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Professor Yair Shokef is a faculty member at Tel Aviv University with dual appointments in the School of Mechanical Engineering and School of Physics and Astronomy. Since 2011, he has led theoretical and computational research on soft matter systems, focusing on emergent phenomena in smart materials, living systems, and mechanical metamaterials. He currently chairs the Center for Physics and Chemistry of Living Systems and collaborates globally with institutions such as the University of Pennsylvania, Weizmann Institute, and Hiroshima University.
- B.Sc. in Mathematics and Physics, Hebrew University
- M.Sc. in Physics, Ben Gurion University
- Ph.D. in Physics, Technion
His research explores how microscopic unit behaviors give rise to non-trivial macroscopic properties. Key themes include mechanical metamaterials, topological defects, memory systems, and active matter. He employs tools like statistical mechanics and computational simulations to study these systems.
Recent publications (2024–2025) emphasize combinatorial metamaterials, topological phase transitions, active clustering, and non-equilibrium dynamics. These works bridge physics, engineering, and materials science, with subfields ranging from stochastic processes to quantum analogies in mechanical systems.
His lab, the Non-Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics of Soft Matter group, investigates topics like feedback-controlled metamaterials and cellular mechanics. Collaborations include institutions in the Netherlands, USA, and Japan.
