About
Laura Filion is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Science, Utrecht University, specializing in Soft Condensed Matter within the Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science. Her research leverages advanced computational and machine learning algorithms to investigate self-assembly processes in soft matter systems, with applications to sustainable material design.
- Email: l.c.filion@uu.nl
- Phone: +31 30 253 3519
Research Interests span soft matter physics, colloidal self-assembly, machine learning in materials science, crystal nucleation, and defect analysis. Her work bridges computational methods with experimental validation, focusing on structure-dynamics relationships in supercooled liquids and active colloids.
Scientific Contributions include pioneering studies on quasicrystal stability, entropic interactions, and microtubule self-organization. Key publications in Physical Review Letters, Nature Reviews Physics, and Soft Matter highlight her expertise.
Awards
- NWO-Veni Fellowship (2013)
- NWO-Vidi Fellowship (2019)
Collaborative Efforts involve interdisciplinary projects with physicists, biologists, and materials scientists. She supervises doctoral and master's students indirectly through her research group's publications and network.
