientific Journal". SU News. 10 June 2016. Retrieved 2019-03-04.
- ^ a b c "APS Fellow Archive". American Physical Society. (search on year=2000 and institution=Syracuse University)
- ^ a b "Two Syracuse University Professors Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences". thecollege.syr.edu. Retrieved 2019-03-04.
- ^ a b "Elected Fellows". American Association for the Advancement of Science. Retrieved 2019-03-04.
- ^ a b "2019 NAS Election". www.nasonline.org. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ^ "Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics, Planning Editorial Committee - Volume 8, 2017". Annual Reviews Directory. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
- ^ Popkin, Gabriel (2016-01-07). "The physics of life". Nature News. 529 (7584): 16–18. Bibcode:2016Natur.529...16P. doi:10.1038/529016a. PMID 26738578.
- ^ Fily, Yaouen; Henkes, Silke; Marchetti, M. Cristina (2014). "Freezing and phase separation of self-propelled disks". Soft Matter. 10 (13): 2132–2140. arXiv:1309.3714. Bibcode:2014SMat...10.2132F. doi:10.1039/C3SM52469H. ISSN 1744-683X. PMID 24652167. S2CID 1764310.
- ^ Liverpool, T. B.; Marchetti, M. C. (2006-12-29). "Rheology of Active Filament Solutions". Physical Review Letters. 97 (26): 268101. arXiv:cond-mat/0607285. Bibcode:2006PhRvL..97z8101L. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.268101. ISSN 0031-9007. PMID 17280467. S2CID 758747.
- ^ Moshe, Michael; Bowick, Mark J.; Marchetti, M. Cristina (2018-06-29). "Geometric Frustration and Solid-Solid Transitions in Model 2D Tissue". Physical Review Letters. 120 (26): 268105. arXiv:1708.07848. Bibcode:2018PhRvL.120z8105M. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.268105. ISSN 0031-9007. PMID 30004729. S2CID 51624991.
- ^ Sussman, Daniel M.; Schwarz, J. M.; Marchetti, M. Cristina; Manning, M. Lisa (2018-01-29). "Soft yet Sharp Interfaces in a Vertex Model of Confluent Tissue". Physical Review Letters. 120 (5): 058001. arXiv:1710.00708. Bibcode:2018PhRvL.120e8001S. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.058001. ISSN 0031-9007. PMID 29481188. S2CID 206308187.
- ^ Bi, Dapeng; Yang, Xingbo; Marchetti, M. Cristina; Manning, M. Lisa (2016-04-21). "Motility-Driven Glass and Jamming Transitions in Biological Tissues". Physical Review X. 6 (2): 021011. arXiv:1509.06578. Bibcode:2016PhRvX...6b1011B. doi:10.1103/PhysRevX.6.021011. ISSN 2160-3308. PMC 5619672. PMID 28966874.
- ^ Banerjee, Shiladitya; Utuje, Kazage J. C.; Marchetti, M. Cristina (2015-06-02). "Propagating Stress Waves During Epithelial Expansion". Physical Review Letters. 114 (22): 228101. arXiv:1411.2258. Bibcode:2015PhRvL.114v8101B. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.228101. ISSN 0031-9007. PMID 26196647. S2CID 15211036.
- ^ Sussman, D. M.; Schwarz, J. M.; Marchetti, M. C.; Manning, M. L. (2018-01-29). "Synopsis: Soft Tissues with Sharp Boundaries". Physics. 120 (5): 058001. arXiv:1710.00708. Bibcode:2018PhRvL.120e8001S. doi:10.1103/physrevlett.120.058001. PMID 29481188. S2CID 206308187.
- ^ "M. Cristina Marchetti". College of Arts & Sciences at Syracuse University. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
- ^ "Member Directory | American Academy of Arts and Sciences". www.amacad.org. Retrieved 2023-02-24.