Publications

Lead theory author on all papers except the last. Authors marked * contributed equally. For the most up-to-date list, see my Google Scholar profile.

2026

Mishra, N., Li, Y. I., Hannezo, E., Heisenberg, C.-P. (2026). Geometry-driven asymmetric cell divisions pattern cell cycles and zygotic genome activation in the zebrafish embryo. Nature Physics, 22, 139–150. — bioRxiv · journal

Tong, X.*, Li, Y. I.*, Schelle, J., Hannezo, E., Heisenberg, C.-P. (2025). Non-canonical cytokinesis driven by mechanical uncoupling via nematic flows and adhesion-based invagination. bioRxiv — preprint
van Oostrom, M. V., Li, Y. I., … Simons, B. D., Sonnen, I. (2025). Scaling of mouse somitogenesis by coupling of cell cycle to segmentation clock oscillations. bioRxiv — preprint
Martinet, Q.*, Li, Y. I.*, Aubret, A., Hannezo, E., Palacci, J. (2025). Emergent dynamics of active elastic microbeams. Physical Review X, 15, 041017. — preprint · journal

Sato, T., Li, Y. I., … Simons, B. D., Yoshida, S. (2024). Self-organization of the spermatogenic wave coordinates sustained sperm production in the mouse testis. bioRxiv — preprint

Li, Y. I., Garcia-Millan, R., Cates, M. E., Fodor, É. (2023). Towards a liquid-state theory for active matter. Europhysics Letters, 142(5), 57004. — arXiv · journal

Li, Y. I., Cates, M. E. (2021). Hierarchical microphase separation in non-conserved active mixtures. The European Physical Journal E, 44, 119. — arXiv · journal
Li, Y. I., … Jack, R. L. (2021). Efficient Bayesian inference of fully stochastic epidemiological models with applications to COVID-19. Royal Society Open Science, 8, 211065. — arXiv · journal

Li, Y. I., Cates, M. E. (2020). Steady-state entropy production rate for scalar Langevin field theories. Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment, 013211. — arXiv · journal
Li, Y. I., Cates, M. E. (2020). Non-equilibrium phase separation with reactions: a canonical model and its behaviour. Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment, 053206. — arXiv · journal

Engel, E. A., Li, Y. I., Needs, R. J. (2018). First-principles momentum distributions and vibrationally corrected permittivities of hexagonal and cubic ice. Physical Review B, 97, 054312. — journal