Active Matter I (Fluids)

Presentations

• Spatial Control of Activity in Acoustically Energized Active Liquid Crystals

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 8:00 AM – March 17, 2026, 8:12 AM

  Presenters

  • Andrey Sokolov

    • Argonne National Laboratory

  Authors

  • Andrey Sokolov

    • Argonne National Laboratory

  • Antonio Tavera-Vazquez

    • University of Chicago

  • Paul Nealey

    • University of Chicago

  • Alexey Snezhko

    • Argonne National Laboratory

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• Wave-Mediated Random Walks of Bouncing Beads

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 8:12 AM – March 17, 2026, 8:24 AM

  Presenters

  • Zahra Shamsi

    • Yale University

  Authors

  • Zahra Shamsi

    • Yale University

  • Bauyrzhan Primkulov

    • Yale University

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• Capillary waves on odd active fluids: broken reciprocity and nonlinear effects

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 8:24 AM – March 17, 2026, 8:36 AM

  Publication: [1] P. Cosme, H. Terças, Phys. Rev. B 107, 195432, 2023
  [2] H. du Plessis, P. Cosme, M. Jalaal, Non-Reciprocal Capillary Waves with Odd Viscosity, in preparation.

  Presenters

  • Pedro Afonso Cosme e Silva

    • University of Amsterdam

  Authors

  • Pedro Afonso Cosme e Silva

    • University of Amsterdam

  • Holly du Plessis

  • Maziyar Jalaal

    • University of Amsterdam

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• Controlling Waves in Polar Active Fluids

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 8:36 AM – March 17, 2026, 8:48 AM

  Presenters

  • Daniel Duffy

    • University of Michigan

  Authors

  • Daniel Duffy

    • University of Michigan

  • Suraj Shankar

    • University of Michigan

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• A collisional model of odd fluids: from Boltzmann equation to chiral hydrodynamics

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 8:48 AM – March 17, 2026, 9:00 AM

  Publication: Eren, E., Fruchart, M., & Vitelli, V. (2025). A collisional model of odd fluids: from Boltzmann equation to chiral hydrodynamics. arXiv preprint arXiv:2508.12944.

  Presenters

  • Ege Eren

    • University of Chicago

  Authors

  • Ege Eren

    • University of Chicago

  • Michel Fruchart

    • CNRS

  • vincenzo vitelli

    • University of Chicago

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• Self-oscillating synchronematic colloids

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 9:00 AM – March 17, 2026, 9:12 AM

  Publication: https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-7041325/v1

  Presenters

  • Sergi Leyva

    • Northwestern University

  Authors

  • Sergi Leyva

    • Northwestern University

  • Zhengyan Zhang

    • Columbia University

  • Monica Olvera De La Cruz

    • Northwestern University

  • Kyle Bishop

    • Columbia University

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• Bridging the gap from active suspensions in Newtonian fluids to active nematics

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 9:12 AM – March 17, 2026, 9:24 AM

  Presenters

  • Jingyi Li

    • University of Wisconsin - Madison

  Authors

  • Jingyi Li

    • University of Wisconsin - Madison

  • Saverio Spagnolie

    • University of Wisconsin - Madison

  • Laurel Ohm

    • University of Wisconsin-Madison

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• Chaotic Mixing in Simulations of Microtubule-based Active Nematics

  Oral-In-person · Withdrawn

  March 17, 2026, 9:24 AM – March 17, 2026, 9:36 AM

  Presenters

  • Md Mainul Hasan Sabbir

    • University of California, Merced

  Authors

  • Md Mainul Hasan Sabbir

    • University of California, Merced

  • Brandon Klein

    • Johns Hopkins University

  • Daniel Beller

    • Johns Hopkins University

  • Kevin Mitchell

    • University of California, Merced

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• Multicomponent Linear Transport in the Absence of Local Equilibrium

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 9:36 AM – March 17, 2026, 9:48 AM

  Publication: Multicomponent Linear Transport in the Absence of Local Equilibrium (https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.23906)

  Presenters

  • Eric Weiner

    • University of California, Berkeley

  Authors

  • Eric Weiner

    • University of California, Berkeley

  • Yu-Jen Chiu

    • University of California, Berkeley

  • Ahmad Omar

    • University of California, Berkeley

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• Active Microemulsions: Coupling Phase Separation and Polar Order

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 9:48 AM – March 17, 2026, 10:00 AM

  Presenters

  • Pathma Eswaran

    • University of California, Santa Barbara

  Authors

  • Pathma Eswaran

    • University of California, Santa Barbara

  • Dimitrios Krommydas

    • University of California, Santa Barbara

  • Cristina Marchetti

    • UC Santa Barbara

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• Controlled Generation and Magnetic Actuation of Ferrofluid Droplets on Vibrated Oil Baths

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 10:00 AM – March 17, 2026, 10:12 AM

  Presenters

  • Johnathan Hoggarth

    • Yale University

  Authors

  • Johnathan Hoggarth

    • Yale University

  • Bauyrzhan Primkulov

    • Yale University

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• Collective Nutrient Search by Chemotactic Active Agents in Two Dimensional Flows

  Oral-In-person · Withdrawn

  March 17, 2026, 10:12 AM – March 17, 2026, 10:24 AM

  Presenters

  • Sudipto Bagchi

    • Indian Institute of Technology Khargapur

  Authors

  • Sudipto Bagchi

    • Indian Institute of Technology Khargapur

  • Vishwanath Shukla

    • Indian Institute of Technology - Kharagpur

  • Anupam Gupta

    • Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad

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• Establishing a BARCODE platform to categorize and disseminate active matter data

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 10:24 AM – March 17, 2026, 10:36 AM

  Presenters

  • Aditya Sriram

    • University of San Diego

  Authors

  • Aditya Sriram

    • University of San Diego

  • Qiaopeng Chen

    • University of California, Santa Barbara

  • Ian Lillie

    • University of San Diego

  • Eric Feng

  • Ayan Das

  • Ryan McGorty

    • University of San Diego

  • Megan Valentine

    • University of California, Santa Barbara

  • Rae Robertson-Anderson

    • University of San Diego

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