SFI External Professor Andrea J. Liu (University of Pennsylvania) is the recipient of the APS 2025 Leo P. Kadanoff Prize, the American Physical Society announced on October 15. Liu is a statistical physicist who studies condensed-matter physics and biophysics. This award recognizes her “broad contributions to the statistical mechanics of disordered systems and biological matter, including the theory of jamming” — the theory of rigidity in a large class of disordered systems.
“As a great admirer of Leo Kadanoff’s contributions to science, I am deeply honored to receive this prize. I thank the many extraordinary student, postdoc, and senior scientists who have collaborated with me on the work being recognized,” says Liu.
The Leo P. Kadanoff Prize is bestowed on scientists whose theoretical, experimental, or computational achievements have opened new vistas for statistical and/or nonlinear physics. Liu joins SFI Professor Sidney Redner, External Professor Mark Newman, and Science Board Fellow Nigel Goldenfeld as Leo P. Kadanoff Prize-winners.
Read about the award on the APS website.