Active matter Physics
Active matter consists of individual components that consume energy to generate self-propulsion, leading to emergent collective behaviors that uniquely defy the laws of equilibrium physics. Familiar examples include flocks of starlings or schools of fish, swimming bacteria, spermatozoids and even groups of humans moving collectively during a festival or concert. My research focuses on developing analytical and computational frameworks to characterize the universal principles underlying these non-equilibrium phenomena.
Projects
An overview of my research projects, including the systems I study and the analytical and computational approaches I use. Colored links will send you to the corresponding publications.
Bose-Einstein-like condensation
An analysis of condensation phenomena in driven scalar active matter where particles aggregate into the lowest energy state due to a diffusivity edge. Reentrant condensation transitions can be observed by applying either an external force or by dynamically changing the confining potential.
Non-Gaussian dynamics
Analysis of interacting run-and-tumble particles to characterize deviations from Gaussian motion. Combines an exactly solvable polymer model with lattice simulations to study anomalous diffusion and non-Gaussian displacement distributions arising from the dynamically evolving particle environment
Active mixing
Analysis of mixing in a confined chiral Vicsek model by mapping particle trajectories to a braid topology. Uses braid‑theoretic measures of trajectory entanglement to quantify and optimize transport efficiency in systems where chirality, alignment, and confinement interplay to produce complex non‑equilibrium patterns.