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M. Lisa Manning is the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Physics at Syracuse University, affiliated with the Department of Physics in the College of Arts and Sciences and the BioInspired Institute for Materials and Living Systems. Her research bridges biophysics, soft matter physics, and statistical mechanics.
- Education: PhD in Physics (2008) and MA in Physics (2005) from the University of California, Santa Barbara; BS (2002) and BA (2002) in Physics and Mathematics from the University of Virginia
Research focuses on mechanical properties of biological tissues, rigidity transitions in disordered solids, and nonequilibrium systems. She develops computational and theoretical models to study phenomena like cellular jamming, tissue morphogenesis, and avalanche dynamics in collaboration with experimentalists globally.
Recent publications highlight work on vertex models for tissue mechanics, 3D epithelial modeling, and unjamming transitions in glasses. Her studies reveal universal principles in mechanochemical systems and active matter.
Awards:
- APS Fellow (2021)
- Syracuse University Chancellor’s Citation for Excellence (2022)
She has secured over $10M in grants from NSF, NIH, and Simons Foundation, including the NRT-URoL grant (2024-2029) and Cracking the Glass Problem (2016-2024). Her lab collaborates with institutions like University of Pennsylvania, Max Planck Institute, and UCSF.
