[4] In 2014, after thirty years at the University of Illinois, he moved to South Korea to join the Institute for Basic Science (IBS), founding the Center for Soft and Living Matter[2] with additional appointments as professor of chemistry and physics at UNIST.

[1] Granick is the author of more than 300 scientific articles and has made fundamental contributions to the chemistry and physics of soft materials.

[5] His research interests range from the study of active matter to the chemistry and physics of visualized macromolecules, vesicles, and supracolloidal materials.

His laboratory became interested in many instances of molecular mobility measured at the single-molecule level, including active matter and transport in living cells.

[3] The other principal current area of Granick's research concerns Janus colloidal particles, their self-assembly at rest and driven outside equilibrium.

He is the recipient of numerous international awards, including the APS (American Physical Society) national Prize for Polymer Physics, the ACS (American Chemical Society) national Prize for Surface and Colloid Science, and the Paris-Sciences Medal.