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Nidhi Pashine is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics at Syracuse University, affiliated with the Bioinspired Institute. Her research focuses on mechanical metamaterials, disordered systems, granular materials, memory formation in materials, and robotic soft materials. She holds a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Chicago (2021) and an M.Sc. from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (2014).
Her work explores geometry-driven material properties and tunable mechanical behaviors, with experimental studies on granular metamaterials, allosteric networks, and memory formation through directed aging. She has received grants such as the Syracuse University SOURCE Research Assistant Grant and the APS Conferences for Undergraduate Women in Physics funding.
Teaching includes PHY 216: General Physics II for Scientists. She serves on the Colloquium and Graduate Admissions committees and organizes the APS Conference for Women and Gender Minorities in Physics.
Pashine’s lab investigates topics like reprogrammable metamaterials, pressure-dependent shear modulus, and adaptive materials using nonequilibrium training protocols. Key collaborations include work with Rebecca Kramer-Bottiglio and Corey O’Hern, with publications in journals like Physical Review E, Soft Matter, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
