Department of Physical Intelligence
Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems
70569 Stuttgart, Germany

Email: zoey@__________
Web: http://zsdavidson.com

Education

Ph.D.

Physics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 2017
Dissertation: Assembly, Elasticity, and Structure of

Lyotropic Chromonic Liquid Crystals and Disordered Colloids

Committee: T.C. Lubensky (chair), A.G. Yodh (advisor), P.J. Collings, D. Durian, J.S. Karp

M.S.

Physics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 2013

B.A.

Physics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 2010

Academic Appointments

2017-

Postdoctoral Scholar & Alexander von Humboldt Visiting Scientist,
Department of Physical Intelligence, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Stuttgart

2010-2011

Research Assistant, Physics and Instrumentation Group
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Research Interests

Fellowships, and Awards

2017

Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, A.v. Humboldt Foundation

2013

Chair's Teaching Award, Department of Physics & Astronomy University of Pennsylvania

2011

Valentin T. Jordanov Radiation Instrumentation Travel Grant, IEEE NSS-MIC

Publications (* indicates equal contribution)

Peer Reviewed Publications

2019

Xiaoguang Ma,

Z.S. Davidson

*, et al., "Heterogeneous activation, local structure, and softness in supercooled colloidal liquids," Phys. Rev. Lett., vol. 112, no. 2, p. 028001

2017

Z.S. Davidson

, Y. Huang, A. Gross, et al., "Deposition and drying dynamics of liquid crystal droplets," Nat. Commun. , vol. 8, no. 15642

2017

E.D. Cubuk, R.J.S. Ivancic, S.S. Schoenholz, D.J. Strickland, A. Basu,

Z.S. Davidson

, et al., "Structure-property relationships from universal signatures of plasticity in disordered solids," Science , vol. 358, pp. 1033-1037

2016

M.D. Gratale, X. Ma,

Z.S. Davidson

, et al., "Vibrational properties of quasi-two-dimensional colloidal glasses with varying interparticle attraction," Phys. Rev. E. , vol. 94, no. 4, p. 042606

2016

M.D. Gratale, T. Still, C. Matyas,

Z.S. Davidson

, et al., "Tunable depletion potentials driven by shape variation of surfactant micelles," Phys. Rev. E. , vol. 93, no. 3, p. 050601

2015

T. Still, P.J. Yunker, K. Hanson,

Z.S. Davidson

, et al., "Temperature-Sensitive Hydrogel-Particle Films from Evaporating Drops," Adv. Mater. Interfaces , vol. 2,

2015

Z.S. Davidson

*, L. Kang, J. Jeong, et al., "Chiral structures and defects of lyotropic chromonic liquid crystals induced by saddle-splay elasticity," Phys. Rev. E. , vol. 91, p. 050501

2015

J. Jeong, L. Kang,

Z.S. Davidson

, et al., "Chiral structures from achiral liquid crystals in cylindrical capillaries," PNAS , vol. 112, pp. E1837-1844

2014

M.A. Lohr, T. Still, R. Ganti, M.D. Gratale,

Z.S. Davidson

, et al., "Vibrational and structural signatures of the crossover between dense glassy and sparse gel-like attractive colloidal packings," Phys. Rev. E. , vol. 91, p. 050501

2014

J. Jeong,

Z.S. Davidson

, et al., "Chiral symmetry breaking and surface faceting in chromonic liquid crystal droplets with giant elastic anisotropy ," PNAS , vol. 111, pp. 1742-1747

2012

W. Ashmanskas,

Z.S. Davidson

, et al., "Combined analog/digital approach to performance optimization for the LAPET whole-body TOF PET scanner," 2012 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference , pp. 3496-3500

2011

Z.S. Davidson

, R. Wiener, et al., "High voltage photodetector calibration for improved timing resolution with scintillation detectors for TOF-PET imaging," 2011 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, pp. 2338-2341

Service

Teaching Experience, University of Pennsylvania

2015

CTL Teaching Certificate, Center For Teaching & Learning, University of Pennsylvania,

2015F

Classical Mechanics

2014S

Modern Physics, Lab TA

2012F

Laboratory Electronics for Physicists, Lab TA (and 2014F)