#  Kai Torrens 

PhD Student

 

 

 



   ![Kai headshot](/sites/g/files/omnuum4256/files/styles/hwp_4_5__480x600/public/2025-01/71079757393__F6305FFA-DC0A-4E93-A64F-EABAB63266F5.jpg?itok=yR_-20-u) 

 



 

 email [kai\_torrens@g.harvard.edu](mailto:kai_torrens@g.harvard.edu) 

 



 

Kai is a PhD student in Physics studying short-range interactions in colloidal and biological systems. Outside his experiments and calculations, Kai likes board games, going to museums, and walking outside.



 

 

 





 

 

- ## Research projects
    
     [Virus physics](/research-areas/virus-physics)
- ## Current and former members
    
     [Current members](/members) [PhD students](/taxonomy/term/14611)
- ## Research areas
    
     [Optical and computation methods for soft matter and biophysics](/research-areas/optical-and-computation-methods-soft-matter-and-biophysics) [Physics of viruses and other microbes](/research-areas/physics-viruses-and-other-microbes) [Self-assembly and disassembly](/research-areas/self-assembly-and-disassembly)