Short CV

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Contact Information

Name Sara Dal Cengio
Email saradc@mit.edu

Experience

  • 09/2024 - now

    Cambridge, US

    Marie Curie fellow
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Pattern formation in active matter systems, large-deviation theory
    • Group of prof. Julien Tailleur
  • 02/2021 - 04/2024

    Grenoble, France

    Postdoctoral Researcher
    LIPhy, Université Grenoble Alpes
    Chemical reaction networks, Markov chains, active matter.
    • Collaboration with prof. Vivien Lecomte, prof. Eric Bertin, prof. Romain Mari.

Education

  • 2017 - 2020

    Barcelona (Spain)

    PhD
    Universitat de Barcelona
    Physics
  • 2014 - 2016

    Torino (Italy)

    Master's Degree
    Universà degli Studi di Torino
    Physics of complex systems
  • 2012 - 2014

    Padova (Italy)

    Bachelor's Degree
    Universà degli Studi di Padova
    Chemistry

Awards

  • 2024
    Marie Curie global Fellowship
  • 2024
    Human Science Frontiers Postdoctoral Fellowship
  • 2022
    Best Poster Award, 2nd Biology for Physics conference (Barcelona, Spain)
  • 2016
    Best PhD Thesis Award, Università degli Studi di Torino

Interests

Nonequilibrium statistical physics, active matter, thermodynamics, chemical reaction networks, markov chains, large-deviation theory, fluctuating hydrodynamics.

Languages

English : Fluent
Italian : Native
Spanish : Good
French : Basic