Affiliation: Wabash College

Dr. Tompkins is the Byron K. Trippet Assistant Professor of Physics at Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana. Prior to coming to Wabash in 2017, he served for two years as the Director of the cleanroom facilities at Brandeis University, overseeing the fabrication of microfluidic devices for numerous interdisciplinary research projects. In 2015, he received his PhD from Brandeis University for work studying pattern formation in chemical systems using synthetic cells created via microfluidics. His current research is focused on pattern formation in fluid flow systems and the accessibility of experimental methods.