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Cody Schimming

Postdoc
T-4/CNLS

Soft/Active Matter Physics

Cody Schimming

Office: TA-3, Bldg 1690, Room 107
Mail Stop: B258
Phone: (505) 667-9469
Fax: (505) 665-2659
Email: cschim@lanl.gov
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Research highlight
     Educational Background/Employment:
    • Ph.D. (2022) Physics, University of Minnesota
    • B.A. (2017) Physics and Mathematics, University of Pennsylvania
    • Employment:
      • Postoctoral Research Associate (2022-Present): T-4/CNLS, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM
      • Graduate Research Assistant (2020-2022): University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
      • Graduate Teaching Assistant (2017-2020): University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

    Research Interests:

    • Continuum modelling of active and soft matter systems
    • Topological defect structure and dynamics
    • Effects of geometric and topological confinement

    Selected Recent Publications:

    1. Schimming, C.D., Reichhardt, C. J. O., and Reichhardt, C. Vortex Lattices in Active Nematics with Periodic Obstacle Arrays, Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 018301 (2024)
    2. Schimming, C. D. and Viñals, J. A tensor density measure of topological charge in three dimensional nematic phases, arXiv:2308.04496 [cond-mat.soft]
    3. Schimming, C. D., Reichhardt, C. J. O., and Reichhardt, C. Friction-mediated phase transition in confined active nematics, Phys. Rev. E 108, L012602 (2023)
    4. Schimming, C. D. and Viñals, J. Kinematics and dynamics of disclination lines in three-dimensional nematics, Proc. R. Soc. A. 479, 20230042 (2023)
    5. Schimming, C. D. and Viñals, J. Equilibrium morphology of tactoids in elastically anisotropic nematics, Soft Matter. 18, 8024-8033 (2022)
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