• 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)