2027 ISMC: Building Bridges, Storytelling and Societal Impact

University of San Diego - San Diego, CA, USA - August 8-14, 2027

Our Mission

We aim to bring together a vibrant and diverse group of scientists and engineers to engage in collaborative ideation and cross-pollination of perspective to foster innovation and discovery across the globe. We aim to focus special attention on international collaboration opportunities and public engagement to accelerate discovery and impact of soft matter science. We also aim to engage groups underrepresented in the soft matter community including undergraduates, community college students, scientists of color, activists, and artists.

Meet the Team

Local Organizing Committee

Herdeline Ardona (UCI)

Elliot Botvinick (UCI) 

Kinjal Dasbiswas (UCM)

Sujit Datta (CalTech)

Zvonimir Dogic (UCSB)

Lihua Jin (UCLA)

Eva Kanso (USC)

Parag Katira (SDSU) 

Dustin Kleckner (UCM)

Bin Liu (UCM)

Cristina Marchetti (UCSB)

Ali Mohraz (UCI)

Joe Peterson (UCLA)

Omar Saleh (UCSB)

Mattia Serra (UCSD)

Samanvaya Srivastava (UCLA)

Tzer Han Tan (UCSD)

Hongbo Zhao (UCSD)

International Program Committee

Timothy Atherton

Jose Bico

Jasna Brujic

Ramón Castañeda-Priego 

Roberto Cerbino 

Emanuela del Gado

Ryan Hayward

Mazi Jalaal 

Gijsje Koenderink

Stefano Martiani

Sriram Ramaswamy

Andela Saric

Srikanth Sastry

Kate Stebe

Penger Tong

Dimitris Vlassopoulos 

Lei Xu