Principal Investigator

Dapeng Bi

Dapeng “Max” Bi

Associate Professor

Department of Physics
Center for Theoretical Biological Physics
Northeastern University
PhD Brandeis University (2012)

Current Members

Sayantani Kayal

Sayantani “Sayan” Kayal

PhD Student

M.S. Physics, Presidency University.
Research Interests: collective cell migrations and pattern formations in confluent tissues, examining how cellular-level variations affect epithelial tissue behavior.

Anh Nguyen

Anh Nguyen

PhD Student

B.S. Physics, Centre College.
Research Interests: modeling epithelial-mesenchymal transition using computational approaches; investigating cell-cell interactions in collective motion.

Almostafa Mohamed

Almostafa “Mostafa” Mohamed

PhD Student

BSc Physics, Zewail City of Science and Technology.
Research Interests: hyperuniformity, hexatic order in amorphous materials, and machine learning.

Yuchu Sun

Yuchu Sun

PhD Student

M.Eng. Material Science and Engineering, Sichuan University. B.Eng. New Energy Science and Engineering, Xiamen University.
Research Interests: phase field models for tissue mechanics.

Quinton Reece

Quinton Reece

PhD Student

B.S. Physics, Cal Poly.
Research Interests: statistical mechanics of random tilings.

Henry Stepanyants

Henry Stepanyants

Undergraduate Researcher

Research Interests: mechanics of curved epithelia.

Group Alumni

Yiwen Tang

Dr. Yiwen Tang — PhD 2025

M.S. Physics, Sun Yat-Sen University. Now postdoctoral fellow at NUS Mechanobiology Institute, Singapore.

Praveen Kumar

Dr. Praveen Kumar — Postdoctoral Fellow

Ph.D. Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay.

Raj Kumar Manna

Dr. Raj Kumar Manna — Postdoctoral Fellow, 2024

Ph.D. Physics, IIT Madras. Now Assistant Professor, Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, IIT Kharagpur.

Junxiang Huang

Dr. Junxiang Huang — PhD 2023

B.S. Physics, Wuhan University.

Xinzhi Li

Dr. Xinzhi Li — PhD 2022

M.S. Physics, Renmin University. Now postdoctoral fellow at Carnegie Mellon University.

Amit Das

Dr. Amit Das — Postdoctoral Fellow, 2018–2020

Ph.D. Physical Chemistry, S. N. Bose National Centre. Now Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology, IIT Delhi.