Amin Doostmohammadi

Amin Doostmohammadi

Associate Professor


  1. 2023
  2. Published

    Elasticity tunes mechanical stress localization around active topological defects

    Bonn, Lasse Frederik, Ardaševa, Aleksandra & Doostmohammadi, Amin, 28 Nov 2023, In: Soft Matter. 20, 1, p. 115-123 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  3. Published

    Spontaneous flows and dynamics of full-integer topological defects in polar active matter

    Rønning, J., Renaud, J., Doostmohammadi, Amin & Angheluta, L., 21 Jul 2023, In: Soft Matter. 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  4. Published

    Active topological defect absorption by a curvature singularity

    Vafa, F., Nelson, D. R. & Doostmohammadi, Amin, 20 Jul 2023, In: Journal of Physics Condensed Matter. 35, 42, 17 p., 425101.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  5. Published

    Symmetry-restoring crossover from defect-free to defect-laden turbulence in polar active matter

    Andersen, Benjamin Halager, Renaud-Mornant, J., Rønning, J., Angheluta, L. & Doostmohammadi, Amin, 14 Jun 2023, In: Physical Review Fluids. 8, 14 p., 063101.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  6. Published

    Editorial: Active and Intelligent Living Matter: from Fundamentals to Applications

    Doostmohammadi, Amin, Mazza, M. G., Shendruk, T. N. & Stark, H., 12 Jun 2023, In: Frontiers in Physics. 11, 2 p., 1231716.

    Research output: Contribution to journalEditorialpeer-review

  7. Published

    Mechanical basis and topological routes to cell elimination

    Monfared, S., Ravichandran, G., Andrade, J. & Doostmohammadi, Amin, 18 Apr 2023, In: eLife. 12, 20 p., 82435.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  8. Published

    Collective rotational motion of freely expanding T84 epithelial cell colonies

    Ascione, F., Caserta, S., Esposito, S., Rachela, V. V., Maiuri, L., Nejad, M. R., Doostmohammadi, Amin, Yeomans, J. M. & Guido, S., 22 Feb 2023, In: Journal of the Royal Society Interface. 20, 199, 12 p., 20220719.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  9. 2022
  10. Published

    Nematic order condensation and topological defects in inertial active nematics

    Saghatchi, R., Yildiz, M. & Doostmohammadi, Amin, 25 Jul 2022, In: Physical Review E. 106, 1, 9 p., 014705.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  11. Published

    Self-sustained oscillations of active viscoelastic matter

    Plan, E. L. C. V. I. M., Le Thi, H., Yeomans, J. M. & Doostmohammadi, Amin, 8 Jul 2022, In: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical. 55, 27, 11 p., 275601.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  12. Published

    Bridging microscopic cell dynamics to nematohydrodynamics of cell monolayers

    Ardaševa, Aleksandra, Mueller, R. & Doostmohammadi, Amin, 29 Jun 2022, In: Soft Matter. 18, 25, p. 4737-4746 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  13. Published

    Quadrupolar active stress induces exotic patterns of defect motion in compressible active nematics

    Sultan, S. A., Nejad, M. R. & Doostmohammadi, Amin, 7 May 2022, In: Soft Matter. 18, p. 4118-4126 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  14. Published

    Wrinkle force microscopy: a machine learning based approach to predict cell mechanics from images

    Liu, H., Daiki, M., Tsubasa, M., Hiroki, A., Genki, K., Koki, I., Doostmohammadi, Amin & Shinji, D., 14 Apr 2022, In: Communications Biology. 5, 1, 9 p., 361.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  15. Published

    Filopodia rotate and coil by actively generating twist in their actin shaft

    Leijnse, Natascha, Farhangibarooji, Younes, Arastoo, M. R., Sonder, S. L., Verhagen, B., Wullkopf, L., Erler, Janine, Semsey, S., Nylandsted, J., Oddershede, L. B., Doostmohammadi, Amin & Bendix, Poul Martin, 28 Mar 2022, In: Nature Communications. 13, 1, 16 p., 1636.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  16. Published

    Unifying polar and nematic active matter: Emergence and co-existence of half-integer and full-integer topological defects

    Amiri, A., Mueller, R. & Doostmohammadi, Amin, 4 Mar 2022, In: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical. 55, 9, 12 p., 094002.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  17. Published

    Physics of liquid crystals in cell biology

    Doostmohammadi, Amin & Ladoux, B., Feb 2022, In: Trends in Cell Biology. 32, 2, p. 140-150 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewpeer-review

  18. Published

    Distinct impacts of polar and nematic self-propulsion on active unjamming

    Venkatesh, V., Mondal, C. & Doostmohammadi, Amin, 2022, In: Journal of Chemical Physics. 157, 16, 11 p., 164901.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  19. Published

    Fluctuation-induced dynamics of nematic topological defects

    Bonn, Lasse Frederik, Ardaševa, Aleksandra, Mueller, R., Shendruk, T. N. & Doostmohammadi, Amin, 2022, In: Physical Review E. 106, 10 p., 044706.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  20. Published

    Multiciliated cells use filopodia to probe tissue mechanics during epithelial integration in vivo

    Ventura, G., Amiri, A., Thiagarajan, Raghavan, Tolonen, Mari, Doostmohammadi, Amin & Sedzinski, Jakub, 2022, In: Nature Communications. 13, 1, 15 p., 6423.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  21. Published

    Topological defects in biological matter

    Ardaševa, Aleksandra & Doostmohammadi, Amin, 2022, In: Nature Reviews Physics. 4, p. 354-356 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  22. 2021
  23. Published

    Activity-induced instabilities of brain organoids

    Thijssen, K., Kusters, G. L. A. & Doostmohammadi, Amin, 7 Dec 2021, In: The European Physical Journal E: Soft Matter and Biological Physics. 44, 12, 8 p., 147.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  24. Published

    Mechanics of cell integration in vivo

    Ventura, Guilherme Bastos, Amiri, A., Thiagarajan, Raghavan, Tolonen, Mari, Doostmohammadi, Amin & Sedzinski, Jakub, 18 Nov 2021, In: bioRxiv. 33 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  25. Published

    Mechanics of Live Cell Elimination

    Monfared, S., Ravichandran, G., Andrade, J. E. & Doostmohammadi, Amin, 18 Aug 2021, In: bioRxiv. p. 1-7 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  26. Published

    Spatiotemporal model of cellular mechanotransduction via Rho and YAP

    Novev, Yavor Kirilov, Heltberg, Mathias Spliid, Jensen, Mogens Høgh & Doostmohammadi, Amin, 17 Aug 2021, In: Integrative Biology. 13, 8, p. 197-209 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  27. Published

    Activity pulses induce spontaneous flow reversals in viscoelastic environments

    Plan, E. L. C. V. I. M., Yeomans, J. M. & Doostmohammadi, Amin, 14 Apr 2021, In: Interface Focus. 18, 177, 7 p., 20210100.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  28. Published

    Memory effects, arches and polar defect ordering at the cross-over from wet to dry active nematics

    Nejad, M. R., Doostmohammadi, Amin & Yeomans, J. M., 7 Mar 2021, In: Soft Matter. 17, 9, p. 2500-2511 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  29. Published

    Investigating the nature of active forces in tissues reveals how contractile cells can form extensile monolayers

    Balasubramaniam, L., Doostmohammadi, Amin, Saw, T. B., Narayana, G. H. N. S., Mueller, R., Dang, T., Thomas, M., Gupta, S., Sonam, S., Yap, A. S., Toyama, Y., Mege, R., Yeomans, J. M. & Ladoux, B., 18 Feb 2021, In: Nature Materials. 20, 8, p. 1156-1166 33 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  30. 2020
  31. Published

    Bacteria solve the problem of crowding by moving slowly

    Meacock, O. J., Doostmohammadi, Amin, Foster, K. R., Yeomans, J. M. & Durham, W. M., 23 Nov 2020, In: Nature Physics. 23 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  32. Published

    Mesoscale modelling of polymer aggregate digestion

    Novev, Yavor Kirilov, Doostmohammadi, Amin, Zöttl, A. & Yeomans, J. M., 1 Nov 2020, In: Current Research in Food Science. 3, p. 122-133 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  33. Published

    Binding self-propelled topological defects in active turbulence

    Thijssen, K. & Doostmohammadi, Amin, 13 Oct 2020, In: Physical Review Research. 2, 4, 6 p., 042008.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  34. Published

    Flow States and Transitions of an Active Nematic in a Three-Dimensional Channel

    Chandragiri, S., Doostmohammadi, Amin, Yeomans, J. M. & Thampi, S. P., 30 Sep 2020, In: Physical Review Letters. 125, 14, 6 p., 148002.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  35. Published

    Active inter-cellular forces in collective cell motility

    Zhang, G., Mueller, R., Doostmohammadi, Amin & Yeomans, J. M., 26 Aug 2020, In: Journal of the Royal Society. Interface. 17, 169, 9 p., 20200312.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  36. Published

    The 2020 motile active matter roadmap

    Gompper, G., Winkler, R. G., Speck, T., Solon, A., Nardini, C., Peruani, F., Loewen, H., Golestanian, R., Kaupp, U. B., Alvarez, L., Kiorboe, T., Lauga, E., Poon, W. C. K., DeSimone, A., Muinos-Landin, S., Fischer, A., Soeker, N. A., Cichos, F., Kapral, R., Gaspard, P. & 17 others, Ripoll, M., Sagues, F., Doostmohammadi, Amin, Yeomans, J. M., Aranson, I. S., Bechinger, C., Stark, H., Hemelrijk, C. K., Nedelec, F. J., Sarkar, T., Aryaksama, T., Lacroix, M., Duclos, G., Yashunsky, V., Silberzan, P., Arroyo, M. & Kale, S., 8 May 2020, In: Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter. 32, 19, 68 p., 193001.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewpeer-review

  37. Published

    Polar jets of swimming bacteria condensed by a patterned liquid crystal

    Turiv, T., Koizumi, R., Thijssen, K., Genkin, M. M., Yu, H., Peng, C., Wei, Q., Yeomans, J. M., Aranson, I. S., Doostmohammadi, Amin & Lavrentovich, O. D., 2 Mar 2020, In: Nature Physics. 16, 4, p. 481-487 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  38. Published

    Active nematics with anisotropic friction: the decisive role of the flow aligning parameter

    Thijssen, K., Metselaar, L., Yeomans, J. M. & Doostmohammadi, Amin, 28 Feb 2020, In: Soft Matter. 16, 8, p. 2065-2074 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  39. Published

    Active matter in a viscoelastic environment

    Plan, E. L. C. V. M., Yeomans, J. M. & Doostmohammadi, Amin, 24 Feb 2020, In: Physical Review Fluids. 5, 2, 15 p., 023102.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  40. Published

    Activity Induced Nematic Order in Isotropic Liquid Crystals

    Santhosh, S., Nejad, M. R., Doostmohammadi, Amin, Yeomans, J. M. & Thampi, S. P., 12 Feb 2020, In: Journal of Statistical Physics. 180, 1-6, p. 699-709 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  41. 2019
  42. Published

    Topology and Morphology of Self-Deforming Active Shells

    Metselaar, L., Yeomans, J. M. & Doostmohammadi, Amin, 13 Nov 2019, In: Physical Review Letters. 123, 20, 208001.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  43. Active matter invasion

    Kempf, F., Mueller, R., Frey, E., Yeomans, J. M. & Doostmohammadi, Amin, 29 Aug 2019, In: Soft Matter. p. 1-9 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  44. Sustained Oscillations of Epithelial Cell Sheets

    Peyret, G., Mueller, R., d'Alessandro, J., Begnaud, S., Marcq, P., Mege, R., Yeomans, J. M., Doostmohammadi, Amin & Ladoux, B., 6 Aug 2019, In: Biophysical Journal. 117, 3, p. 464-478

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  45. Reconfigurable Flows and Defect Landscape of Confined Active Nematics

    Hardoüin, J., Hughes, R., Doostmohammadi, Amin, Laurent, J., Lopez-leon, T., Yeo-mans, J. M., Ignés-Mullol, J. & Sagués, F., 5 Mar 2019, (Accepted/In press) In: Communications Physics.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  46. Coherent motion of dense active matter

    Doostmohammadi, Amin & Yeomans, J. M., 2 Mar 2019, In: European Physical Journal. Special Topics. 227, 17, p. 2401-2411

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  47. Active transport in a channel: stabilisation by flow or thermodynamics

    Chandragiri, S., Doostmohammadi, Amin, Yeomans, J. M. & Thampi, S. P., 21 Feb 2019, In: Soft Matter. 15, 7, p. 1597-1604

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  48. Topological states in chiral active matter: Dynamic blue phases and active half-skyrmions

    Metselaar, L., Doostmohammadi, Amin & Yeomans, J. M., 14 Feb 2019, In: Journal of Chemical Physics. 150, 6, 064909.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  49. Emergence of Active Nematic Behavior in Monolayers of Isotropic Cells

    Mueller, R., Yeomans, J. M. & Doostmohammadi, Amin, 1 Feb 2019, In: Physical Review Letters. 122, 4, 5 p., 048004.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  50. 2018
  51. Active nematics

    Doostmohammadi, Amin, Ignes-Mullol, J., Yeomans, J. M. & Sagues, F., 21 Aug 2018, In: Nature Communications. 9, 13 p., 3246.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewpeer-review

  52. Twist-induced crossover from two-dimensional to three-dimensional turbulence in active nematics

    Shendruk, T. N., Thijssen, K., Yeomans, J. M. & Doostmohammadi, Amin, 13 Jul 2018, In: Physical Review E. 98, 1, 7 p., 010601(R).

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  53. Two-dimensional, blue phase tactoids

    Metselaar, L., Doostmohammadi, Amin & Yeomans, J. M., 1 Jun 2018, In: Molecular Physics. 116, 21-22, p. 2856-2863

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  54. 2017
  55. Transport of particles, drops, and small organisms in density stratified fluids

    Ardekani, A. M., Doostmohammadi, Amin & Desai, N., 17 Oct 2017, In: Physical Review Fluids. 2, 10, 23 p., 100503.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  56. Electric-field-induced shape transition of nematic tactoids

    Metselaar, L., Dozov, I., Antonova, K., Belamie, E., Davidson, P., Yeomans, J. M. & Doostmohammadi, Amin, 9 Aug 2017, In: Physical Review E. 96, 2, 7 p., 022706.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  57. Multi-scale statistics of turbulence motorized by active matter

    Urzay, J., Doostmohammadi, Amin & Yeomans, J. M., 10 Jul 2017, In: Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 822, p. 762-773

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  58. Dancing disclinations in confined active nematics

    Shendruk, T. N., Doostmohammadi, Amin, Thijssen, K. & Yeomans, J. M., 7 Jun 2017, In: Soft Matter. 13, 21, p. 3853-3862

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  59. Onset of meso-scale turbulence in active nematics

    Doostmohammadi, Amin, Shendruk, T. N., Thijssen, K. & Yeomans, J. M., 16 May 2017, In: Nature Communications. 8, 7 p., 15326.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  60. Topological defects in epithelia govern cell death and extrusion

    Saw, T. B., Doostmohammadi, Amin, Nier, V., Kocgozlu, L., Thampi, S., Toyama, Y., Marcq, P., Lim, C. T., Yeomans, J. M. & Ladoux, B., 13 Apr 2017, In: Nature. 544, 7649, p. 212-216

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  61. 2016
  62. Hydrodynamics of micro-swimmers in films

    Mathijssen, A. J. T. M., Doostmohammadi, Amin, Yeomans, J. M. & Shendruk, T. N., Nov 2016, In: Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 806, p. 35-70

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  63. Defect-Mediated Morphologies in Growing Cell Colonies

    Doostmohammadi, Amin, Thampi, S. P. & Yeomans, J. M., 20 Jul 2016, In: Physical Review Letters. 117, 4, 5 p., 048102.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  64. Active micromachines: Microfluidics powered by mesoscale turbulence

    Thampi, S. P., Doostmohammadi, Amin, Shendruk, T. N., Golestanian, R. & Yeomans, J. M., 8 Jul 2016, In: Science Advances. 2, 7, e1501854.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  65. Hotspots of boundary accumulation: dynamics and statistics of micro-swimmers in flowing films

    Mathijssen, A. J. T. M., Doostmohammadi, Amin, Yeomans, J. M. & Shendruk, T. N., 1 Feb 2016, In: Interface Focus. 13, 115, 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  66. Stabilization of active matter by flow-vortex lattices and defect ordering

    Doostmohammadi, Amin, Adamer, M. F., Thampi, S. P. & Yeomans, J. M., Feb 2016, In: Nature Communications. 7, 9 p., 10557.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  67. Upstream Swimming in Microbiological Flows

    Mathijssen, A. J. T. M., Shendruk, T. N., Yeomans, J. M. & Doostmohammadi, Amin, 15 Jan 2016, In: Physical Review Letters. 116, 2, 028104.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  68. 2015
  69. Rising motion of a swarm of drops in a linearly stratified fluid

    Dabiri, S., Doostmohammadi, Amin, Bayareh, M. & Ardekani, A. M., 25 Oct 2015, In: International Journal of Multiphase Flow. 69, p. 8-17

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  70. Intrinsic free energy in active nematics

    Thampi, S. P., Doostmohammadi, Amin, Golestanian, R. & Yeomans, J. M., 1 Oct 2015, In: EPL. 112, 2, 7 p., 28004.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  71. Celebrating Soft Matter's 10th Anniversary: Cell division: a source of active stress in cellular monolayers

    Doostmohammadi, Amin, Thampi, S. P., Saw, T. B., Lim, C. T., Ladoux, B. & Yeomans, J. M., 6 Aug 2015, In: Soft Matter. 11, 37, p. 7328-7336

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  72. Suspension of solid particles in a density stratified fluid

    Doostmohammadi, Amin & Ardekani, A. M., 17 Feb 2015, In: Physics of Fluids. 27, 2, 023302.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  73. 2014
  74. Reorientation of elongated particles at density interfaces

    Doostmohammadi, Amin & Ardekani, A. M., 22 Sep 2014, In: Physical Review E. 90, 3, 033013.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  75. A numerical study of the dynamics of a particle settling at moderate Reynolds numbers in a linearly stratified fluid

    Doostmohammadi, Amin, Dabiri, S. & Ardekani, A. M., 24 May 2014, In: Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 750, p. 5-32

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  76. 2013
  77. On the rising motion of a drop in stratified fluids

    Bayareh, M., Doostmohammadi, Amin, Dabiri, S. & Ardekani, A. M., 13 Oct 2013, In: Physics of Fluids. 25, 10

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  78. Interaction between a pair of particles settling in a stratified fluid

    Doostmohammadi, Amin & Ardekani, A. M., 30 Aug 2013, In: Physical Review E. 88, 2, 10 p., 023029.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  79. Vertical Migration of the Small Organisms in a Stratified Fluid

    Doostmohammadi, Amin & Ardekani, A. M., 24 Jul 2013, In: ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting. p. 823-829

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

  80. 2012
  81. Low-Reynolds-number swimming at pycnoclines

    Doostmohammadi, Amin, Stocker, R. & Ardekani, A. M., 6 Mar 2012, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA (PNAS). 109, 10, p. 3856-3861

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articlepeer-review

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