The frontier between two epithelial tissues is unstable without the regulation of cell division rate
L. Gómez-Nava, D. Chekroun, I. Ionescu, C. Mora & M. Durand
Submitted [ArXiv]

Collective escape waves provide a generic defence against different avian predators
D. Bierbach, J. Lukas, L. Gómez-Nava, F. A. Francisco, L. Arias-Rodriguez, Y. Sevinchan, S. Krause, K. Pacher, P. Romanczuk & J. Krause
Royal Society Open Science 12: 241055 (2025) [doi]

Individual bias and fluctuations in collective decision making: from algorithms to Hamiltonians
P. Sarkanych, M. Krasnytska, L. Gómez-Nava, P. Romanczuk & Y. Holovatch
Physical Biology 20 045005 (2023) [doi] [ArXiv]

Fish shoals resemble a stochastic excitable system driven by environmental perturbations
L. Gómez-Nava, R. T. Lange, P. P. Klamser, J. Lukas, L. Arias-Rodriguez, D. Bierbach, J. Krause, H. Sprekeler & P. Romanczuk
Nature Physics 19, 663-669 (2023) [doi]

Intermittent collective motion in sheep results from alternating the role of leader and follower
L. Gómez-Nava, R. Bon & F. Peruani
Nature Physics 18, 1494-1501 (2022) [doi]

Live fish learn to anticipate the movement of a fish-like robot
D. Bierbach*, L. Gómez-Nava*, F. A. Francisco, J. Lukas, L. Musiolek, V. V. Hafner, T. Landgraf, P. Romanczuk & J. Krause
*equally contributed
Bioinspiration & Biomimetics 17 065007 (2022) [doi]

Impact of variable speed on collective movement of animal groups
P. P. Klamser, L. Gómez-Nava, T. Landgraf, J. W. Jolles, D. Bierbach & P. Romanczuk
Frontiers in Physics Vol. 9 (2021) [doi] [ArXiv]

Kinetic and macroscopic models for active particles exploring complex environments with an internal navigation control system
L. Gómez-Nava, T. Goudon & F. Peruani
Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences Vol. 31, No. 08 (2021) [doi] [ArXiv]

A novel approach to chemotaxis: active particles guided by internal clocks
L. Gómez-Nava, R. Großmann, M. Hintsche, C. Beta & F. Peruani
Europhysics Letters 130 (6), 68002 (2020) [doi] [ArXiv]

Markovian robots: minimal navigation strategies for active particles
L. Gómez-Nava, R. Großmann & F. Peruani
Physical Review E (97), 042604 (2018) [doi] [ArXiv]

Theory of diffusion of active particles that move at constant speed in two dimensions
F. J. Sevilla & L. Gómez-Nava
Physical Review E (90), 022130 (2014) [doi] [ArXiv]

Mythe ou realité : une étude quantitative du comportement du mouton
Luis Gómez-Nava, Richard Bon & Fernando Peruani
A3 Magazine Rayonement du CNRS No. 68 (2016) [html]