Expertise
Theoretical Physics, Differential Geometry, Theoretical Biophysics
Research Interests
Calculus for Moving Surfaces, Differential Geometry, Pattern Formation, Surface Dynamics.
Education
- Bachelor of Science (BS): Physics (Honors), Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi, Georgia 2003.
- Master of Science (MS): Physics (Honors), Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi, Georgia 2005.
- Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.): Physics (Summa Cum Laude), Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi, Georgia 2006.
Biosketch
David Svintradze graduated from Tbilisi State University in 2003 and earned a Ph.D. in Physics and Mathematics from the same institution in 2006. Before joining the University of Massachusetts Lowell as a Scholar in Residence Fulbright Professor of Biophysics, he worked at prestigious theoretical centers as a visiting scientist at the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems (2018) and as an Erasmus+ Visiting Professor at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen (2024). Svintradze has received numerous national and international awards and honors, including the Presidential Award for the Best Young Scientist in Georgia in 2005, served as co-chair of the membrane dynamics section at the Biophysical Society’s Annual Meeting in 2017, and being Simons recipient at the Aspen Center for Theoretical Physics in 2017.
Svintradze focuses on innovative physics influenced by biological processes, utilizing Differential Geometry. Among his significant accomplishments are solving the Young-Laplace, Kelvin, and Gibbs-Thomson problems, offering manifold solutions to the Navier-Stokes incompressible equations, and enhancing General Relativity through Calculus for Moving Surfaces.
Selected Awards and Honors
- Fulbright Scholar in Residence for Professors 2024-2025.
Selected Publications
- David V. Svintradze. Generalization of Young-Laplace, Kelvin, and Gibbs-Thomson Equations for Arbitrarily Curved Surfaces. Biophysical Journal. 122, 892-904 (2023), Featured Article.
- David V. Svintradze. Shape Dynamics of Bouncing Droplets. Scientific Reports – Nature 9, 6015 (2019).
- David V. Svintradze. Closed, Two Dimensional Surface Dynamics. Frontiers in Physics 6, 136 (2018).
- David V. Svintradze. Moving Manifolds in Electromagnetic Fields. Frontiers in Physics 5, 37 (2017).
Selected Presentations
- Niels Bohr’s Institute, University of Copenhagen
Invited Seminar. David Svintradze, Generalizing Ostwald Ripening, 2024. - Department of Physics, University of Massachusetts Lowell
Colloquium. David Svintradze, Moving Manifolds and Young – Laplace, Kelvin, and Gibbs–Thomson Problems, 2022 - Niels Bohr’s Institute, University of Copenhagen
Invited Seminar. David Svintradze, Generalizing the Gibbs-Thomson Equation, 2022.
Selected Contracts, Fellowships, Grants and Sponsored Research
- Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation of Georgia (SRNSFG)
Principal Investigator, FR Grant, 2022-2024. - Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation of Georgia (SRNSFG)
Principal Investigator, STEM Grant, 2022-2024.