The Interdisciplinary World of Tangling

This week–long conference from 12-16 September 2022 brought together scientists from various backgrounds who spend a reasonable amount of time thinking about tangles, tubes, knots, filaments, fibers and other entangled structures, from the perspective of physics, material science, mathematics, chemistry or biology. Tangling is a key structural motif of a multitude of natural systems, from molecules to polymers, and has a distinctive relationship to functionality. Understanding tangling itself and the role that it plays in material properties is a complicated web of different disciplines and perspectives, and we hope to create a deep scientific exchange on this topic.

The conference was organized by Myfanwy Evans and Rhoslyn Coles and featured an extended poster session, 15-20 contributed talks as well as invited lectures by

* Jason Cantarella, University of Georgia
* Yuya Domoto, The University of Tokyo
* Erica Flapan, Pomona College
* Stephen Hyde, The University of Sydney
* Sophie Jackson, University of Cambridge
* Randy Kamien, University of Pennsylvania
* David Leigh, University of Manchester
* John Maddocks, EPFL
* Sonia Mahmoudi, Tohoku University
* Alison Martin, Independent Researcher
* Sabetta Matsumoto, Georgia Institute of Technology
* Christian Michieletti, SISSA, Trieste
* Natalija Miodragovic, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin
* Heiko von der Mosel, RWTH Aachen University
* Eleni Panagiotou, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
* Davide M. Proserpio, Universita’ degli Studi di Milano
* Philipp Reiter, Chemnitz University of Technology
* Joanna Sulkowska, University of Warsaw
* De Witt Sumners, Florida State University


*** 27 May 2022 ***

The conference took place at the Griebnitzsee Campus of the University of Potsdam. Located right on the border between Berlin and Potsdam, Griebnitzsee is one of the beautiful lakes of the Berlin surrounding region, with plenty of possibilities for contemplative evening walks, choices of hotels and places to eat.