Emailpmanrique@floridapoly.edu
Phone 863-874-8647
Location Main Campus
Office BARC-2276
Directory Physics
Dr. Pedro D. Manrique joined Florida Polytechnic University in the fall of 2024 as a visiting faculty member. Shortly after, he was appointed full-time assistant professor of physics beginning in the spring of 2025. He is a theoretical and computational physicist with expertise in theoretical and computational characterization of complex adaptive systems.
Prior to joining Florida Poly, he held a research scientist position at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., from 2021 to 2024. While at GWU, he developed statistical physics theories to study protein aggregation in heterogeneous biomolecular environments, online distrust networks, and cohesive behavior in cyber physical systems.
From 2019 to 2021, Manrique was a postdoctoral fellow in the theoretical division of Los Alamos National Laboratory in Los Alamos, NM, where he focused on multi-scale modeling of biosystems within the context of antimicrobial resistance and a network modeling approach aimed at predicting protein disruption. He also held a postdoctoral position in the Department of Physics at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida, from 2016 to 2019. While there, he worked on game theories and agent-based models with applications in taxis in simple organisms, bacterial photosynthesis, social networks, and contagion phenomena. He has published in top-tier scientific journals including Nature, Science, Science Advances and Physical Review Letters.
Outside work, Manrique enjoys spending time with family and friends. He is a passionate obstacle course racing athlete and a choral singer with special affinity for Gregorian chants. One of his favorite activities is drawing families of dragons and penguins with his children and nieces.
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