Ekaterina M. Puhtina
Papers
5
Total Citations
18
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3
About
Ekaterina M. Puhtina is an emerging researcher specializing in active matter physics, robotic swarms, and self-organization phenomena in non-equilibrium systems. Her work sits at the fascinating intersection of soft matter physics and robotics, leveraging swarms of simple autonomous robots — particularly bristle-bots — as experimental platforms to probe the fundamental physics of active matter at scales previously inaccessible to traditional microscale approaches. Among her most notable contributions is her development and optimization of self-rotating bristle-bots for active matter studies, her most-cited work with 7 citations, which has helped establish robotic swarms as a credible and scalable experimental framework. She has also advanced understanding of collective behavior through rigorous statistical analysis of swarm dynamics and pioneered investigations into micellization phenomena in asymmetric self-propelled particle systems — a striking demonstration of how active matter can self-organize into structures reminiscent of molecular assemblies. Her development of the Swarmodroid platform and AMPy software package further reflects her commitment to building accessible, reconfigurable tools for the broader active matter research community. With a publication record spanning 2021 to 2025 and growing citation impact, Puhtina represents a promising voice in experimental active matter and swarm physics research.
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- 3Statistical Correlations in Active Matter Based on Robotic Swarms4 citations · 2021
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