Luiza Angheluta
@luizaangheluta.bsky.social
Physics Professor @uio.no | Theoretical Statistical Physics | Collective Phenomena & Topological Defects | Fluid/Solid Mechanics | Guinea Pig Whisperer 🐹 | Piano Student 🎹
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Elastic and spinodal instabilities in strained periodic states: A phase-field-crystal study
The stability of periodic states under applied strain is investigated using the one-dimensional phase-field-crystal (PFC) model. We perform a linear stability analysis of periodic states within the on...
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We present a new mechanism for triggering the flocking transition in epithelia, involving extensile polar defects and domain walls. Very happy to share this work, done in great collaboration with the @luizaangheluta.bsky.social group. preprint: arxiv.org/abs/2605.23339
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PhD Research Fellow in Active Matter Physics for Glioblastoma Invasion (300847) | University of Oslo
Job title: PhD Research Fellow in Active Matter Physics for Glioblastoma Invasion (300847), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Wednesday, May 27, 2026
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Topology made visible in a spinning fluid Standing waves in a draining vortex bathtub form quantized nodal structures-a wave topology set by the vortex, analogous to Aharonov–Bohm effect. Collab with Mahesh M. Bandi’s lab @oistedu.bsky.social & Andrés Concha. www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Topology made visible through standing waves in a spinning fluid - Communications Physics
Wave-topology interactions lie at the heart of numerous physical phenomena, from condensed matter systems to cosmological models, exemplified by the Aharonov-Bohm effect. Drawing on its classical anal...
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PhD Position – Active Matter Physics & Glioblastoma Invasion We’re recruiting a PhD Research Fellow at the University of Oslo 🇳🇴 to develop active matter models of glioblastoma invasion. Apply here: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... Please share with talented MSc students in physics/applied math!
PhD Research Fellow in Theoretical and Computational Active Matter Physics for Glioblastoma Invasion (295149) | University of Oslo
Job title: PhD Research Fellow in Theoretical and Computational Active Matter Physics for Glioblastoma Invasion (295149), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Sunday, April 5, 2026
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PhD Position – Active Matter Physics & Embryogenesis We’re hiring a PhD Research Fellow at the University of Oslo 🇳🇴 to work on active matter physics modeling applied to embryogenesis. Apply here: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available... Please share with talented MSc students in physics/applied math!
PhD Research Fellow in Theoretical and Computational Active Matter Physics (295184) | University of Oslo
Job title: PhD Research Fellow in Theoretical and Computational Active Matter Physics (295184), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Sunday, April 5, 2026
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Our review article is now available in Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics: “Full-Integer Topological Defects in Polar Active Matter.” @luizaangheluta.bsky.social @emmalaang.bsky.social doi.org/10.1146/annu...
Why #grain #growth is not curvature flow, published today in PNAS! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... @tudresden.bsky.social @pnas.org
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When crystals lose periodicity, dislocations gain complexity; Our study reveals an interesting hierarchy of defects in quasicrystals. With Marco Salvalaglio @marcosave.bsky.social and @Marcello De Donno www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Modeling dislocations in quasicrystals through amplitude equations
Quasicrystals (QCs) are a class of aperiodic ordered structures that emerge in various systems, from metallic alloys to soft matter and driven non-equ…
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Krishna, S., Gopinath, A., & Bhattacharjee, S. M. (2022). Ordering and topological defects in social wasps' nests. Scientific reports, 12(1), 12901. #EpithelialMechanics www.nature.com/articles/s41...
New paper on modelling how epithelial cells move and reshape by swapping neighbors journals.aps.org/prresearch/a...
Emergent cell migration from cell shape deformations and T1 transitions
T1 transitions---cell neighbor exchanges---are key drivers of tissue remodeling and fluidization in epithelial monolayers. Using a multiphase field (MPF) model that accounts for dynamic cell shapes, a...
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H. P Jain, H. Richard D J, L. Angheluta, Emergent cell migration from cell shape deformations and T1 transitions. arXiv [physics.bio-ph] (2024). https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.19686
Modeling dislocations in quasicrystals with Marcello De Donno and Marco Salvalaglio @marcosave.bsky.social arxiv.org/abs/2504.11039
Modeling dislocations in quasicrystals through amplitude equations
Quasicrystals (QCs) are a class of aperiodic ordered structures that emerge in various systems, from metallic alloys to soft matter and driven non-equilibrium systems. Within a mesoscale theory based ...
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New paper on a field theory for coupling nematic ordering of the actin filaments with tissue elasticity. arxiv.org/abs/2504.10689
Biomechanics of orientationally ordered epithelial tissue
Organogenesis involves large deformations and complex shape changes that require elaborate mechanical regulation. Models of tissue biomechanics have been introduced to account for the coupling between...
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We published (open access) in Physical Review Research @apsphysics.bsky.social a Mesoscale field theory unifying the description of growth, elasticity, and defects in hashtag quasicrystals. Paper (code and data referenced in the text): doi.org/10.1103/Phys...
Our new review on topological defects 🌀 in polar active matter is out on arXiv! Co-authored by Luiza Angheluta, Anna Lång, @emmalaang.bsky.social, and @stigoveboe.bsky.social. #ActiveMatter #TopologicalDefects #CollectiveBehavior arxiv.org/abs/2504.03284
