Visiting Theorist – Vincenzo Vitelli, PhD
Professor of Physics
University of Chicago
Dates: March 3-6, 2025
Seminars:
- March 4: “Machine Learning Interpretable Models of Cell Mechanics and Morphogenesis“
- March 5: “Active Mechanics for Living Systems” Part I
- March 6: “Active Mechanics for Living Systems” Part II
Bio:
Vincenzo is a leader in the fields of soft matter physics, material science and biophysics. He has made several important contributions to these fields, including the introduction of odd elasticity, the analysis of mechanical metamaterials, pattern formation by turbulent cascades, etc. Recently, he has pioneered the use of interpretable, physics-constrained machine learning to understand cell mechanics and morphogenesis (see for example Schmitt et al Machine learning interpretable models of cell mechanics from protein images, Cell 2024). The approaches that his group is developing have the potential of generating new physical models, starting from biological imaging data which has enormous potential for the field.
