Ilian L. Pihlajamaa

Ilian L. Pihlajamaa is a postdoctoral researcher at the Applied Physics and Science Education department of Eindhoven University of Technology. His work focuses on soft matter physics, biological physics, and computational methods for studying non-equilibrium systems.

• PhD Thesis: Structure and dynamics of dense liquids (2025)
• Master Thesis: Geometric percolation of colloidal particles (2021)
• Bachelor Thesis: Connectedness percolation of long hard rods (2018)

Research interests span soft matter physics, glass transition phenomena, and machine learning applications in physical systems. Recent work investigates memory kernels in Langevin dynamics and develops open-source tools like ModeCouplingTheory.jl for solving integro-differential equations.

Key article trends include theoretical modeling of dense liquids, mode-coupling analysis for supercooled systems, and deep learning approaches to memory effects in colloidal dynamics. Collaborations with researchers like L.M.C. Janssen and C. Laudicina highlight interdisciplinary efforts.