Maxim Lavrentovich is Assistant Professor of Theoretical Biophysics, University of Tennessee, working on theoretical problems in biophysics and soft condensed matter physics.

“Before moving to UT, I worked for three years as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Pennsylvania in the Soft Condensed Matter Theory group. I was a graduate student at Harvard University from 2008 to 2014, working under the supervision of David R. Nelson. I received a B. A. in Physics and Mathematics from Kenyon College in 2008.”