Saverio E. Spagnolie

We are excited to present the finalists for this year's DSOFT Emerging Soft Matter Excellence Award! Join us in celebrating the work of these exceptional soft matter physics students, who will present their work in a special DSOFT Awards Session at the 2026 APS Global Physics Summit.

On the radio yesterday: "Plane tickets for domestic flights are cheapest on Tuesdays. I have no idea how they figured that out but they did."

A wonderful observation!

I love that room. Next stop: Aspen Hickory House!

My wife's family lived in Cortez for a few years! Wolf Creek Pass was often spooky enough even without small large boulders.

Solid.

Yes, It’s Fascism Until recently, I thought it a term best avoided. But now, the resemblances are too many and too strong to deny.

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Ah, a jellyfish cleanse! Excellent. I took this video of spotted jellyfish (Mastigias papua) at the Vancouver Aquarium when I was visiting @gelfring.bsky.social, back when @jeanluct.bsky.social had us thinking about fluid mixing by vortex rings.

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The trick is not to let any moisture into the air - it's nice and sunny in Madison today!

Hey now, F1 is a top notch in-flight movie.

Job alert🚨I am advertising a 2-year postdoctoral position to work on the mathematics of plant morphogenesis @mpipz.bsky.social. Candidates with interests in mathematical modelling, mechanics, or biophysics are strongly encouraged to apply. 🌱Reposts are appreciated!

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Wishing us all well as we fight our way through a new semester. Luke and Leia are sitting in your course. Much to learn, they still have.

An elegant weapon for a more civilized age.

Definitely not the first.

It pains me a bit to say it, but I think the science is happening over on LinkedIn.

I only recently came to this realization.

Gresham's Law: when a new currency is introduced but the older currency is composed of a more intrinsically valuable material. This has led on numerous occasions to hoarding of the old currency, and huge inflation, across human history.

Glad you enjoyed Vijayanagara! Happy holidays.

Farewell 2025 – New-to-Me Games! As the year comes to a close, I’ll do my usual end-of-year posts: My personal top three in a range of categories. As tradition commands, we’ll begin with the games that I played for the first time …

Here are the three new-to-me games which I enjoyed most this year (feat. games by @mathieujohnson.bsky.social @sespagnolie.bsky.social @gmtgames and others)! What were yours?

Fun!

🚨 POSTDOC OPENING 🚨
NIH-funded Bio-Fluid Mechanics Postdoc in my lab @univmiami.bsky.social
Hofstenia miamia | cilia-driven flows | behavior & neuroscience
Collab w/ Mansi Srivastava @harvard.edu
🕒 Start: Jan–Feb 2026
⏳ 1 yr, renewable | Email me ASAP!
#Postdoc #Biophysics #FluidDynamics

NCAR is quite literally our global mothership.

Everyone who works in climate and weather has passed through its doors and benefited from its incredible resources.

Dismantling NCAR is like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.

Unbelievable.

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I am looking to hire a postdoc to work with me on fluid-structure interactions in complex and active fluids. Ideally the candidate will have a strong background in numerical/asymptotic analysis and fluid mechanics (complex fluids / LCs even better).

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I mentioned your narwhals just this afternoon.

#APSDFD2025

Not finding ANYTHING helpful in Batchelor

Aerial view of a toxic plankton bloom of dinoflagellate and zooming in on a part of it a cartoon of the dinoflagellate responding to light and fluid flow

🚨Fully funded PhD opportunity: Physics, biology & ecology of toxic dinoflagellate blooms 🦠.

Join us to investigate how motility and mixotrophy influence bloom formation, using experiment🔬and modelling ♾️. #microswimmers #plankton #biophysics #ecology #PhD pls RT

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NSF email from TODAY. Excerpt: Please disregard the previous guidance in the application module that indicated applicants may upload unofficial or official transcripts. The GRFP Solicitation NSF 25-547 states that, “Only official academic transcripts with the applicant’s most recent academic status will be accepted.” All applications submitted for the 2026 GRFP Competition MUST include official transcripts. Applications that include unofficial transcripts will not be considered for review. All applications must be submitted by the field of study deadline specified in the GRFP Solicitation.

NSF email to GRFP applicants from TODAY: you MUST submit official academic transcripts with your most recent academic status!

First year PhDs often don't get these until the end of this semester.

No clarification opportunity because of government shutdown.

Application deadline is next week.

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Not *one* mention of Plateau-Rayleigh in this article.

Really excited to present the results of a fantastic collaboration with Jesse Veenvliet @jesseveenvliet.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de @poldresden.bsky.social 🤩

We find a unique mechanism for body axis elongation in mammals, different from other vertebrate species

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