Dynamics of Self-Organization in Active Materials

Active materials, or active matter more broadly, are multi-scale systems whose energy-consuming microstructure creates macroscopic self-organizing dynamics. Canonical examples arise from biology, such as the microtubule/motor-protein assemblies that are widely studied both within and outside of the cell. I'll overview our recent work on building specialized numerical tools, and first-principles models, for studying of these fascinating internally-driven systems.