Alexander Petroff is an experimental physicist who uses hydrodynamics and reaction diffusion equations to understand the organization, dynamics, and evolution of microbial systems in table-top experiments. He has previously published several studies on the growth and geometry of river networks and stromatolites.
Alexander Petroff
Associate Professor, Physics
- About
- Scholarly and creative works
- Awards and grant
Degrees
- Ph.D. in Geophysics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011
- B.A. in Physics and Mathematics, Carleton College, 2006
Affiliated Department
Scholarly and creative works
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Adapting to Life in a Diffusive Gradient
Physical Mathematics SeminarMITApril2023Sponsored by MIT -
Scattering and Trapping of a Fast-Swimming Bacteria
Published in Physical Review Fluids2023 -
Density Mediated Spin Correlations Drive Edge to Bulk Flow Transition in Active Chiral Matter
Published in Physical Review E -
Ecosystems self-organize to capture atypically large energy through coupled redox transformations
Published in PNAS -
Particle kinetics and collective dynamics in chiral gasses, fluids, and crystals
APS March Meeting -
Life in Mud
Nature and NumbersMITJune2022Sponsored by MIT -
Formation of Active Two-Dimensional Fluids by Multicellular Magnetotactic Bacteria
University of Chicago Department SeminarChicagoApril2022 -
Oxygen Dynamics in a Vertically Stratified Microbial Community
APS March MeetingChicagoMArch2022Sponsored by APS -
Relaxation of a natural microbial ecosystem to a metabolic steady state
APS March MeetingChicagoMArch2022Sponsored by APS -
Formation of Active Two-Dimensional Fluids by Multicellular Magnetotactic Bacteria
APS March MeetingChicagoMArch2022Sponsored by APS -
Active Chiral Matter in Physics and Biology
Physics Department SeminarU Mass AmherstDec2022 -
Phases of Active Matter Composed of Multicellular Magnetotactic Bacteria Near a Hard Surface
Published in Phys Rev Fluids -
Formation and Dynamics of Active Crystals by Fast-Swimming Bacteria
Department Seminar at Matière et Systèmes ComplexesParis Diderot (remote)May2021 -
Collective Dynamics of Multicellular Magnetotactic Bacteria
APS MArch MeetingNashvilleMay2021Sponsored by American Physical Society -
Scattering of a fast-swimming bacterium off of a surface
APS March MeetingNashvilleMarch2021Sponsored by American Physical Society -
Hydrodynamics of sediment microbes
Environmental Science Seminar Series at Ralph M Parsons LaboratoryMITNOV2020Sponsored by MIT -
Collective Dynamics of Fast Swimming Bacteria Near a Surface
Dartmouth CollegeDartmouth CollegeJan2020 -
Structure and Dynamics of Microbial Ecosystems in Sediment
The Joshua Lederberg–John von Neumann Symposium: Towards Quantitative BiologyThe Rockefeller UniversityNov2019Sponsored by Rockefeller University and Institute for Advanced Study
Awards and grants
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CAREER: Experimental Investigation of Morphogenesis and Locomotion of Multicellular Magnetotactic Bacteria
National Science Foundation
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CAREER: Experimental Investigations of the Growth, Form, and Motion of Multicellular Magnetotactic Bacteria
National Science Foundation
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Experimental Investigation of Oxygen Dynamics in Natural Sediment
American Chemical Society