Events
Awards, Conferences & Talks
Recognitions, conference presentations, invited talks, and colloquia — organized by year.
Awards & Honors
2026
- Glenn H. Brown Fellowship — Mahesha JeewanthiFor outstanding graduate students engaged in research on biological or biology-related topics of liquid crystals
- GSS Symposium Award, Outstanding Oral Presentation Award (Spring 2026) — Zakaria SiddiqueeKent State University Graduate Student Senate
2021
- Alfred Saupe Prize of the German Liquid Crystal Society — Dr. Jákli
- Alfred Saupe Fellowship — Chenrun FengFor outstanding graduate students working on physics or materials sciences of liquid crystals
- James Fergason Fellowship — Hemantha Prageeth RajapakshaFor outstanding graduate students working on applied research using liquid crystals
2020
- Tech Transfer Grant — Liquid crystal clad fibers for wearable responsive textiles
- KSU GSS International Travel Award — Zoltan Karaszi
2019
- I-Corps — Fast Optical Switch
- NSF-DMR: Phase Behavior and Physical Properties of Thermotropic and Lyotropic Liquid Crystal Oligomers — Jákli, Co-PI (July 15, 2019 – June 30, 2022)
2018
- President's Faculty Excellence Award of Kent State University — Dr. Jákli
Conference Presentations
2026
- Optical Properties of Lens Shaped Ferroelectric Nematic Liquid Crystal DropletsM. Talwar, Z. Siddiquee, A. I. Jákli · APS Global Physics Summit, 2026
- Harnessing Anisotropy in Liquid Crystal Elastomer based Solid-State BatteriesZ. Siddiquee, A. I. Jákli, W. Xu · APS Global Physics Summit, 2026
- Converse Piezoelectricity of Fluid Ferroelectric Nematic Liquid CrystalsM. Gill, M. Máthé, P. Salamon, J. Gleeson, A. I. Jákli · APS Global Physics Summit, 2026
- Transient Negative Capacitance in Ferroelectric Nematic Liquid CrystalsN. P. Dhakal, A. Adaka, R. J. Twieg, N. A. Clark, A. I. Jákli · APS Global Physics Summit, 2026
- Ferroelectric nematic and smectic liquid crystals with sub-molecular spatial correlationsA. Ghimire, P. Guragain, M. Badu, P. Nepal, J. T. Gleeson, S. Sprunt, R. J. Twieg, N. P. Dhakal, A. I. Jákli · APS Global Physics Summit, 2026
- Comprehensive characterization of ferroelectric nematic liquid crystal FNLC919 as a reference materialA. Paul, M. Paul, M. Badu, A. Ghimire, N. P. Dhakal, A. I. Jákli, S. Sprunt · APS Global Physics Summit, 2026
2025
- Optically Isotropic Polymer Stabilized Liquid Crystals with Fast and Large Field-Induced Refractive Index VariationM. Talwar, K. Perera, Md Mostafa, M. Gill, P. Nepal, P. Guragain, I. Landau, A. I. Jákli · APS March Meeting, 2025
2024
- Directional Swimming of B. subtilis Bacteria Near the Surface of Ferroelectric Nematic Liquid Crystal FilmsM. Jeewanthi, Z. Siddiquee, H. Baza, A. Adaka, R. J. Twieg, A. I. Jákli · APS March Meeting, 2024 · B35.007
- Low Voltage Switchable Chiral Ferroelectric Nematic (NF*) Liquid Crystal Smart WindowR. Dharmarathna, K. Perera, Md S. Hossain, A. Adaka, T. Kosa, A. I. Jákli · APS March Meeting, 2024 · B35.011
2023
- APS March Meeting, Las VegasK. Perera, R. Saha, Md S. Hossain, Md Mostafa, A. Adaka, R. Waroquet
- 16th ECLC, Rende, Italy (July 12, 2023) — A. Jákli
2022
- APS March Meeting, ChicagoH. Rajapaksha, K. Perera, C. Feng, R. Saha, P. Paudel
2021
- Steady-State and Transient Behavior of Ionic Liquid Crystal Elastomers Based Organic Electrochemical TransistorsC. P. Rajapaksha, P. Paudel, P. M. S. G. Kodikara, D. Dahal, C. Feng, V. Kaphle, B. Lüssem, A. I. Jákli · APS March Meeting (Virtual), 2021 · L04.00009
- Liquid crystals microlens array using chiral ligand capped Au nanoparticlesK. Perera, A. Nemati, E. K. Mann, T. Hegmann, A. I. Jákli · APS March Meeting (Virtual), 2021 · R05.00001
- Manipulation of the nanoscale heliconical structure of a twist-bend nematic material with polarized purple lightC. Feng, J. Feng, R. Saha, Y. Arakawa, J. Gleeson, S. N. Sprunt, C. Zhu, A. I. Jákli · APS March Meeting (Virtual), 2021 · R05.00002
- The interplay between spatial and heliconical bond order in twist-bend nematic materialsR. Saha, C. Feng, C. Welch, G. H. Mehl, J. Feng, C. Zhu, J. Gleeson, S. N. Sprunt, A. I. Jákli · APS March Meeting (Virtual), 2021 · R05.00011
- International Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia (Sept 7, 2021) — A. Jákli, invited virtual talk
2020
- Doctoral Fellowship at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab — Chenrun Feng
2019
- Gordon Research Conference (July 7–12, 2019) — C. P. Hemantha Rajapaksha
- Research visit, Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest (July 1–26, 2019) — Zoltan Karaszi
- Research visit, Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Budapest (June 26–July 31, 2019) — Dr. Jákli
- NSF U. Akron I-Corps program (Feb–April 2019) — Jenieve Cumberland
- NSF U. Akron I-Corps program (June–July 2019) — Haumed Rahmani
- Internship at NASA Glenn Research Center (Jan–Dec 2019) — Matthew Murachver
Invited Talks at Conferences
2023
- 16th European Conference on Liquid Crystals, Rende, Italy (July 10–14, 2023)
- AMLCI Materials Day (April 29, 2023)
2022
- 29th Indian National Liquid Crystal Conference, Bangalore, India (December 8, 2022)
- 22nd International Liquid Crystal Conference, Lisbon, Portugal (July 26, 2022)
2021
- International Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia (September 7, 2021)
- Alfred Saupe Prize Lecture, 37th German Liquid Crystal Conference, Magdeburg, Germany (2021)
2019
- 17th International Ferroelectric Liquid Crystal Conference, Boulder, Colorado (August 4–7, 2019)
- European Liquid Crystal Conference 2019, Wrocław, Poland (June 30–July 5, 2019)
Colloquia & Seminars
2022
- Colloquium, Reality Lab at Meta (February 7, 2022) — Dr. Jákli
2021
- Alfred Saupe Prize Lecture, 37th German Liquid Crystal Conference, Magdeburg, Germany (2021)
- Colloquium, School of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, University of Akron (January 29, 2021)
2020
- SPIE 11472, Liquid Crystals XXIV — Virtual Conference (August 24, 2020)