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I am an incoming Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Mathematics at the University of British Columbia, starting August 2025.

Currently, I am a WRF Postdoctoral Fellow in the Keller Lab at the University of Washington

My research centers on mechanical biomimicry, drawing inspiration from natural systems to create structures with intriguing mechanical characteristics. Specifically, I aim to model, design, and fabricate autonomous shape-morphing structures. To this end, I employ analytical and geometric tools and utilize various responsive materials and fabrication techniques. Consequently, my work is highly interdisciplinary, fostering collaborations with physicists, mathematicians, chemists, material scientists, and designers.

Bagley Hall room 9
University of Washington
Seattle, WA

ido.levin at ubc.ca

Publications

Ido Levin*, Ela Sachyani*, Rama Lieberman, Noa Batat, Eran Sharon, and Shlomo Magdassi
4D Printing of Programmable Digital Metamaterials
arXiv preprint

Ido Levin, Naroa Sadaba, Alshakim Nelson, and Sarah L. Keller
Asymmetric Fluid Flow in Helical Pipes Inspired by Shark Intestines
Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 121 (40) e2406481121 (2024)
arXiv preprint
Data available on Dryad: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.4j0zpc8mt

Roie Ezraty, Ido Levin, and Omri Gat
 Universality and Hysteresis in Slow Sweeping of Bifurcations
Physical Review E, 109 044206 (2022)
arXiv preprint

Doron Kam*, Ido Levin*, Yinnon Kutner, Omri Lanciano, Eran Sharon, Oded Shoseyov, and Shlomo Magdassi
 Wood Warping Composite by 3D Printing
Polymers, 14 733 (2022)
Data available on Figshare: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.17311544

Ido Levin*, Emmanuel Siéfert*, Eran Sharon, and Cy Maor
Hierarchy of Geometrical Frustration in Elastic Ribbons: shape-transitions and energy scaling obtained from a general asymptotic theory
Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 156 104579 (2021)
arXiv preprint

Emmanuel Siéfert*, Ido Levin*, and Eran Sharon
Euclidean Frustrated Ribbons
Physical Review X, 11 011062 (2021)
arXiv preprint

Ido Levin, Robert Deegan and Eran Sharon
Self-Oscillating Membranes: Chemomechanical Sheets Show Autonomous Periodic Shape Transformation
Physical Review Letters, 125 178001 (2020)
arXiv preprint

Ido Levin and Eran Sharon
Anomalously Soft Non-Euclidean Springs
Physical Review Letters, 116 035502 (2016)
Physics Synopsis by Michael Schirber

Michael Moshe, Ido Levin, Hillel Aharoni, Raz Kupferman, and Eran Sharon
Geometry and mechanics of two-dimensional defects in amorphous materials
Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 112 (35) 10873-10878 (2015)
arXiv preprint