Sharon J. Gerbode is a soft matter physicist[1] and the Iris and Howard Critchell Associate Professor of Physics at Harvey Mudd College.
She is recognized for her contributions to the fields of soft matter and biomechanics and is a 2016 Cottrell Scholar, a distinction given to top early career academic scientists by the Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA).
[4] In 2010, Gerbode began working as a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University with Lakshminarayanan Mahadevan,[4] where she researched mechanical behaviors observed in coiling tendrils of the cucumber plant.
[5] In 2012, she joined Harvey Mudd College as the Iris and Howard Critchell assistant professor in the physics department.
[6] Gerbode works on studying dynamics in experimental two-dimensional colloidal crystals [7][8][9] and plant biomechanics, notably on cucumber tendrils.