Simons Junior Fellow
NYU Center for Soft Matter Research
&
Flatiron Center for Computational Biology
Ella King is a Simons Junior Fellow at the NYU Center for Soft Matter Research and the
Flatiron Center for Computational Biology in New York City. She received her Ph.D. in Physics from Harvard University and B.S. from Stanford University. Her work spans theoretical soft matter physics, materials design, and biophysics.
Full CV
Complete list of work can also be found at my Google Scholar page.
Novel method for extracting interactions from particle trajectories that does not assume particles are at equilibrium. Validated on experimental colloidal data interacting via depletion forces.
Nonreciprocal wave-mediated interactions reveal a new form of activity that emerges as a collective property the system.
Computational design of anisotropic particle shapes that stabilize complex open lattices and enable self-limited assembly using automatic differentiation.
State-change based proofreading mechanism in colloidal particles undergoing self-assembly
Control over complex colloidal reactions with inverse designed components. Controlled disassembly of virus-like shells and, inspired by drug deliver applications, induced release of small particles trapped inside.
Repeat expanded RNA, which is implicated in neurodegenerative diseases such as ALS, aggregates in vitro. Origin of this aggregation is presented, and a reentrant phase transition is observed as a result.
Introduces a particle tracking algorithm for correlated systems, such as dense suspensions or strongly interacting particles.
Inverse design of kinetic properties of self-assembled structures, including transition rates between small clusters and bulk crystallization rates.
The rigidity of diamondoid molecules, and the resulting decrease in configurational entropy, drives their unique assembly properties.
Email: ellaking@nyu.edu
Department of Physics, 726 Broadway, 8th floor, NYU, NY 10003 or Flatiron Institute, 7th floor, 162 5th Ave, New York, NY 10010.
You may also find me as volunteer mentor for the BioBus Junior Scientist Internship and as an occasional editor for WOWSTEM.