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JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

  1. Spike formation theory in three-dimensional flow separation
    S. Santhosh, H. Qin, B. F. Klose, G. B. Jacobs, J. Vétel, and M. Serra          
    J. Fluid Mech. 969, A25 (2023) 
    [PDF    
     

  2. Defect-mediated dynamics of coherent structures in active nematics
    M. Serra, L. Lemma, L. Giomi, Z. Dogic, and L. Mahadevan
    Nature Physics 1-7 (2023) [PDF]
     

  3. Optimal Control of Short-Time Attractors in Active Fluid Flows
    C. Sinigaglia, F. Braghin, and M. Serra
    (submitted) [PDF]

     

  4. Zebrahub - Multimodal Zebrafish Developmental Atlas Reveals the State Transition Dynamics of Late Vertebrate Pluripotent Axial Progenitors
    M. Lange,..., M. Serra, N. Neff, A.O. Pisco, and L.A. Royer

    biorXiv: 2023.03.06.531398 [PDF]
     

  5. A mechanochemical model recapitulates distinct vertebrate gastrulation modes                                                        M. Serra, G. S. Nájera, M. Chuai, A. M. Plum, S. Santhosh, V. Spandan, C. J. Weijer, and L. Mahadevan         
    (submittedbioRxiv 2021.10.03.462928; [PDF]
     

  6. Reconstruction of distinct vertebrate gastrulation modes via modulation of key cell behaviours in the chick embryo                                                                                                                                                                            M. Chuai*, G. S. Nájera*, M. Serra, L. Mahadevan, and C. J. Weijer                                             
    Science Advances 9.1 (2023) [PDF]     
                                                                                                          

  7. Activity-driven extracellular volume expansion drives vertebrate axis elongation
    A. Michaut, A. Mongera, A. Gupta, M. Serra,..., O. Pourquie
    (submitted) bioRxiv:2022.06.27.497799 [PDF

     

  8. Optimal Locomotion for Limbless Crawlers
    S. Santhosh and M. Serra

    PRE
     106,024610 (2022) [PDF
     

  9. Detecting Lagrangian coherent structures from sparse and noisy trajectory data
    S. Molawi, M. Serra, E. Maiorino, and L. Mahadevan
    J. Fluid Mech.
     948, A4. (2022)  [PDF] 
    Python code available here                                                                       

  10. Optimal policies for mitigating pandemic costs: a tutorial model
    M. Serra*, S. al-Mosleh*, S Ganga Prasath*, V. Raju*, S. Mantena, J. Chandra, S. Iams, and L. Mahadevan
    Physical Biology, 19 055001 (2022) [PDFMATLAB code available here                                                                    

  11. Horizontal transport in oil-spill modeling
    R. Duran, T. Nordam, M. Serraand C. Barker 
    Elsevier, In Marine Hydrocarbon Spill Assessments, pp. 59-96., (2021)  [PDF]
     

  12. A Measure of Morphodynamics
    M. Serra
     and L. Mahadevan
    SIAM News, vol. 54, n. 03, April (2021) [PDF]
     

  13. Objective early identification of kinematic instabilities in shear flows                                                                      B. F. Klose*, M. Serra*and G. B. Jacobs                                                                                                  arXiv:2009.05851 [PDF]                                                                                                                                                

  14. Finite-time Lyapunov exponents in the instantaneous limit and material transport
    P. Nolan, M. Serra, and S. Ross
    Nonlinear Dynamics, 1-28  (2020) [PDF
     

  15. Search and rescue at sea aided by hidden flow structures
    M. Serra, P. Sathe, I. Rypina, A. Kirincich, S. Ross, P. Lermusiaux, A. Allen, T. Peacock, and G. Haller 
    Nature Communications, 11 2525 (2020). [PDF] MATLAB code available here 
    Nature Press highlight,  MIT News, ETH NewsUS NSF News, Scientific American,  BBC ScienceAMS   
     

  16. Dynamic morphoskeletons in development
    M. Serra, S. Streichan, M. Chuai, C. J. Weijer, and L. Mahadevan
    PNAS 117.21 (2020) [PDF] - featured on Harvard SEAS News 
     

  17. Vortex boundaries as barriers to diffusive vorticity transport in two-dimensional flows
    S. Katsanoulis, M. Farazmand, M. Serra, and G. Haller 
    Physical Review Fluids, 5 024701 (2020) [PDFMATLAB code available here 
     

  18. The Kinematics of Lagrangian Flow Separation in External Aerodynamics
    B. F. Klose, G. B. Jacobs, and M. Serra 
    AIAA Journal, (2020) [PDF]

     

  19. Material spike formation in highly unsteady separated flows
    M. Serra, S. Crouzat, G. Simon, J. Vétel, and G. Haller
    J. Fluid Mech. 883 A30 (2019) [PDF 

     

  20. Variational Lagrangian formulation of the Euler equations for incompressible flow: A simple derivation
    M. Farazmand and M. Serra
    arXiv:1807.02726 (2018) [PDF]

     

  21. Exact Theory of Material Spike Formation in Flow Separation
    M. Serra, J. Vétel, and G. Haller
    J. Fluid Mech. 845 (2018) 51-92. [PDF]

  22. Uncovering the Edge of the Polar Vortex
    M. Serra, P. Sathe, F. Beron-Vera, and G. Haller
    J. Atm. Sci. 74 (11) 3871–3885, (2017). 
    [PDF]
    Featured on Forbes - (31-01-19) 

     

  23. Efficient Computation of Null Geodesics with Applications to Coherent Vortex Detection
    M. Serra and G. Haller
    Proc. of the Royal Soc. A (2017) 473 20160807. [PDF] MATLAB code available here 
    Featured on the journal's cover page

     

  24. Forecasting Long-Lived Lagrangian Vortices from their Objective Eulerian Footprints
    M. Serra and G. Haller
    J. Fluid Mech. 813 (2017) 436-457. [PDF

     

  25. Objective Eulerian coherent structures
    M. Serra and G. Haller
    Chaos, 26 (2016) 053110. [PDF] Editor's pick 

     

  26. Dependent modal space control: Experimental test rig
    M. Serra, F. Ripamonti, and F. Resta
    J. Vibration and Control (2015): 1077546315616699. [
    PDF]

     

  27. Dependent modal space control
    M. Serra, F. Ripamonti, and F. Resta
    Smart Materials and Structures 22.10 (2013): 105004. 
    [PDF]

CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS

  1. Lagrangian and Eulerian Coherent Structures in Complex Dynamical Systems
    M. Serra and George Haller
    ENOC (2017), Budapest, Hungary. [PDF]

     

  2. A comparison between the IMSC and the DMSC for vibration suppression of smart flexible structures
    M. Serra, Ferruccio Resta, Francesco Ripamonti
    Proc. SPIE 8688, Active and Passive Smart Struct. and Integrated Sys., 868823 (2013). [PDF]

     

  3. An active control logic based on modal approach for vibration reduction through the eigenstructure assignment
    M. Serra, Ferruccio Resta, Francesco Ripamonti
    IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics (ICM), (2013). [PDF]

THESES

  • PhD: A Geometric Approach to Coherent Structures in Complex Dynamical Systems [PDF]
     

  • MSc: A new control logic for Vibration Reduction of Smart Structures [PDF]

     

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