Dapeng (Max) Bi

PERSONAL DETAILS
Address

Phone
E-Mail
Website
Citizenshop

Center for Studies in Physics and Biology

Rockefeller University
1230 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065
917-854-7441
bdpmax@gmail.com
www.DAPENGBI.com
U.S.A.

RESEARCH INTERESTS
Theoretical and Computational Soft Condensed Matter Physics and Biological Physics
Collective migration and pattern formation in biological systems
Statistical mechanics and dynamics of disordered, glassy systems
Metamaterials with novel photonic, acoustic and mechanical properties

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Sept 2015 to present
Independent Research Fellow
Center for Studies in Physics and Biology, Rockefeller University, New York, NY
Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Physics, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY

Sept 2012 to Aug 2015

Collaborators: Profs. M. Lisa Manning, M. Cristina Marchetti, Jennifer Schwarz and Mark Bowick

Graduate Research Fellow

Department of Physics, Brandeis University

2006 to 2012

Advisor: Prof. Bulbul Chakraborty

Teaching Assistant
Department of Physics, Brandeis University

2006 to 2010

EDUCATION
Ph.D. Physics
Brandeis University, Waltham MA

2006-2012

Supervisor: Prof. Bulbul Charkraborty

Thesis Title: Origin of rigidity in marginal solids
Committee: Profs. R.P. Behringer, Aparna Baskaran and Bulbul Charkraborty

B.S. Physics
State University of New York Binghamton. Binghamton, NY

2000-2004

Publications
Preprints
1. D. Bi, X. Yang, M Cristina Marchetti and M. Lisa Manning. Motility-driven glass and jamming
transitions in biological tissues, submitted to Phys Rev X (2015) arxiv:1509.06578
2. S. Sarkar D. Bi, J. Zhang, J. Ren, R. P. Behringer and B. Chakraborty. Jamming with friction,
submitted (2015) arXiv:1509.00678

Journal Publications
3. D. Bi, J.H. Lopez, J. M. Schwarz and M. Lisa Manning. A density-independent rigidity transition
in biological tissues, Nature Physics (2015) 10.1038/nphys3471
4. J-A. Kim, J. H. Kim D. Bi et al Unjamming and cell shape in the asthmatic airway epithelium,
Nature Materials 14, 10401048 (2015)
5. D. Bi, S. Henkes, K. Daniels, B. Chakraborty. Statistical ensemble approaches for granular matter,
Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics (2015)
6. D. Bi, J.H. Lopez, J. M. Schwarz and M. Lisa Manning. Energy barriers and cell migration in
densely packed tissues, Soft Matter 10.1039 C3SM52893F (2014).
7. R.P. Behringer, D. Bi, B. Chakraborty, A. Clark, J. Dijksman, J. Ren, and J Zhang Statistical
Properties of Granular Materials near Jamming. J. Stat. P06004 (2013)
8. S. Sarkar, D. Bi, J. Zhang, R.P. Behringer and B. Chakraborty Origin of Rigidity in Dry Granular
Solids. (2013) Phys. Rev. Lett 111, 068301 (2013).
9. D. Bi, J. Zhang, R. P. Behringer and B. Chakraborty Fluctuations in Shear-Jammed States: A
Statistical Ensemble Approach, Euro. Phys. Lett. 102, 34002 (2013)
10. D. Bi, J. Zhang, B. Chakraborty and R.P. Behringer Jamming by shear. Nature 480, 355 358
(2011).
11. D. Bi and B. Chakraborty Rheology of granular materials: dynamics in a stress landscape. Phil.
Trans. R. Soc. 367 1909, 50735090 (2009).
12. R. P. Behringer, D. Bi, S. Henkes and B Chakraborty Why Do Granular Materials Stiffen with
Shear Rate? Test of Novel Stress-Based Statistics, Phys. Rev. Lett. 103, 268301 (2008).

Conference Proceedings
R.P. Behringer, D. Bi, J. Zhang and B. Chakraborty Sheared Granular Materials near Jamming.
AIP Conference Proceedings 1542, 1219 (2012).
R. R. Hartley, R. P. Behringer, S. Henkes, D. Bi and B. Chakraborty Logarithmic Strengthening
of Granular Materials with Shear Rate. AIP Conference Proceedings 1145, 10891092 (2009).

Other Publications
D. Bi Origin of rigidity in marginal solids, Dissertation, Brandeis University (2012)

AWARDS AND HONORS

National Science Foundation IGERT Graduate Research Fellowship

2010-2012

Brandeis University Berko Prize for outstanding graduate research

2009

Society of Physics Students Honor Society

2002

INVITED TALKS
2015
Workshop on Capillarity of Soft Interfaces, Lorentz Center, Leiden, Netherlands
Rigidity and glassiness in dense tissues: the influence of cell-cell adhesion and cortical tension
Biomathematics/Computational Biology Colloquium, Courant Institute, New York University
Jamming and glassiness in dense biological tissues
Theoretical soft condensed matter group meeting, Brandeis University
International Conference on Physics of Active Matter, Suzhou, China
Rigidity and glassy dynamics in confluent biological tissues
APS March Meeting, San Antonio, TX
Glass transition originating from a rigidity transition in confluent biological tissues

2014
Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics Special Seminar, Cornell University
Dynamical arrest of cell motion in tissues: a constant-density rigidity transition
Special Seminar, Lewis-Siegler Institute, Princeton University
Dynamical arrest of cell motion in tissues: a constant-density rigidity transition
Gordon Research Conference on Granular Matter, Easton, MA
Rigidity in Shear Jammed States
KITP Workshop on Active Processes in Living and Nonliving Matter, Santa Barbara, CA
Cell Migration in Densely Packed Tissues
Foams and Minimal Surfaces, Newton Institute, Cambridge, UK
Energy barriers and cell migration in densely packed tissues

2013
Conference on Flows and Patterns, Durham, NC
Energy barriers govern glassy dynamics in tissues
KITP-China conference on complex dynamics in granular systems, Beijing, China
Origin of rigidity in dry granular solids
Seminar, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China (June)
Energy barriers for cellular rearrangements in tissues
KITP-China workshop on complex dynamics in granular systems, Beijing, China
Stress fluctuations in jammed solids: a statistical ensemble approach

 APS March Meeting, Baltimore MD

Rigidity of Dry Granular Solids

2012
International Workshop on Computational Mechanics of Materials
Northeastern Granular Materials Workshop
Rigidity of Marginal Solids

PEER REVIEW
Physical Revew Letters
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
eLife
Biophysical Journal
Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology

REFERENCES
Prof. M. Lisa Manning
Syracuse University
mmanning@syr.edu
Tel: 315-443-3920
Fax: 315-443-9103
Prof. M. Cristina Marchetti
Syracuse University
mcm@physics.syr.edu
Tel: 315-443-2581
Fax: 315-443-9103
Prof. Bulbul Chakraborty
Brandeis University
bulbul@brandeis.edu
Tel: 781-736-2843
Fax: 781-736-2915
Prof. Josef K
as
University of Leipzig
jkaes@physik.uni-leipzig.de
(+49 341) 97 32471
(+49 341) 97 32479