We study the flow of complex fluids and biophysics of living organisms to tackle industrial and environmental challenges.
Picture: inspired by our recent study of biophysics of plant trichomes (see Here)
Our team is part of the Soft Matter Group, Van der Waals-Zeeman Institute, and the Institute of Physics, at the University of Amsterdam.
NEWS:
“It’s Alive! Iris Van Herpen’s Latest Innovation? A Dress Made From 125 Million Bioluminescent Algae” - said Vogue Magazine
Bioluminescent gels appear on fashion week!
Fantastic 2025 March Meeting with Nico winning the Emerging Soft Matter Excellence Award and Isabelle winning the Gallery of Soft Matter Video Award (for her PhD Work)!
STEM! Vote for Vera and “Robotbootjes die op alcohol bewegen” for the Klokhuis Science Award!
Nico & Jared win the 2025 APS DBIO Image Contest! Nico also is one of the finalist as ESME Award Session at APS March Meeting 🎉
November 24 - Our lab is awarded an NWO Vidi Grant to explore the physics and biology of active biological systems 🥂
Sep 23 - Our Lab is awarded an ERC Starting Grant to explore the physics and biology of Cyanobacteria 🎉
Jun 23 - Yuri wins the best presentation award at the Dutch Fluid Conference (JMBC) 🔥
Apr 23 - Nico wins the best poster presentation at German Physics Conference (DPG) ☄️
Oct 22 - Nico receives the 1st place poster prize @ Dutch Biophysics 2023 💥
Oct 22 - Nico and Yuri present at the Dutch biophysics conference
Sep 22 - Mazi presents on viscoplasticity in EFMC22 - Athens
Sep 22 - Nico presents on glassy dynamics and plants in DPG22 and
May 22 - Mazi gives a talk at Institut Jean Le Rond ∂'Alembert
Jan 22 - Nico receives the scientific poster award at Physics @Veldhoven conference 🎉
Jan 22 - Mazi gives a talk at the University of Utrecht
Dec 21 - Mazi gives a talk at KTH
Sep 29 /21 - Mazi to give a talk at Imperial College London.
Sep 16 /21 - We have an open PhD position, please see here.
Sep 10 /21 - We are awarded an NWO-XS for our research on 3D Printing.
Apr 15 /21 - Mazi to give a talk at Annual European Rheology Conference (AERC).
Apr 7 /21 - Mazi to give a talk at the University of Brasilia.
Apr 8 /21 - Mazi to give a talk at the Dutch Institute for Emergent Phenomena.
Mar 25 /21 - There is Danger in The Air: An IoP-KNAW workshop on the past and future of airborne infectious diseases. More info: Here
Jan 10/21 - Mazi to give a talk at the Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics (JNNFM) Complex Fluids Seminar Series: Click Here for more information.
01/01/21 - We are officially starting! Find us at Science Park 904.
Dec 23 /20 - Nico’s video on“dinoflagellate bioluminescence“ wins the UK’s biophysics competition.
Dec 12 /20 - Mazi to give a talk on Viscoplastic Spreading at ICR2020.
Dec 8 /20 - Mazi to give a talk at the Dynamics Seminar at the University of Exeter.