The Mechanics of Soft Materials Lab (https://www.msm.seas.ucla.edu/) led by Prof Lihua Jin in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has a PhD opening to be filled in 2025 fall. Successful candidates are expected to work on modeling, simulations, and experiments of soft materials, soft tissue and soft robots. The ideal candidates will be highly motivated with a strong background in solid mechanics and computation, and be fluent in spoken and written English. Interested applicants may send their CV and transcript to Professor Lihua Jin (lihuajin [at] seas.ucla.edu (lihuajin[at]seas[dot]ucla[dot]edu)), and submit an application to Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at UCLA (https://www.mae.ucla.edu/graduate-admissions/) by Dec 1st, 2024.