D. Zeb Rocklin

D. Zeb Rocklin
Assistant Professor, School of Physics
IMS Initiative Lead, Mechanical Metamaterials

I have a broad range of interests in soft condensed matter physics and adjacent fields like statistical physics, physics of living systems and hard condensed matter. My particular focus is on the relationship between the geometric structure of a system and its mechanical response. Both biological and engineered systems often have some structure, such as networks of struts, particles jammed together or patterns of creases in thin sheets, that grant them flexibility and strength with a minimum of weight. These structures can lead to subtle and surprising mechanical response:

Phone
404.385.8104
University, College, and School/Department
Georgia Institute of Technology
  • College of Sciences
  • School of Physics
Additional Research
Condensed matter physics, statistical physics, physics of living systems, and hard condensed matter.
Interdisciplinary Research Institutes
Matter and Systems