Vahid Satarifard

I am a research scientist in the Human Nature Lab. Before coming to Yale, I was a member of the Max Planck Society where I obtained my Ph.D. My research interests include complex biological and social systems.

Research

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    Biophysics

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    Olfaction

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    Multidisciplinary Science

Publications

  • V. Satarifard, L. Sisson, Y. Han, P. Ilídio, M. Hladis, M. Lalis, X. Song, W. Yin, A. Ravia, C. X. Zheng, G. Andreoletti, J. Albrecht, R. Pellegrino, Z. Wang, S. Yang, R. D’hondt, A. Ghinis, J. de Boer, F. K. Nakano, A. Gharahighehi, DREAM Olfactory Mixtures Prediction Consortium, B. Sanchez-Lengeling, A. Keller, L. B. Vosshall, S. Fiorucci, A. Tewari, J. Topin, C. Vens, M. Björkman, D. Kragic, N. Sobel, N. A. Christakis, J. D. Mainland, P. Meyer. High-Fidelity Tuning of Olfactory Mixture Distances in the Perceptual Space of Smell Through a Community Effort. bioRxiv (2025)
  • A. Naghilou, T. MJ. Evers, O. Armbruster, V. Satarifard, A. Mashaghi. Synthesis and characterization of phase-separated extracellular condensates in interactions with cells. Chemical Engineering Journal, 164551 (2025)
  • Z. Zhao, V. Satarifard, R. Lipowsky, and R. Dimova. Membrane nanotubes transform into double-membrane sheets at condensate droplets. PNAS, 121, 26 (2024)
  • R. Lipowsky, R. Ghosh, V. Satarifard, A. Sreekumari, M. Zamaletdinov, B. Różycki, M. Miettinen, and A. Grafmüller. Leaflet Tensions Control the Spatio-Temporal Remodeling of Lipid Bilayers and Nanovesicles. Biomolecules 13, 6 (2023)
  • R. Ghosh, V. Satarifard, and R. Lipowsky. Different Pathways for Engulfment and Endocytosis of Liquid Droplets by Nanovesicles. Nature Communications, 14, 615 (2023)
  • V. Satarifard and R. Lipowsky. Mutual Remodeling of Interacting Nanodroplets and Vesicles. Communications Physics, 6, 6, (2023)
  • R. Ghosh, V. Satarifard, A. Grafmüeller, and R. Lipowsky. Multiresponsive Budding and Fission of Nanovesicles Induced by Membrane Adsorption of Small Solutes. ACS Nano, 15, 7237-7248 (2021)
  • L. W.H.J. Heling, S. E. Banijamali, V. Satarifard, and A. Mashaghi. Programmed Polymer Folding. Invited Book Chapter, "Topological Polymer Chemistry", 159-176 Springer-Nature, (2022)
  • R. Ghosh, V. Satarifard, A. Grafmüeller, and R. Lipowsky. Spherical Nanovesicles Transform into a Multitude of Nonspherical Shapes. Nano Letters, 19, 7703-7711 (2019)
  • M. Heidari, V. Satarifard, and A. Mashaghi. Mapping a single-molecule folding process onto a topological space. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 21, 20338-20345 (2019)
  • V. Satarifard, A. Grafmüeller, and R. Lipowsky. Nanodroplets at Membranes Create Tight-Lipped Membrane Necks via Negative Line Tension. ACS Nano, 12, 12424-12435 (2018)
  • V. Satarifard, S. Kashefolgheta, A. Vila Verde, A. Grafmüeller. Is the Solution Activity Derivative Sufficient to Parametrize Ion–Ion Interactions? Ions for TIP5P Water. Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation 13, 2112–2122 (2017)
  • V. Satarifard, M. Mousaei, F. Hadadi, James Dix, M. Sobrino Fernandez, P. Carbone, J. Beheshtian, F. M. Peeters, and M. Neek-Amal. Reversible Structural Transition in Nanoconfined Ice. Physical Review B 95, 064105 (2017)
  • M. Heidari, V. Satarifard, S. J. Tans, M. R. Ejtehadi, S. Mashaghi, and A. Mashaghi. Topology of Internally Constrained Polymer Chains. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 19, 18389–18393 (2017)
  • V. Satarifard, M. Heidari, S. Mashaghi, S. J. Tans, M. R. Ejtehadi, and A. Mashaghi. Topology of Polymer Chains under Nanoscale Confinement. Nanoscale 9, 12170–12177 (2017)
  • V. Satarifard, M. Foroutan, M. R. Ejtehadi. How effective is graphene nanopore geometry on DNA sequencing? arXiv:1501.02169 (2015)
  • O. Mashinchian, S. Bonakdar, H. Taghinejad, V. Satarifard et al. Cell-imprinted substrates act as an artificial niche for skin regeneration. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 6, 13280–13292 (2014)