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Publications

Journal Publications (+pre-prints):

• A. Schoenit (1st co-author),S. Monfared (1st co-author), L. Anger (1st co-author), et al., “Force transmission is a master regulator of mechanical cell competition”, Accepted in Nature Materials, 2025. [link].

• L. Balasubramaniam (1st co-author),S. Monfared (1st co-author), et al., “Dynamic forces shape the survival fate of eliminated cells”, Nature Physics, 2025. [link], CNRS press coverage.

• S. Monfared, G. Ravichandran, J.E., Andrade, A. Doostmohammadi, “Short-range correlation of stress chains near solid-to-liquid transition in active monolayers”, The Journal of Royal Society Interface, 21:20240022, 2024. [link].

• S. Monfared, G. Ravichandran, J.E., Andrade, A. Doostmohammadi, “Mechanical basis and topological routes to cell elimination”, eLife, 12:e82435, 2023. [link]. Press coverage: Caltech News, Phys.org. Please contact me for relevant data. The code is available on my github page.

• S. Monfared, G. Ravichandran, J.E., Andrade, A. Doostmohammadi, “Stress percolation criticality of glass to fluid transition in active cell layers”, arXiv:2210.08112, 2022. [link][pdf].

• R. Burqua de Macedo, S. Monfared, K. Karapiperis, J.E., Andrade, “What is shape? Characterizing particle morphology for topology optimization of granular materials”, Granular Matter, 25(2), 2023. [link].

• K. Karapiperis, S. Monfared, R. Burqua de Macedo, J.E., Andrade, “Stress transmission in entangled granular structures”, Granular Matter, 24(91), 1369-1394, 2022. [link].

• J.E., Andrade, Z. Gu, S. Monfared, K.A. Mac Donald, G. Ravichandran, “Measuring Terzaghi’s effective stress by decoding force transmission in fluid-saturated granular media”, Journal of Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 165, 104912, 2022. [link].

• S. Monfared, G. Ravichandran, J.E., Andrade, A. Doostmohammadi, “Mechanics of live cell elimination”, arXiv:2108.07657, 2021. [link][pdf].

• S. Monfared, T. Zhou, J.E., Andrade, K. Ioannidou, F. Radjai, F.-J. Ulm, R. J.-M. Pellenq, “Effect of confinement on capillary phase transition in granular aggregates”, Physical Review Letters, 125, 255501, 2020. [link][pdf]. Please contact me for relevant data. A 2D version of the code is available on my github page.

• S. Monfared, H. Laubie, F. Radjai, M. Hubler, R. J.-M. Pellenq, F.-J. Ulm, “A methodology to calibrate and to validate effective solid potentials of heterogeneous porous media from computed tomography scans and laboratory-measured nanoindentation data”, Acta Geotechnica, 13, 1369, 2018. [link][pdf].

• H. Laubie, S. Monfared, F. Radjai, R. J.-M. Pellenq, F.-J. Ulm, “Effective potentials and elastic properties in the Lattice-Element Method: Isotropy and Transverse Isotropy”, Journal of Nanomechanics and Micromechanics, 7, 3, 2017. [link][pdf].

• S. Monfared, H. Laubie, F. Radjai, R. J.-M. Pellenq, F.-J. Ulm, “Mesoscale poroelasticity of heterogeneous media”, Journal of Nanomechanics and Micromechanics, 7,4, 2017. [link][pdf].

• H. Laubie, S. Monfared, F. Radjai, R. J.-M. Pellenq, F.-J. Ulm, “Disorder-induced stiffness degradation of highly disordered porous materials”, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 106, 207, 2017. [link][pdf].

• S. Monfared, F.-J. Ulm, “A molecular informed poroelastic model for organic-rich, naturally occurring porous geocomposites”, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 88, 186, 2016. [link].

Selected Invited Talks:

• Physics of Living Systems Short Talk, Department of Physics, MIT, Cambridge, MA, October 2023.

• Crossing the Disciplinary Boundaries of Physics - Bohr 100 Centennial Celebration, Copenhagen, Denmark, August, 2023.

• Getting into Shape - Pusing for Exotic Particulate Media Mechanics, Lorentz Center, Universiteit Leiden, Leiden, Netherlands, June 2023.

• Center Of Mathematical Sciences And Applications Active Matter Seminar Series, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, November 2022.