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.
[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.