postdoctoral research associate

A Postdoctoral Research Associate Position is available immediately in Professor R. Thevamaran’s laboratory (https://thevamaran.engr.wisc.edu) at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The research will focus on design, fabrication, micro/nanostructural characterization, and thermo-mechanical testing, and modeling of carbon nanotube-based hierarchical composites.

One postdoctoral research associate position is available (dates negotiable). The successful candidate will work on one or multiples of the following topics: mechanics of morphogenesis in plants and embryos, fast motion of plants (e.g., the Venus flytrap's rapid closure), mechanical self-assembly and instability of thin structures (e.g., DNA, plant tendrils, self-assembly of nanostructures, etc.), and bioinspired structures. The candidate should have received (or expect to receive very soon) a Ph.D.