Geometry and mechanics of fluid surfaces

PhD Dissertation, University of California San Diego, 2026.

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Mechanics of axis formation in Hydra

Arthur Hernandez^†, C. Zhu^†, Luca Giomi
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Viscous vortex dynamics on surfaces

C. Zhu^†, Hang Yin^†, Albert Chern
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ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG) — SIGGRAPH Asia 2025 (Vol. 44, Issue 6, No. 178)

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Coherent structures in active flows on dynamic surfaces

Sreejith Santhosh, C. Zhu, Blase Fencil, Mattia Serra

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Active nematic fluids on Riemannian 2-manifolds

C. Zhu, David Saintillan, Albert Chern

Proceedings of the Royal Society A (Cover of Vol. 481, Issue 2311, Apr 2025)

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Stokes flow of an evolving fluid film with arbitrary shape and topology

C. Zhu, David Saintillan, Albert Chern

Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Vol. 1003, Jan 2025)

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Membrane mechanics dictate axonal pearls-on-a-string morphology and function

Jacqueline M. Griswold et al.

Nature Neuroscience (2025)

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ActuAtor: a Listeria-inspired molecular tool for physical manipulation of intracellular organizations

Hideki Nakamura et al.

Cell Reports (2023)

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Mem3DG: modeling membrane mechanochemical dynamics in 3D using discrete differential geometry

C. Zhu, Christopher T. Lee, Padmini Rangamani

Biophysical Reports (Cover of Vol. 2, Issue 3, Apr 2022)

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