News & Press
Lab updates, press coverage, and research highlights from the Physical Mathematics Laboratory.
Nov'25 | PML wins the Van Dyke Gallery of Fluid Motion Award!​
Congratulations to Joey and Xinyun! Outstanding job! Check out our video.
Oct'25 | Pedro featured by UNC Research Stories!
We’re grateful to UNC for highlighting our mentoring philosophy in "Mentoring in Motion"
Jul'25 | Pedro promoted to Associate Professor with tenure!
A meaningful milestone. Thank you to everyone who’s been part of this journey.
Mar'25 | Pedro selected Engineer of the Year by the Society of Civil Engineering of Aragón and La Rioja in Spain!
An immense honor to receive this recognition from his home region in Spain.
Feb'25 | Pedro selected as one of the 2025 Kavli Fellows!
We are grateful to the US National Academy of Science for this incredible recognition to our work.
Jan'25 | Our paper galloping bubbles published at Nature Communications!
We introduce a new symmetry breaking that makes vibrated bubbles self-propelled in a direction perpendicular to the driving.
Nov'24 | Our galloping bubbles received a Gallery of Fluid Motion Award!​
Check out our video submission to the American Physical Society DFD meeting.
Sept'24 | Our paper hydrodynamic analog of Anderson localization published in PRX!
The article describes how wave-dressed classical particles may localize like quantum particles in disordered environments.
May'24 | Abel's featured in an article in Endeavors Magazine!
The article describes his academic journey at UNC and research in Anderson localization.
March'24 | Austin's paper published in Physical Review Letters!
We reveal the mechanism for orbital quantization in pilot-wave hydrodynamics.
March'24 | Abel Abraham awarded the Archibald Henderson Mathematics Medal!
Third PML member in a row!​
Given annually to an undergraduate who has demonstrated great ability and promise for originality in the field.
March'23 | Connor Magoon awarded the Archibald Henderson Mathematics Medal!
Second PML member in a row!​
Given annually to an undergraduate who has demonstrated great ability and promise for originality in the field.
March'23 | Pedro awarded an Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship!​
We are incredibly grateful to the Sloan Foundation for recognizing and supporting our work.
Press releases: Sloan, UNC, University of Edinburgh, University of La Rioja, Diario La Rioja newspaper.
Nov'22 | Our entry received the Van Dyke Gallery of Fluid Motion Award!​
Check out our video and the accompanying article at Physics Magazine.
March'22 | Austin Blitstein awarded the Archibald Henderson Mathematics Medal!​
Given annually to an undergraduate who has demonstrated great ability and promise for originality in the field.
Oct'21 | Pedro receives NSF CAREER award!​
National Science Foundation's most prestigious awards in support of early-career faculty.
April'21 | Paper on Hydrodynamic Spin Lattices accepted in Nature!​
We demonstrate wave-mediated collective spin order in lattices of bouncing droplets, revealing how coherent states and phase-locking can emerge spontaneously through hydrodynamic interactions.
May'20 | Paper on Friedel oscillations published in Science Advances!​
We present an hydrodynamic analog of Friedel oscillations resulting from a new chaos-free mechanism for the emergence of modulated statistics.