Jan Lagerwall

Professor of physics at University of Luxembourg

Jan Lagerwall (Swedish; M.Sc. Physics 1997; Ph.D. Materials Science, 2002) is professor in physics at University of Luxembourg. His research focuses on soft matter physics, chemistry and materials science, connecting liquid crystals with many other fields, from fiber spinning and fluid mechanics to art, architecture, robotics and security. The motivation ranges from the scientific beauty to the diverse application opportunities arising through cross fertilisation with other disciplines. Jan is currently coordinating the ERC SyG project ALCEMIST (with M.H. Godinho, Lisbon, and E. Terentjev, Cambridge) and he previously held one ERC CoG and two ERC PoC projects. As postdoctoral researcher Jan worked with N. Clark (Boulder), G. Heppke (Berlin) and F. Giesselmann (Stuttgart). He previously held group leader positions at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (Germany) and Seoul National University (Korea). He is actively working to bring the fruits of his group’s academic research to use for society and industry through a multitude of collaborations and the foundation of spin-off companies.