Publications
Publications
11.
A. Erlich, P. Recho. Mechanical Feedback in Regulating the Size of Growing Multicellular Spheroids. Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmps.2023.105342 (2023)
10.
S. Harmansa*, A. Erlich*, C. Eloy, G. Zurlo, T. Lecuit. Growth anisotropy of the extracellular matrix shapes a developing organ. Nature Communications https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36739-y (2023)
9.
A. Erlich J. Étienne, J. Fouchard, T. Wyatt. How dynamic prestress governs the shape of living systems, from the subcellular to tissue scale. Interface Focus https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsfs.2022.0038 (2022)
8.
F. Box, A. Erlich, J. H. Guan, C. Thorogood. Gigantic floating leaves occupy a large surface area at an economical material cost. Science Advances https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abg3790 (2022)
7.
A. Erlich, G. W. Jones, F. Tisseur, D. E. Moulton, A. Goriely. The role of topology and mechanics in uniaxially growing cell networks. Proceedings of the Royal Society A https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2019.0523 (2020)
6.
A. Erlich, G. A. Nye, P. Brownbill, O. E. Jensen, I. L. Chernyavsky. Quantifying the impact of tissue metabolism on solute transport in feto-placental microvascular networks. Interface Focus https://doi.org/10.1098/rsfs.2019.0021 (2019)
5.
A. Erlich, P. Pearce, R. Plitman Mayo, O. E. Jensen, I. L. Chernyavsky. Physical and geometric determinants of transport in feto-placental microvascular networks. Science Advances 5(4), eaav6326 https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aav6326 (2019)
4.
A. Erlich, D. E. Moulton, A. Goriely. Are homeostatic states stable? Dynamical stability in morphoelasticity. Bull Math Biol. 81: 3219 doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11538-018-0502-7 (2018)
3.
A. Erlich, R. Howell, A. Goriely, R. Chirat, D.E. Moulton. Mechanical feedback in seashell growth and form. The ANZIAM Journal, 59(4), 581-606. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1446181118000019 (2018)
2.
A. Erlich, D. E. Moulton, A. Goriely, R. Chirat. Morphomechanics and developmental constraints in the evolution of ammonites shell form. J. Exp. Zool. (Mol. Dev. Evol.) 00B:1–14 https://doi.org/10.1002/jez.b.22716 (2016)
1.
A. Erlich, T. Lessinnes, D. E. Moulton, A. Goriely. A short introduction to morphoelasticity: the mechanics of growing elastic tissues. In: Bigoni D. (eds) Extremely Deformable Structures. CISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences, vol 562. Springer, Vienna https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-1877-1_6 (2015)
Doctoral and Masters thesis
D.Phil. thesis, “Growth Laws in Morphoelasticity”, University of Oxford 2017. [available here]
Instabilities in Dilute Suspension of Self-Propelled Microscopic Swimmers. Cambridge. Part III essay supervised by Prof. Raymond E. Goldstein. [available here]
Selected talks
4. Apr 2022
18th European Mechanics of Materials Conference (EMMC18) (invited talk), University of Oxford.
2. Sep 2021
Italian Society of Applied and Industrial Mathematics (SIMAI) congress 2020 (invited talk), Università di Parma.
4. Sep 2019
The Mechanics of Cell Aggregates: Experiments and Models (invited talk), Politecnico di Torino.
4. Oct 2018
Applied Mathematics Seminar (invited talk), University of Glasgow.
5. Sep 2018
Conference of the UK Fluids Network, University of Manchester.
12. Jul 2018
8th World Congress of Biomechanics, Dublin.
26 & 29. Mar 2018
British Applied Mathematics Colloquium (two invited talks), University of St Andrew’s.
22. Mar 2018
Fluids and Materials Seminar (invited talk), University of Bristol.
26. Oct 2017
Applied Mathematics Seminar (invited talk), University of Birmingham.
6. Apr 2016
British Applied Mathematics Colloquium, University of Oxford.
2. Sep 2015
Modelling across the Biology–Mechanics Interface, Castro Urdiales, Spain.
31. Mar 2015
British Applied Mathematics Colloquium, Cambridge.