Luis A Nunes Amaral

Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering
Erastus Otis Haven Professor, Chemical and Biological Engineering
Professor, Medicine, Pulmonary Division
Professor, Physics and Astronomy
Chemical and Biological Engineering PhD Program
Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics PhD Program
Interdisciplinary Biological Sciences PhD Program
Co-Director, Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems (NICO)

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3762-789X

Emailamaral@northwestern.edu

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Research Interests

Professor Amaral conducts and directs research that provides insight into the emergence, evolution, and stability of complex social and biological systems. His research aims to address some of the most pressing challenges facing humanity, including the mitigation of errors in healthcare settings, the characterization of the conditions fostering innovation and creativity, or the growth limits imposed by sustainability.

Education/Academic qualification

Physics, PhD, Boston University

… → 1996

Physics, MS, University of Lisbon

Physics, BS, University of Lisbon

Research interests

Complex networks in nature
study of innovation and creativity
system-level modeling of biological processes

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17 Active
20 Finished

Integrative Multi-Scale Systems Analysis of Gene-Expression-Driven Aging Morbidity
Amaral, L. A. N.
National Institute on Aging
9/15/20 → 6/30/22
Project: Research project
A1: Systemic Content Analysis of Litigation Events (SCALES) Open Knowledge Network to Enable Transparency and Access to Court Records
Amaral, L. A. N., Delaney, E. F., DiCola, P. C., Hammond, K. J., Loeb, N., Pah, A. R., Sanga, S., Schwartz, D. L., Clopton, Z. D., Gowder, P. A. & Hagan, J. L.
National Science Foundation
9/1/20 → 8/31/22
Project: Research project
SCISIPBIO: A data-science approach to evaluating the likelihood of fraud and error in published studies
Amaral, L. A. N. & Chown, J.
National Science Foundation
9/1/20 → 8/31/22
Project: Research project
EAGER: Investigating the Hinge Mechanics of the Spike Protein to Understand the Coronavirus Infection Mechanism
Amaral, L. A. N. & Keten, S.
National Science Foundation
6/15/20 → 5/31/21
Project: Research project
Participant Support Cost for SP0055921
Amaral, L. A. N.
National Science Foundation
9/1/19 → 5/31/21
Project: Research project

31289 Citations
158 Article
12 Conference article
7 Chapter
7 Conference contribution
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Conformational stability of the bacterial adhesin, FimH, with an inactivating mutation
Liu, J., Amaral, L. A. N. & Keten, S., Mar 2021, In: Proteins: Structure, Function and Bioinformatics. 89, 3, p. 276-288 13 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
A new evaluation framework for topic modeling algorithms based on synthetic corpora
Shi, H., Gerlach, M., Diersen, I., Downey, D. & Amaral, L. A. N., 2020.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
Centrality anomalies in complex networks as a result of model over-simplification
Alves, L. G. A., Aleta, A., Rodrigues, F. A., Moreno, Y. & Nunes Amaral, L. A., 2020, In: New Journal of Physics. 22, 1, 013043.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
1 Scopus citations
Erratum: Cartography of complex networks: Modules and universal roles (Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment (2005) (P02001) DOI: 10.1088/1742-5468/2005/02/P02001)
Guimerà, R. & Nunes Amaral, L. A., Mar 2020, In: Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment. 2020, 3, 039901.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review

Open Access
Fly-QMA: Automated analysis of mosaic imaginal discs in Drosophila
Bernasek, S. M., Peláez, N., Carthew, R. W., Bagheri, N. & Amaral, L. A. N., 2020, In: PLoS computational biology. 16, 3, e1007406.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access