I’m a Research Scientist at Brandeis University in the Physics Department studying bioinspired materials using tools from dynamical systems, soft-condensed matter physics, and control theory.
I’m particularly interested in developing model-based strategies for steering synthetic and biological active systems toward desired spatiotemporal configurations. Insights into controlling active systems will enable the creation of components for soft robots, biomaterials, and organoids.
mmnorton [at] brandeis.edu