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Andrea J. Liu

Santa Fe Institute ·
Area of research
Materials Chemistry · Condensed Matter Physics
Research interest
Research interests include Material Dynamics and Properties, Theoretical and Computational Physics, Cellular Mechanics and Interactions, and Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications.
h-index
69
citations
19,392
works
447
NIH funding
primary concept
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Recent publications

Training of physical neural networks
Nature 2025cited by 45position: middledoi
Roadmap on machine learning glassy dynamics
Nature Reviews Physics 2025cited by 29position: middledoi
Soft matter roadmap<sup>*</sup>
Journal of Physics Materials 2023cited by 29position: middledoi
Transient learning degrees of freedom for introducing function in materials
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2022cited by 37position: middledoi
Elastoplasticity Mediates Dynamical Heterogeneity Below the Mode Coupling Temperature
Physical Review Letters 2021cited by 47position: middledoi
Predicting plasticity in disordered solids from structural indicators
Physical Review Materials 2020cited by 210position: middledoi
Effect of directed aging on nonlinear elasticity and memory formation in a material
Physical Review Research 2020cited by 31position: middledoi
Directed aging, memory, and nature’s greed
Science Advances 2019cited by 89position: middledoi
Limits of multifunctionality in tunable networks
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2019cited by 70position: middledoi
Auxetic metamaterials from disordered networks
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2018cited by 154position: middledoi
Two Diverging Length Scales in the Structure of Jammed Packings
Physical Review Letters 2018cited by 53position: middledoi
Structure-property relationships from universal signatures of plasticity in disordered solids
Science 2017cited by 313position: lastdoi
Designing allostery-inspired response in mechanical networks
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2017cited by 207position: middledoi
Emergent SO(3) Symmetry of the Frictionless Shear Jamming Transition
Journal of Statistical Physics 2017cited by 55position: middledoi
Period proliferation in periodic states in cyclically sheared jammed solids
Physical review. E 2017cited by 44position: middledoi
Instabilities of Jammed Packings of Frictionless Spheres Under Load
Physical Review Letters 2017cited by 22position: middledoi
A structural approach to relaxation in glassy liquids
Nature Physics 2016cited by 456position: lastdoi
Scaling ansatz for the jamming transition
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2016cited by 101position: middledoi
Identifying Structural Flow Defects in Disordered Solids Using Machine-Learning Methods
Physical Review Letters 2015cited by 442position: lastdoi
Longitudinal analysis of Plasmodium sporozoite motility in the dermis reveals component of blood vessel recognition
eLife 2015cited by 162position: middledoi
The Principle of Independent Bond-Level Response: Tuning by Pruning to Exploit Disorder for Global Behavior
Physical Review Letters 2015cited by 118position: middledoi
Jamming in finite systems: Stability, anisotropy, fluctuations, and scaling
Physical Review E 2014cited by 109position: middledoi
Solids between the mechanical extremes of order and disorder
Nature Physics 2014cited by 108position: middledoi
Contact nonlinearities and linear response in jammed particulate packings
Physical Review E 2014cited by 20position: middledoi
Stability of jammed packings II: the transverse length scale
Soft Matter 2013cited by 32position: middledoi
Generalized Lévy walks and the role of chemokines in migration of effector CD8+ T cells
Nature 2012cited by 533position: middledoi
Finite-Size Scaling at the Jamming Transition
Physical Review Letters 2012cited by 207position: middledoi

Grants

Theoretical Studies of Tunable Networks
NSF2005749$670,0002021–2026PIRePORTER
Theoretical Studies of Mechanics in Active Matter
NSF1506625$460,0002015–2020PIRePORTER
Self-assembly and motility far from equilibrium
NSF1104637$545,0002011–2016PIRePORTER
Statistical Physics of Disordered and Driven Systems
NSF0605044$300,0002006–2010PIRePORTER
Self-assembly of Charged Biopolymers in Solution
NSF0613331$108,9242005–2008PIRePORTER
Self-assembly of Charged Biopolymers in Solution
NSF0096492$518,5002001–2006PIRePORTER
Jamming in Model Supercooled Liquids and Athermal Systems
NSF0087349$246,0002000–2004PIRePORTER
Chain Structure and Counterion Condensation in Solutions of Flexible Polyelectrolyte Chains
NSF9619277$141,0001997–2000PIRePORTER
Theoretical Studies of Near-Critical Fluids in Dilute Porous Media
NSF9624090$329,5001996–2000PIRePORTER

Frequent collaborators

Sidney R. Nagel · American Institutes for Research16 papers (2012–2022)Carl P. Goodrich · California University of Pennsylvania9 papers (2012–2017)Nidhi Pashine · Syracuse University4 papers (2017–2020)Samuel S. Schoenholz · OpenAI (United States)3 papers (2013–2016)Daniel Hexner · Technion – Israel Institute of Technology3 papers (2018–2020)M. Lisa Manning · University of California System2 papers (2020–2022) · 2 papers (2021–2025) · 2 papers (2021–2025)Efthimios Kaxiras · Harvard University2 papers (2015–2016)James P. Sethna · Cornell University2 papers (2016–2017) · 2 papers (2020–2025)Jason W. Rocks · Kennedy Center2 papers (2017–2019)Ekin D. Cubuk · Google (United States)2 papers (2015–2016)Juan Pablo · University of Chicago1 papers (2018–2018)Photini Sinnis · New York University1 papers (2015–2015)Elia D. Tait Wojno · University of Washington1 papers (2012–2012)Rahul Chacko · California University of Pennsylvania1 papers (2021–2021)Brian P. Tighe · Delft University of Technology1 papers (2014–2014)Marco Baity‐Jesi · Columbia University1 papers (2017–2017)Edan Lerner · New York University1 papers (2020–2020)