Elisabetta_Matsumoto
Elisabetta Matsumoto
American physicist
Elisabetta Matsumoto is an American physicist whose scientific interests include the study of knitted fabrics' special mathematical and mechanical properties.[1]
After earning her PhD Matsumoto accepted a post-doctoral fellowship at Harvard University's Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering.[2]
In 2019 Matsumoto received five years of funding to study the mathematics of knitting from the National Science Foundation. [1][3]
In 2019 Matsumoto was recognized with a National Science Foundation CAREER Award, a distinction the Foundation gives to particularly promising scientists relatively early in their careers.[4]
The New York Times profiled Matsumoto following her popular presentations at the 2019 meeting of the American Physical Society.[1]
Combining her interests in mathematics and the mechanical properties of knitting she is one of 24 mathematicians and artists who make up the Mathemalchemy Team.[5]