Our team is interested in many aspects of Biological and Synthetic Active Matter, Complex Fluids, and Multiphase Flows.
Below is a collection of recent work.
Also, see PUBLICATIONS.
BIOLOGY
PLANTS
SINGLE CELL MARINE AND FRESH WATER ORGANISMS
Aggregation and Multicellularity
ACTIVE GLASSES
BIO-HYBRID & BIO-INSPIRED MATERIALS
2D Flows & Odd Viscosity
H Franca, T. Appleford, V. Sanjay, P. Cosme, H. du Plessis, M Jalaal
arXiv 2025 — Odd Waves
arXiv 2026 — Odd emulsions
Phys. Rev. Research 8, 033140 - Odd droplet impact
Physical Review Fluids 2026 - Drop under shear
Chloroplast Morphodynamics
N Schramma, G Casas Canales, M Jalaal
PNAS 2024 - Single Cell Dinoflagellate Chloroplast Network
Packing & Jamming of Chloroplasts
Cyanobacteria
Y Sinzato, R Uittenbogaard, P Visser, J Huisman, M Jalaal
eLife 2026 - Fragmentation & Aggregation under fluid flow
Water Research, 307, 126645, 2026, Cyanobacteria Vertical Migration
arXiv 2026 — Cyanobacteria Mechanics
biorxiv 2026 — 3D morphology
Physics of Bioluminescence
M Jalaal, N Schramma, A Dode, H De Maleprade, C Raufaste, R Goldstein, Physical Review Letters 125 (2), 028102
Elasto-Plastocapillarity
Physics of Trichomes
J Popowski, L Warma, AA Cifuentes, P Bleeker, M Jalaal
Experimental Botany
FLUID MECHANICS
YIELD STRESS FLUIDS
ACTIVE MATTER
ELASTO-VISCOPLASTICTY
SURFACE TENSION & CAPILLARY FLOWS
LASER-FLUID INTERACTION
BUBBLES, DROPLETS, PARTICLES
Cage Breaking Far from Equilibrium
J Popowski, N Schramma, E Lerner, M Jalaal
M Jalaal, B Stoeber, N Balmforth, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 914, A21
O D’Angelo, F Kuthe, K van Nieuwland , CE Janssen, T Voigtmann, M Jalaal, Review of Scientific Instruments 2022
L Heitmeier, O D’Angelo, M Jalaal, T Voigtmann, J. Rheol. 70, 631–643 (2026)
M Jalaal, NJ Balmforth, B. Stoeber, Langmuir 31 (44) 12071–12075
Bubbles in Complex Fluids
V Sanjay, D Lohse, M. Jalaal, Journal of Fluid Mechanics 922, A2
AG Balasubramanian et al., Journal of Fluid Mechanics 1001, A9
Ci Li, N Schramma, Z Wang, NF Qari, M Jalaal, MI Latz, S Cai
Science Advances 2023
Billiards with Memeory
T Albers, S Delnoi, N Schramma, M Jalaal
B Vajdi Hokmabad, R Dey, M Jalaal, K Baldwin, D Lohse, C Maass, Physical Review X 11 (1), 011043
M Jalaal, B ten Hagen, H le The, C Diddens, D Lohse, A Marin, Physical Review Fluids 2022
M Jalaal, C Seyfert, B Stoeber, NJ Balmforth, Journal of Fluid Mechanics 837, 115
Active Drops & Particles
J Wilt, N Schramma, JW Bottermans, M Jalaal
Viscoplastic Water Entry
M Jalaal, D Kemper, D Lohse, Journal of fluid mechanics 864, 596-613
M Jalaal, B Stoeber, Soft Matter 10 (6), 808-812
Thermo-responsive Polymers
M Jalaal, G Cottrell, N Balmforth, B Stoeber, Journal of Rheology 61 (1), 139-146
Laser-Induced Forward Transfer
M Jalaal, MK Schaarsberg, CW Visser, D Lohse, Journal of fluid mechanics 880, 497-513
H França, HK Schubert, O Versolato, M Jalaal
Journal of fluid mechanics 1020, A21, 2025
M Jalaal, S Li, M Klein Schaarsberg, Y Qin, D Lohse, Applied physics letters 114 (21), 213703
H Mustafa, M Jalaal, W Ya, NU Rahman, DTA Matthews, G Romer, Journal of laser micro nanoengineering 13 (3), 178-188
Drop Dynamics
M Jalaal, K Mehravaran, Physics of Fluids 26 (1), 012101
M Jalaal, C Seyfert, JH Snoeijer, Journal of fluid mechanics 880, 430-440
M Jalaal, K Mehravaran, International Journal of Multiphase Flow 47, 115-132
U Jain, M Jalaal, D Lohse, D Van Der Meer, Soft matter 15 (23), 4629-4638
Mixing with no Mechanical Part
M Jalaal, B Khorshidi, E Esmaeilzadeh, Chemical engineering journal 219, 118-123
B Khorshidi, M Jalaal, E Esmaeilzadeh, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects 380 (1-3), 207-212
M Jalaal, B Khorshidi, E Esmaeilzadeh, Experimental thermal and fluid science 34 (8), 1498-1506
M Jalaal, B Khorshidi, E Esmaeilzadeh, F Mohammadi, Chemical Engineering Communications 198 (1), 19-32
B Khorshidi, M Jalaal, E Esmaeilzadeh, F Mohammadi, Journal of colloid and interface science 352 (1), 211-220
Entangling Particles
DP Huet, M Jalaal, R v Beek, D vd Meer, A Wachs, Physical Review Fluids, 6, 104304
