Shiling Liang
Research interests
out-of-equilibrium thermodynamics, chemical reaction theory, biological physics
Education
2020 - 2024
Ph.D. in Physics, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
2018 - 2020
M.Sc. in Physics, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
2016 - 2018
B.Sc. in Physics, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
2014 - 2018
B.Sc. in Physics, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China
Awards, Grants & Honours
2024
APS DBIO Travel Awards (declined)
2023
JSPS Strategic Fellowship for research in Japan
2022
Best Short Talk Award, 7th Beijing Soft Matter Workshop
2016 - 2017
Research Grant of China National University Student Innovation & Entrepreneurship Development Program
2015 - 2018
Scholarship of China National Scheme for Cultivating Top-notch Students in Basic Disciplines
Publications
2023
[7] Liang, S., Ma, Y.-H., Busiello, D.M. and De Los Rios, P., 2023. A Minimal Model for Carnot Efficiency at Maximum Power., arXiv preprint, arXiv:2312.02323.
[6] Liang, S., Pigolotti, S., 2023. Thermodynamic bounds on time-reversal asymmetry. Phys. Rev. E (Letter) 108, L062101.
2022
[5] Liang, S., De Los Rios, P. and Busiello, D.M., 2022. Universal thermodynamic bounds on symmetry breaking in biochemical systems. arXiv preprint, arXiv:2212.12074.
[4] Liang, S., Busiello, D.M. and De Los Rios, P., 2022. Emergent thermophoretic behavior in chemical reaction systems. New Journal of Physics, 24(12), p.123006.
2021
[3] Liang, S., De Los Rios, P. and Busiello, D.M., 2021. Dissipation-Driven Selection under Finite Diffusion: Hints from Equilibrium and Separation of Time Scales. Entropy, 23(8), p.1068.
[2] Busiello, D.M., Liang, S., Piazza, F. and De Los Rios, P., 2021. Dissipation-driven selection of states in non-equilibrium chemical networks. Communications Chemistry, 4(1), p.16.
[1] Dass, A.V., Georgelin, T., Westall, F., Foucher, F., De Los Rios, P., Busiello, D.M., Liang, S. and Piazza, F., 2021. Equilibrium and non-equilibrium furanose selection in the ribose isomerisation network. Nature communications, 12(1), p.2749.
Research Experiences
Jan 2023 - Jun 2023
Thermodynamic Constraints on Symmetry Breaking in Biochemical Systems
- JSPS Fellow (Strategic Program) @ Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Japan
- Supervisor: Prof. Simone Pigolotti
Sep 2020 - Now
Thermodynamics Costs of Spatiotemporal Symmetry Breaking
- PhD project at LBS, EPFL
- Supervisors: Prof. Paolo De Los Rios and Dr. Daniel Maria Busiello
Feb 2019 - Jul 2020
Thermodynamic Origins of Life
- Semester projects and master project at Lab of Statistical Biophysics (LBS), EPFL
- Supervisors: Prof. Paolo De Los Rios and Dr. Daniel Maria Busiello
- Master Thesis: Non-equilibrium Chemical Reactions under Non-Isothermal Conditions
Feb 2018 - Jun 2018
Modelling of Bacterial Biofilms
- B.Sc. Dissertation at the University of Manchester
May 2016 - May 2017
Complex Network Approach for the High Efficiency Light-Harvesting System
- Undergraduate Research Project at Beijing Normal University. Supervisor: Prof. Qing Ai
- Funding: China National University Student Innovation & Entrepreneurship Development Program (No.201610027101)
Schools, Workshops & Conferences
Aug 2023
StatPhys28, Tokyo, Japan, Contributed talk: Universal thermodynamic bounds on symmetry breaking in living systems: from error correction to pattern formation
Jun 2023
Molecular Origins of Life, Munich, Online, Poster: Emergent thermophoretic behavior in chemical reaction systems
May 2023
Workshop on Stochastic Thermodynamics - WOST IV, ICTP, Italy, Contributed talk: Universal thermodynamic bounds on symmetry breaking in living systems: from error correction to pattern formation
Mar 2023
APS March Meeting, Contributed talk: Universal thermodynamic bounds on spontaneous chiral symmetry breaking
Dec 2022
(Post)modern Thermodynamics School & Workshop, Luxembourg University, Luxembourg, Poster: Emergent thermophoretic behavior in chemical reaction systems
Sep 2022
School on Information, Noise, and Physics of Life, Niš, Serbia
Jul 2022
7th Beijing Soft Matter Workshop, Beijing, China, Contributed Talk: Emergent thermophoretic behavior for particles with internal states (Best Short Talk Award)
Jun 2022
Molecular Origins of Life, Munich, Germany, Poster: Universal thermodynamic bounds on spontaneous chiral symmetry breaking
May 2021
14th International meeting on Thermodiffusion, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway (Online), Poster: Thermophoresis of multi-state particles
Sep 2019
IX GEFENOL Summer School on Statistical Physics of Complex Systems, Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spain
Aug 2019
Mathematics of Deep Learning, Zuse Institute Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Aug 2019
Bad Honnef Physics School: Physics of Bacteria, Physikzentrum Bad Honnef, Germany
Jul 2019
Hands-On Research in Complex Systems School, ICTP, Trieste, Italy, Poster: The cluster structure of high-efficiency photosystem (PS I)
Jun 2017
Introduction to Complex System Summer School, Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands
Seminars
2023
Thermodynamic cost of spatiotemporal symmetry breaking, LMU, Munich, Germany, Nov 2023
Thermodynamic cost of time-reversal symmetry breaking, MPI-PKS, Dresden, Germany, Nov 2023
Thermodynamic cost to break spatiotemporal symmetry, BICMR, Peking University, Beijing, China, Aug 2023
Why must life be out of equilibrium, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China, Aug 2023
From origins of life to thermodynamic bounds on symmetry breaking, Peking University, Beijing, China, Jul 2023
Thermodynamics on the origin and the present of life, ELSI, Tokyo, Japan, May 2023
Thermodynamics on the origin and the present of life, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, May 2023
Symmetry breaking in the present and origin of life, USTC, Hefei, China (Online), Jan 2023
2022
Non-isothermal chemical reaction networks: hints to the origins of life, MISANU, Serbia (Online), Nov 2022
Other activities
2022-now
Creator and organizer of Statistical Physics Youth Communications
- A Chinese early career researcher network in statistical physics.
- Successfully attracted and engaged over 160 members from diverse geographical locations, with continued growth in membership.
- Hosted 6 online seminars. Future seminars will be held once a month.