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Background
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Education: Ph.D. in Physics, McGill University, 1993 M.S. in Physics, McGill University, 1989 B.S. in Physics, Djilali Liabes University, Algeria, 1986 Postdoctoral research: Center for Simulational Physics, University of Georgia (1993-1994) Department of Physics, University of Toronto (1994-1997) |
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Research Focus
Laradji’s research is in soft matter physics, with emphasis on lipid membranes, polymers, nanoparticle self-assembly, and active matter. He investigates how interactions, together with effects such as curvature, elastic deformations, entropy, confinement, and environmental conditions, give rise to collective behavior and spatial structure in both equilibrium and dynamical systems. Using numerical simulations and theory, his work aims to identify the physical mechanisms underlying organization and assembly in complex systems.
Awards
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Fellow American Physical Society, 2014 Atkins University Professorship, University of Memphis, 2025 Alumni Association Distinguished Research Award, University of Memphis, 2016 College of Arts and Science Distinguished Research Award, University of Memphis, 2011 Dunavant Professorship, University of Memphis, 2016 Faculty Merit Award, University of Prince Edward Island, 2000 |
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Selected Publications
Laradji, Y. Zhu, A, Sharma, E.J. Spangler, and J.F. Darling, Ordered nanoparticle self-assembly driven by membrane curvature: Computational insights, Advances in Physics: X 11, 2605083 (2025)
Zhu, A, Sharma, E.J. Spangler, and M. Laradji, Nanostar self-assemblies of spherical nanoparticles inside lipid vesicles, Soft Matter 25, 1849-1859 (2025)
Sharma, Y. Zhu, E.J. Spangler, T.B. Hoang, and M. Laradji, Liposomes-induced ordered self-assemblies of Janus spherocylindrical nanoparticles, ACS Nano 18, 12957-12969 (2024)
J.T. Mims, L. Tsuna, E.J. Spangler, and M. Laradji, Nanoparticles insertion and dimerization in polymer brushes, Journal of Chemical Physics 160, 084906 (2024)
Zhu, A. Sharma, E.J. Spangler, P.B. Sunil Kumar, and M. Laradji, Liposomes-induced ordered nanoassemblies of Janus nanoparticles, Soft Matter 19, 2204-2213 (2023)
Wen, Y. Zhu, C. Peng, P.B. Sunil Kumar, and M. Laradji, Collective vortical motion and vorticity reversals of self-propelled particles on circularly patterned substrates, Physical Review E 107, 024606 (2023)
Moats, E. Asadi, and M. Laradji, Phase field crystal simulations of the kinetics of Ostwald ripening in two dimensions, Physical Review E 99, 012803 (2019)
A.D. Olinger, E.J. Spangler, P.B. Sunil Kumar, and M. Laradji, Membrane-mediated aggregation of anisotropically curved nanoparticles, Faraday Discussions 186, 265-275 (2016)
E.J. Spangler, S. Upreti, and M. Laradji, Partial wrapping and spontaneous endocytosis of spherical nanoparticles by tensionless lipid membranes, Journal of Chemical Physics 144, 044901 (2016)
R.S. Davis, P.B. Sunil Kumar, M.M. Sperotto, and M. Laradji, Predictions of phase separation in three-component lipid membranes by the MARTINI force field, Journal of Physical Chemistry B 117, 4072-4080 (2013)
J.D. Revalee, M. Laradji, and P.B. Sunil Kumar, Implicit-solvent mesoscale model based on soft-core potentials for self-assembled lipid bilayer membranes, Journal of Chemical Physics 128, 035102 (2008)
M.J.A. Hore and M. Laradji, Microphase-separation induced by interfacial segregation of isotropic, spherical nanoparticles, Journal of Chemical Physics 126, 044901 (2007)
Laradji and P.B. Sunil Kumar, Anomalously slow domain growth in fluid membranes with asymmetric transbilayer lipid distribution, Physical Review E 73 (rapid communication), 040901 (2006)
Laradji and P.B. Sunil Kumar, Dynamics of domain growth in self-assembled fluid vesicles, Physical Review Letters 91, 198105 (2004)
Laradji, A.C. Shi, R.C. Desai, and J. Noolandi, Stability of ordered phases in weakly segregated diblock copolymer systems, Physical Review Letters 78, 2577-2580 (1997)
Laradji, S. Toxvaerd, and O.G. Mouritsen, Molecular dynamics simulation of spinodal decomposition in three-dimensional binary fluids, Physical Review Letters 77, 2253-2256 (1996)