Publications

Research in microbial motility, active matter, microfluidics, complex fluids, and soft matter physics.

ICB journal cover — selective trapping of bacteria in porous media

Published

Selective trapping of bacteria in porous media by cell length

Integrative and Comparative Biology, 66, icag018 (2026)

Corresponding AuthorICBPorous MediaBacterial Trapping

Cell Newton journal front cover — bacterial upstream invasion

Published

Invasion of bacteria swimming upstream into microstructured devices

Cell Newton, 2, 100337 (2025)

Journal Front CoverFeatured ArticleMedia CoverageMicrofluidics

PNAS 2025 figure: nitric oxide accelerates biofilm dispersal in V. cholerae

Published

Nitric oxide promotes rapid development of motility to accelerate biofilm dispersal in Vibrio cholerae

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122(49): e2526864122 (2025)

Co-first AuthorPNASMotilityBiofilm Dispersal

Biophysical Journal cover: cytoskeletal symmetry under poroelastic loading

Published

Poroelastic mechanical loading disrupts cytoskeletal symmetry in 3D architected scaffolds

Biophysical Journal, 125(1), 235–244 (2025)

Biophysical Journal3D ScaffoldsMechanics

PNAS 2024 figure: bacterial rheotaxis in non-Newtonian fluids

Published

Enhancement of bacterial rheotaxis in non-Newtonian fluids

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121(50): e2417614121 (2024)

PNASComplex FluidsRheotaxis

PRE 2021: soft particle clogging in 2D hopper

Published

Soft particle clogging in two-dimensional hopper

Physical Review E, 104, 044909 (2021)

Physical Review ESoft MatterClogging

mBio figure: archaeal quorum sensing motility transitions

Under Review

A two-component regulatory system mediates quorum sensing–dependent morphology and motility transitions in Haloferax volcanii

bioRxiv:2025.11.10.687552 — Under review at mBio

mBioQuorum SensingArchaeal Motility

Annual Review figure: biomedical active matter overview

Under Review

Emergence of collective functionalities in biomedical active matter

Under review at Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics

Annual ReviewActive MatterBiomedical Physics

Cross-phylum quorum sensing and cholera microbiota

Under Review

Cross-phylum quorum sensing in dysbiosis drives cholera pathogenesis and microbiota structure

Under review at Nature

NatureQuorum SensingMicrobiotaCholera

Under Review

Giant enhancement of bacterial upstream swimming in macromolecular flows

arXiv:2408.13694 — Under review at Physical Review X

arXivPhysical Review XComplex FluidsUpstream Swimming

Topological separation of bacteria in lattice microfluidic device

In Preparation

Topological separation of bacterial active matter

In preparation

Topological SeparationActive MatterMicrofluidics

Multiflagellarity and bacterial upstream invasion

In Preparation

Multiflagellarity facilitates bacterial upstream invasion

In preparation

Co-first AuthorMultiflagellarityBacterial MorphologyUpstream Invasion

AMR diagnostics — urinary tract infection microfluidics

In Preparation

Antimicrobial resistance risks urinary tract infection

In preparation

Antibiotic ResistanceUTIDiagnosticsMicrofluidics