Physicist, PhD Candidate at the University of Amsterdam
Jared Popowski
Exploring intelligent active matter and the physics of living systems at the University of Amsterdam.
Research
Current Work
Building intelligent materials that can sense, remember, and respond to their environment.
Active Matter
Intelligent Robotic Swarms
Scaling up robotic active matter systems to hundreds of robots with memory and environmental sensing capabilities.
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Biophysics
Plant Defense Mechanics
Discovering the ultra-fast biomechanics of glandular trichome rupture as a defense mechanism in tomato plants.
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Statistical Physics
Information Dynamics
Understanding information dynamics in the yielding transition of amorphous solids and cage-breaking phenomena.
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Recent Publication
Journal of Experimental Botany, 2025
Glandular trichome rupture in tomato plants is an ultra-fast and sensitive defense mechanism against insects
Blog
Recent Posts
Breaking down complex physics concepts into accessible explanations.