Ricard Alert
The Physics of Living Matter
I am an ICREA Research Professor in the Department of Condensed Matter Physics at the University of Barcelona. During a transition period, I'm also a Research Group Leader at the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems and the Center for Systems Biology Dresden.
Our group works on The Physics of Living Matter. In particular, we use and develop the physics of active matter to understand collective behaviors in cells and tissues. We study biological processes such as collective cell migration, the self-organization of bacterial colonies, the growth of tissues, as well as physical phenomena such as flocking, phase separation, and turbulence in active fluids. This work puts concepts from statistical physics, soft matter, and fluid dynamics in contact with important questions in biology. You can read more about our research directions here.
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Credit: ICREA