Rhoslyn Coles

Contact

TU Chemnitz, Fakultät für Mathematik
Reichenhainer Straße 39/41

Office: C46.717
Email: rhoslyn.coles"aloop"math.tu-chemnitz.de

About

I am a postdoctoral researcher at the Technische Universität Chemnitz working within the Reiter Group (Harmonic Analysis).

I am interested in using geometry and topology to explore the relationship between the shape and function of materials. My research entails modeling, analysis, experimentation and computer simulation, and uses results of several diverse fields: from integral geometry and geometric measure theory to soft condensed matter physics and stochastic optimization.

My current work is inspired by the behavior of filament–like biopolymers in solution and studies thermodynamically favourable tube packings in different fluid environments. This builds upon the work of my PhD thesis which I completed in February 2024 under the supervision of Prof. Myfanwy Evans of Universität Potsdam.

Fields of interest:

Geometry, differential geometry, geometric knot theory, mathematical visualization

Preprints and Peer-Reviewed Articles

Can Solvents Tie Knots? Helical Folds of Biopolymers in Liquid Environments
with M. Evans, Preprint, 2024. Available on arXiv.

Exotic Self-Assembly of Hard Spheres in a Morphometric Solvent
with I. Sirandelli, G. Friesecke, and M. Evans, PNAS, 2024. DOI:10.1073/pnas.2314959121

Experiments with Curves Inspired by the Morphometric Approach to Solvation
PhD Thesis Technische Universität Berlin, 2024. Available here.

Curvature in Biological Systems: Its Quanitification, Emergence, and Implications across the Scales
with B. Schamberger et al., Review Article: Adv Mater. 2023. DOI:10.1002/adma.202206110