Associate Professor
William A. Lee Chancellors Endowed Jr Faculty Fellow
Department of Physics
University of California, San Diego
Nonlinear Dynamics and Physics of Complex Systems
Mattia Serra
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Imola, 7635.
We seek the physical principles governing self-organization and information flow in biological and synthetic active matter. To do so, we develop and apply mathematical and data-driven methods rooted in nonlinear dynamics, mechanics, and information theory. Our recent work focuses on understanding and controlling embryonic development.
Mattia's Bio: PhD in Nonlinear Dynamics from ETH Zurich (ETH Medal for outstanding doctoral thesis); Schmidt Science Fellow in Applied Mathematics at Harvard. Honors: APS DBIO Early Career Award; Sloan Research Fellowship in Physics; IUPAP Early Career Prize; NSF CAREER; NIH MIRA; HFSP Young Investigator Award.
May 2026
Congratulations Sreejith, a Ph.D. student in our group, for being selected 2025-2026 Carol & George Lattimer Award for Graduate Academic Excellence
February 2026
Congratulations Alex Plum, a Ph.D. student in our group, for being selected for the KITP summer school on Physical Principles of Morphogenesis in Plants and Animals
January 2026
Congratulations Alex, for being selected to participate in the prestigious 75th Lindau Nobel Laureate meeting.
December 2024
UC Active Matter Hub
April 2024
Congratulations Sreejith, for being selected to participate in the prestigious Lindau Nobel Laureate meeting
June 2023
Congratulations Sreejith, a third-year Ph.D. student in our group, for being selected for the KITP summer school on Dynamics of Self-Organization in Animal and Plant Development
July 2022
Congratulations Alex, a first-year Ph.D. student in our group, for receiving the NIH-sponsored QBio fellowship.
March 2017
Our work on the Cover Image Proc. Royal Soc A
May 2026
Congratulations Sreejith, a PhD student in our group, for receiving the 2025-2026 Carol & George Lattimer Award for Graduate Academic Excellence.
May 2026
Congratulations Sreejith, PhD student in our group, for receiving the 2025-2026 Carol & George Lattimer Award for Graduate Academic Excellence.