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Justin Burton is an Associate Professor and Winship Distinguished Research Professor at Emory University, with a focus on experimental condensed matter physics, soft matter physics, and geophysics. His research explores fluid and granular flow dynamics, non-equilibrium systems, and ice mélange behavior. He leads the Burton Research Lab, located in the Math & Science Center, Atlanta. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of California, Irvine (2006), and has received prestigious awards including the NSF CAREER Award (2015) and the 2024 American Physical Society Fellowship.
Research interests include ice mélange rheology, electrostatic interactions in biological systems, and granular physics. His work bridges experimental and theoretical approaches, such as continuum models for ice dynamics and dusty plasma studies using 3D tomography. Recent projects involve glacier instability modeling and atmospheric charge dynamics of particles.
- Awards:
- Fellow of the American Physical Society (2024)
- Winship Distinguished Research Professor (2024)
- Gordon and Betty Moore Experimental Physics Investigator (2023)
- Sustainability Innovator Award (2018)
His lab investigates phenomena across scales—from atomic fluid mechanics to geophysical glacial systems. Ongoing studies explore ice mélange's role in Greenland calving and electrostatic effects in parasitic nematode attachment. The lab also pioneers experimental ice analogs to study glacial instabilities.
