Daniel Sussman
@danielsussman.bsky.social
Computational soft matter physicist at Emory University. Happy dad.
https://www.dmsussman.org/
https://www.dmsussman.org/
Every year the grad students host a pumpkin-carving party, and this year a student in my computational physics class contributed a #julialang pumpkin. I'm quite proud 😂
October 27, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Every year the grad students host a pumpkin-carving party, and this year a student in my computational physics class contributed a #julialang pumpkin. I'm quite proud 😂
I'm having a blast teaching a new 400-level computational physics class this semester. I've been writing up and posting my lecture notes as I go, and wanted to share them -- feedback and comments are more than welcome!
www.dmsussman.org/teaching/phy...
www.dmsussman.org/teaching/phy...
PHYS 436: Advanced computational physics | Sussman Lab
Theoretical, computational, and data-driven soft matter research
www.dmsussman.org
October 7, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I'm having a blast teaching a new 400-level computational physics class this semester. I've been writing up and posting my lecture notes as I go, and wanted to share them -- feedback and comments are more than welcome!
www.dmsussman.org/teaching/phy...
www.dmsussman.org/teaching/phy...
It was the first class of a new semester for me, and -- needing an example -- I asked a student what their favorite function was. They looked surprised, and said, "nobody's ever asked me that before!"
I know it's a personal question, but...when did we stop asking the questions that truly matter?
I know it's a personal question, but...when did we stop asking the questions that truly matter?
August 28, 2025 at 8:52 PM
It was the first class of a new semester for me, and -- needing an example -- I asked a student what their favorite function was. They looked surprised, and said, "nobody's ever asked me that before!"
I know it's a personal question, but...when did we stop asking the questions that truly matter?
I know it's a personal question, but...when did we stop asking the questions that truly matter?
I'm excited that, after a long pandemic hiatus, the Atlanta area "Soft Matter Days" are back up and running! Thanks to Itamar Kolvin and Vida Jamali for kicking things off by hosting at Georgia Tech last year, and this year it's Emory's turn!
physics.emory.edu/news/soft-ma...
physics.emory.edu/news/soft-ma...
April 30, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I'm excited that, after a long pandemic hiatus, the Atlanta area "Soft Matter Days" are back up and running! Thanks to Itamar Kolvin and Vida Jamali for kicking things off by hosting at Georgia Tech last year, and this year it's Emory's turn!
physics.emory.edu/news/soft-ma...
physics.emory.edu/news/soft-ma...
Reposted by Daniel Sussman
Interested in geometry and growth? Want to visit India? Please apply for this exciting advanced school at ICTS, Bangalore and share with others!
Join us this Fall at ICTS for an advanced course on Geometry, Mechanics & the Physics of Growth: www.icts.res.in/program/Geom... Co-organized with S. Ganga Prasath & @surajshankar.bsky.social
April 16, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Interested in geometry and growth? Want to visit India? Please apply for this exciting advanced school at ICTS, Bangalore and share with others!
Two Ph.D. defenses from the lab in one week! Very proud of (Dr!) Tomi Obadiya!
April 2, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Two Ph.D. defenses from the lab in one week! Very proud of (Dr!) Tomi Obadiya!
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📢Excited to share our new paper in Nature Physics
@naturephysics.bsky.social: Cooperative hydrodynamics accompany multicellular-like colonial organization in the unicellular Stentor!
How do single-celled organisms benefit from teamwork? Let’s dive in! #Multicellularity nature.com/articles/s41...?
@naturephysics.bsky.social: Cooperative hydrodynamics accompany multicellular-like colonial organization in the unicellular Stentor!
How do single-celled organisms benefit from teamwork? Let’s dive in! #Multicellularity nature.com/articles/s41...?
April 2, 2025 at 12:14 PM
📢Excited to share our new paper in Nature Physics
@naturephysics.bsky.social: Cooperative hydrodynamics accompany multicellular-like colonial organization in the unicellular Stentor!
How do single-celled organisms benefit from teamwork? Let’s dive in! #Multicellularity nature.com/articles/s41...?
@naturephysics.bsky.social: Cooperative hydrodynamics accompany multicellular-like colonial organization in the unicellular Stentor!
How do single-celled organisms benefit from teamwork? Let’s dive in! #Multicellularity nature.com/articles/s41...?
Very proud of how Dr. Packard handled the defense!
March 31, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Very proud of how Dr. Packard handled the defense!
Also extremely proud as the second grad student to join my group gets ready for his Ph.D. defense!
...someone should remind me in the future not to let students schedule thesis defenses within two days of each other!
...someone should remind me in the future not to let students schedule thesis defenses within two days of each other!
March 29, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Also extremely proud as the second grad student to join my group gets ready for his Ph.D. defense!
...someone should remind me in the future not to let students schedule thesis defenses within two days of each other!
...someone should remind me in the future not to let students schedule thesis defenses within two days of each other!
Extremely proud as the very first grad student to join my group gets ready for his Ph.D. defense!
Also, I can't help but notice that he seems to have tried to make his thesis title even cooler than it already was.
Also, I can't help but notice that he seems to have tried to make his thesis title even cooler than it already was.
March 26, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Extremely proud as the very first grad student to join my group gets ready for his Ph.D. defense!
Also, I can't help but notice that he seems to have tried to make his thesis title even cooler than it already was.
Also, I can't help but notice that he seems to have tried to make his thesis title even cooler than it already was.