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

Integrative and Comparative Biology2026Last Corresponding Author

Selective trapping of bacteria in porous media by cell length

66, icag018 (2026)

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Cell Newton journal front cover — bacterial upstream invasion

Published

Cell Newton2025First Author

Invasion of bacteria swimming upstream into microstructured devices

2, 100337 (2025) — Front Cover

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

Published

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences2025Co-first Author

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

122(49): e2526864122 (2025)

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Biophysical Journal cover: cytoskeletal symmetry under poroelastic loading

Published

Biophysical Journal2025

Poroelastic mechanical loading disrupts cytoskeletal symmetry in 3D architected scaffolds

125(1), 235–244 (2025)

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PNAS 2024 figure: bacterial rheotaxis in non-Newtonian fluids

Published

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences2024

Enhancement of bacterial rheotaxis in non-Newtonian fluids

121(50): e2417614121 (2024)

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PRE 2021: soft particle clogging in 2D hopper

Published

Physical Review E2021First Author

Soft particle clogging in two-dimensional hopper

104, 044909 (2021)

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mBio figure: archaeal quorum sensing motility transitions

Under Review

Under review at mBio

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

bioRxiv:2025.11.10.687552

bioRxiv

Annual Review figure: biomedical active matter overview

Under Review

Under review at Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics

Emergence of collective functionalities in biomedical active matter

arXiv

Cross-phylum quorum sensing and cholera microbiota — fluorescence microscopy

Under Review

Under review at Nature

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

Bacterial upstream swimming in macromolecular flows — streak imaging

Under Review

Under review at Physical Review X

Giant enhancement of bacterial upstream swimming in macromolecular flows

arXiv:2408.13694

arXiv

Topological separation of bacteria in lattice microfluidic device

In Preparation

In preparationFirst Author

Topological separation of bacterial active matter

Bacterial invasion racing — multiflagellarity and upstream invasion

In Preparation

In preparationFirst Author

Multiflagellarity facilitates bacterial upstream invasion

AMR diagnostics — parallelized microfluidic array for urinary tract infection

In Preparation

In preparationFirst Author

Publications

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

Topological separation of bacterial active matter

Multiflagellarity facilitates bacterial upstream invasion

Antimicrobial resistance risks urinary tract infection