Congratulations to Dr. Angel Martinez (Fall '14) for earning the prestigious Glenn H. Brown Prize from the . The prize was announced during the ILCS conference in early August 2016. The awards doctoral students whose PhD theses, "demonstrate an outstanding contribution to the science of liquid crystals."

According to their site, Martinez earned his award, "for his outstanding research contribution to enriching the toolbox for structural manipulation of soft matter based on the optical effect and its application to liquid crystal colloids and polymeric systems. His research pioneered a new trend in the artificial control of microscopic topological structures in liquid crystals that opens a novel avenue for self-assembly in soft matter with a wide range of future applications."

"Being his PhD advisor and watching him grow as a scientist were some of the most rewarding and enjoyable experiences in my own career at the 麻豆影院," CU Physics Professor Ivan Smalyukh said. "Angel highly deserves the recognition by the Glenn H. Brown Prize because of his unprecedented creativity and productivity, which make him perhaps the brightest superstar among the young researchers in the field of liquid crystals."

Dr. Martinez is now a Postdoctoral researcher with the University of Pennsylvania, where he continues to work on softmatter physics, liquid crystals and colloids.

"I am proud of helping Angel with initiating and helping to grow his interest and expertise in the experimental liquid crystal research," Professor Smalyukh said. "Dr. Martinez is now not just a talented young experimentalist but truly an experimental magician/wizard."

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Congratulations to Physics Professor Ivan Smalyukh, who has been invited to attend the National Academy of Sciences' twenty-third annual Kavli Frontiers of Science symposium on November 17-19, 2011 in Irvine, CA.

Symposium attendees are selected by a committee of Academy members based on their recognized contributions to science. Recently, Smalyukh has garnered several awards, including the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) Award, and an NSF Career Award.

According to the NAS, "This symposium series is the Academy鈥檚 premiere activity for distinguished young scientists. Unlike meetings that focus on a narrow area of science, these meetings allow participants to explore innovative research ideas across a wide variety of fields and to develop new networks that will serve them as they progress in their careers."

"This is a strong encouragement for me and my research group and will help us to purse ambitious research goals in the field of soft condensed matter physics," Smalyukh said. "I look forward to sharing our recent studies of molecular and colloidal self-assembly in liquid crystals with other Kavli Frontiers of Science Symposium participants."

For more information on the symposium, please visit the NAS .

For more information on Smalyukh鈥檚 research, please visit his research group .

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The White House has announced this year's PECASE Award Winners

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