Curriculum VitaeDapeng (Max) Bi

CONTACTINFORMATION

Department of PhysicsSyracuse University201 Physics BuildingSyracuse, New York 13244 USA

Mobile: +1-347-725-1688E-mail: bdpmax@gmail.comHomepage:www.DAPENGBI.com

RESEARCHINTERESTS

Theoretical and Computational Soft Condensed Matter Physics and Biophysics• Collective migration and pattern formation in biological systems• Statistical mechanics and dynamics of disordered, glassy systems• Jamming transition in granular materials

PROFESSIONALEXPERIENCE

Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow August 2014 to presentPostdoctoral Fellow September 2012 to August 2014

Department of Physics, Syracuse UniversityCollaborators: M. Lisa Manning, M. Cristina Marchetti, Jennifer Schwarz and Mark Bowick

Graduate Research Fellow 2006 to 2012Department of Physics, Brandeis UniversityAdvisor: Prof. Bulbul ChakrabortyCollaborators: R.P. Behringer, Corey O’Hern, Jie Zhang

Undergraduate Research Assistant 2003 to 2004Department of Physics, State University of New York, BinghamtonAdvisor: Prof. M. Suzuki

Summer Research Assistant Summer 2003Department of Physics, Southern University, Baton Rouge, LouisianaAdvisor: Prof. D-S. Guo

EDUCATION Ph.D. in Physics, 2006 - 2012

Brandeis University, Waltham MA

• Concentration: Soft Condensed Matter• Thesis Title: Origin of rigidity in marginal solids• Advisor: Professor Bulbul Charkraborty• Committee: Bulbul Charkraborty, R.P. Behringer, Aparna Baskaran

B.S. in Physics, 2000 - 2004

State University of New York, Binghamton Binghamton, NY

AWARDS ANDFELLOWSHIPS

2011 – 2012 National Science Foundation IGERT Graduate Research Fellowship.2010 Brandeis University Berko Prize for outstanding graduate research.2009 Boulder School for Condensed Matter Physics, University of Colorado.2002 Elected to Society of Physics Students Honor Society.

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PREPRINTS [1] D. Bi, J.H. Lopez, J. M. Schwarz and M. Lisa Manning. “A density-independent rigiditytransition in biological tissues", submitted (2015)arxiv:1409.0593

[2] J-A. Kim, J. H. Kim D. Bi et al “Unjamming and cell shape in the asthmatic airwayepithelium", submitted (2015)

JOURNALPUBLICATIONS

[3] D. Bi, S. Henkes, K. Daniels, B. Chakraborty. “Statistical ensemble approaches for gran-ular matter", to appear in Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics (2014)arXiv:1404.1854

[4] D. Bi, J.H. Lopez, J. M. Schwarz and M. Lisa Manning. “Energy barriers and cell migra-tion in densely packed tissues", Soft Matter 10.1039/C3SM52893F (2014).

[5] R.P. Behringer, D. Bi, B. Chakraborty, A. Clark, J. Dijksman, J. Ren, and J Zhang “Statis-tical Properties of Granular Materials near Jamming". J. Stat. P06004 (2013)

[6] S. Sarkar, D. Bi, J. Zhang, R.P. Behringer and B. Chakraborty “Origin of Rigidity in DryGranular Solids". (2013) Phys. Rev. Lett 111, 068301 (2013).

[7] D. Bi, J. Zhang, R. P. Behringer and B. Chakraborty “Fluctuations in Shear-JammedStates: A Statistical Ensemble Approach", Euro. Phys. Lett. 102, 34002 (2013)

[8] D. Bi, J. Zhang, B. Chakraborty and R.P. Behringer “Jamming by shear". Nature 480, 355– 358 (2011).

[9] D. Bi and B. Chakraborty “Rheology of granular materials: dynamics in a stress land-scape." Phil. Trans. R. Soc. 367 1909, 5073–5090 (2009).

[10] R. P. Behringer, D. Bi, S. Henkes and B Chakraborty “Why Do Granular Materials Stiffenwith Shear Rate? Test of Novel Stress-Based Statistics", Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 268301(2008).

CONFERENCEPROCEEDINGS

[11] R.P. Behringer, D. Bi, J. Zhang and B. Chakraborty “Sheared Granular Materials nearJamming". AIP Conference Proceedings 1542, 12–19 (2012).

[12] R. R. Hartley, R. P. Behringer, S. Henkes, D. Bi and B. Chakraborty “Logarithmic Strength-ening of Granular Materials with Shear Rate". AIP Conference Proceedings 1145,1089–1092 (2009).

OTHERPUBLICATIONS

[13] D. Bi “Origin of rigidity in marginal solids", Dissertation, Brandeis University (2012)

INVITED TALKS2015 Glass transition originating from a rigidity transition in confluent biological tissues (upcoming)

APS March Meeting, San Antonio, TX2014 Dynamical arrest of cell motion in tissues: a constant-density rigidity transition

Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics Special Seminar, Cornell University (Dec)2014 Dynamical arrest of cell motion in tissues: a constant-density rigidity transition

Lewis Siegler Institute, Princeton University (Nov)2014 Rigidity in Shear Jammed States

Gordon Research Conference on Granular Matter, Easton, MA (July)2014 Cell Migration in Densely Packed Tissues

KITP Workshop on Active Processes in Living and Nonliving Matter, Santa Barbara, CA (April)2014 Energy barriers and cell migration in densely packed tissues

Foams and Minimal Surfaces, Newton Institute, Cambridge, UK (February)2013 Energy barriers govern glassy dynamics in tissues

Conference on Flows and Patterns, Durham, NC (October)

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2013 Origin of rigidity in dry granular solidsKITP-China conference on complex dynamics in granular systems, Beijing, China (June)

2013 Energy barriers for cellular rearrangements in tissuesPhysics Department Colloquium, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China (June)

2013 Stress fluctuations in jammed solids: a statistical ensemble approachKITP-China workshop on complex dynamics in granular systems, Beijing, China (May)

2013 Rigidity of Dry Granular SolidsAPS March Meeting, Baltimore MD

2012 Rigidity of Marginal SolidsInternational Workshop on Computational Mechanics of Materials (September)

2012 Rigidity of Marginal SolidsNortheaster Granular Materials Workshop (June)

2012 Stress fluctuations in shear jammed solidsSyracuse soft matter group seminar (February)

2010 The stress ensemble and its applicationsSoft and Biological Materials Group Meeting, Yale, CT (October)

CONTRIBUTEDTALKS 2013, Aug Gordon Conference - Soft Matter, New London, NH

2013, Mar APS March Meeting, Baltimore MD2012, Dec New York Complex Matter Workshop, Syracuse, NY2012, Jun Gordon Conference - Granular and Granular Fluid Flow, Davidson, NC2012, Mar APS March Meeting, Boston MA2012, Feb Les Houches School on Bridging statistical physics and optimization, inference and learning.2011, Dec IGERT Seminar, Brandeis University2011, Oct Greater Boston Area Statistical Mechanics Meeting2011, Jun Fluctuations and Response in Active Materials, Lorentz Center, Leiden, The Netherlands2011, Jun Northeastern Granular Materials Workshop2011, Mar APS March Meeting, Dallas TX2010, Oct Greater Boston Area Statistical Mechanics Meeting2010, Jun Gordon Conference - Granular and Granular Fluid Flow, Waterville, ME2010, Jun Northeastern Granular Materials Workshop2010, May Workshop on Particulate Matter, MPIPKS, Dresden, Germany2010, Jan Winter School on Glass Formers and Glasses, Bangalore, India2009, Oct Greater Boston Area Statistical Mechanics Meeting2009, Oct Society of Rheology Annual Meeting, Madison WI2009, Aug Boulder School for Condensed Matter and Material Physics, Boulder CO2009, Jun Northeastern Granular Materials Workshop2009, Mar APS March Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA2008, Jul Soft Matter Summer School Amherst, MA2008, Jun Northeastern Granular Materials Workshop2008, Feb Frontiers in Microrheology, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA

PROFESSIONALSERVICE

2013–2014 Organizer, Syracuse Soft Condensed Matter Theory Group Seminars2006–present Member of the American Physical Society (2006-present)2014, July Chair and organizer, Gordon Research Seminar – Granular and Granular Fluid Flow2013, April Session Chair, Northeast Bioengineering Conference, Syracuse NY2011–2012 Speaker & co-organizer, Brandeis Physics Graduate Student Recruitment Day

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REFERENCES Prof. M. Lisa ManningSyracuse Universitymmanning@syr.eduTel: 315-443-3920Fax: 315-443-9103

Prof. M. Cristina MarchettiSyracuse Universitymcm@physics.syr.eduTel: 315-443-2581Fax: 315-443-9103

Prof. Bulbul ChakrabortyBrandeis Universitybulbul@brandeis.eduTel: 781-736-2843Fax: 781-736-2915

Prof. Robert BehringerDuke Universitybob@phy.duke.eduTel: 919-660-2550Fax: 919-660-2525

Prof. J.M. SchwarzSyracuse Universityjschwam@gmail.comTel: 315-443-3887Fax: 315-443-9103

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