Dr. Julia M. Yeomans; Oxford University, The Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics - Head of Theoretical Physics

Seminar Room 0.125, MPZPM, Kussmaulallee 2, 91054 Erlangen
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https://eu02web.zoom-x.de/j/64793210864?pwd=AyWweWrSnKhJaNst7evPjYYKO4ylKC.1
Meeting-ID: 647 9321 0864
Kenncode: 301496

Abstract
Dilute polymer suspensions can exhibit a chaotic flow state known as elastic turbulence, which arises from contractile stresses generated as the polymers relax toward their equilibrium configurations. Similarly, active nematic systems display chaotic flow patterns driven by internally generated active stresses that destabilize nematic order. In this talk, I will compare these two examples of low-Reynolds-number turbulence, and discuss implications for the dynamics of epithelial cell monolayers.

Bio
Julia Yeomans is Professor of Physics at the University of Oxford, where her research focuses on theoretical and computational approaches to active matter and mechanobiology. She received her MA and DPhil in Physics from Oxford, followed by a postdoctoral position at Cornell University. She subsequently held a lectureship at the University of Southampton before joining the Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics in Oxford.
Professor Yeomans is a Fellow of the Royal Society and the recipient of the 2024 European Physical Society Liquid Matter Prize and the 2025 Institute of Physics Dirac Medal. Outside academia, she enjoys spending time with her four daughters, as well as hiking and orienteering.