Welcome to the Soft Matter and Interfacial Phenomena Lab (SaIL)!
We are a group of researchers studying soft matter physics and interfacial science in synthetic and biological systems.
microscale fluid mechanics
colloidal transport
active matter
membranes and vesicles
If you are interested in our research, feel free to contact our group members or visit our lab located at 201 Bell Hall and 409 Furnas Hall.
SaIL
xinyong@bufflo.edu
Recent News
- 2026-08-03: Didarul defended his PhD dissertation. Congratulations and best wishes to his new journey at the University of Michigan!
- 2026-07-24: Sean and Adam presented their posters at 2026 Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium.
- 2026-07-21: Congratulations to Didarul on his 2025 paper featured in Soft Matter Recent HOT Articles!
- 2026-07-15: A new paper in collaboration with Dr. Ke's group was published in Environ. Health.
- 2026-07-04: Emad's perspective article on microscopic stress in biomembranes was published in JCTC.
- 2026-05-26: Adam joined the lab as a SURE intern. Welcome!
- 2026-04-24: A new paper in collaboration with Dr. Cheng's group was published in PRX.
- 2026-04-10: Congratulations to the publicaiton of Nasir's new paper in Macromolecules.
- 2026-03-18: Nasir, Pragya, and Xin attended APS Global Physics Summit 2026 in Denver, CO.
- 2026-03-12: Emad's paper on transient gel formation in asymmetric lipid membranes was published in Biophys. J. Congratulations!
University at Buffalo
201 Bell Hall / 409 Furnas Hall
Buffalo, NY 14260
Phone: (716) 645-7452
(Powered by Jekyll with Kording Lab's template. Photo courtesy of UB.)