Vincenzo Vitelli

James Franck Institute and Department of Physics, University of Chicago

My research interests lie in condensed matter theory broadly defined. Recent work encompasses active matter, machine learning, metamaterials, topological insulators, hydrodynamics, dynamical systems, liquid crystals, granular media, glasses and polymers. Often the rich phenomenology of these many body systems arises from the interplay between strong non-linearities, disorder and physics far from equilibrium that I explore using analytical and numerical tools in close collaboration with experimentalists.

Selected Recent Publications

Machine learning active-nematic hydrodynamics, Jonathan Colen, Ming Han, Rui Zhang, Steven A. Redford, Linnea M. Lemma, Link Morgan, Paul V. Ruijgrok, Raymond Adkins, Zev Bryant, Zvonimir Dogic, Margaret L. Gardel, Juan J. De Pablo, Vincenzo Vitelli, arXiv:2006.13203.
Phase transitions in non-reciprocal active systems, Michel Fruchart, Ryo Hanai, Peter B. Littlewood, Vincenzo Vitelli, arXiv:2003.13176.
Symmetries and Dualities in the Theory of Elasticity, Michel Fruchart, Vincenzo Vitelli, Physical Review Letters 124, 248001 (2020).
Statistical mechanics of a chiral active fluid, Ming Han, Michel Fruchart, Colin Scheibner, Suriyanarayanan Vaikuntanathan, William Irvine, Juan de Pablo, Vincenzo Vitelli, arXiv:2002.07679.
Dualities and non-Abelian mechanics, Michel Fruchart, Yujie Zhou, Vincenzo Vitelli, Nature 577, 636--640 (2020).
Odd elasticity, Colin Scheibner, Anton Souslov, Debarghya Banerjee, Piotr Surówka, William T. M. Irvine, Vincenzo Vitelli, Nature Physics 16, 475--480 (2020).
Topological Protection Can Arise from Thermal Fluctuations and Interactions, Ricardo Pablo Pedro, Jayson Paulose, Anton Souslov, Mildred Dresselhaus, Vincenzo Vitelli, Physical Review Letters 122, 118001 (2019).
Topological waves in fluids with odd viscosity, Anton Souslov, Kinjal Dasbiswas, Michel Fruchart, Suriyanarayanan Vaikuntanathan, Vincenzo Vitelli, Phys. Rev. Lett. 122, 128001 (2019).
Topological sound in active-liquid metamaterials, Anton Souslov, Benjamin C. van Zuiden, Denis Bartolo, Vincenzo Vitelli, Nature Physics 13, 1091--1094 (2017).
Odd viscosity in chiral active fluids, Debarghya Banerjee, Anton Souslov, Alexander G. Abanov, Vincenzo Vitelli, Nature Communications 8, (2017).
Spatiotemporal order and emergent edge currents in active spinner materials, Benjamin C. van Zuiden, Jayson Paulose, William T. M. Irvine, Denis Bartolo, Vincenzo Vitelli, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113, 12919-12924 (2016).
Geared Topological Metamaterials with Tunable Mechanical Stability, Anne S. Meeussen, Jayson Paulose, Vincenzo Vitelli, Phys. Rev. X 6, 041029 (2016).
Selective buckling via states of self-stress in topological metamaterials, Jayson Paulose, Anne S. Meeussen, Vincenzo Vitelli, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112, 7639-7644 (2015).
Topological modes bound to dislocations in mechanical metamaterials, Jayson Paulose, Bryan G. Chen, Vincenzo Vitelli, Nature Physics 11, 153--156 (2015).
Nonlinear conduction via solitons in a topological mechanical insulator, Bryan G. Chen, Nitin Upadhyaya, Vincenzo Vitelli, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111, 13004-13009 (2014).