SERGIOERASO

PhD Candidate in Physics · MIT

Sergio Eraso

I work on nonequilibrium statistical physics and biophysics — finding the simple local rules that add up to complex collective behavior, and building the models, simulations, and tools to actually run them.

Sergio Eraso presenting at the MIT Department of Physics

Research

  1. Competition at the front of expanding populations
    Journal of Statistical Mechanics, 2026
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From the Journal

  1. Entropy and the arrow of time

    Physicists say no law is more sacred than the second law of thermodynamics. With the help of a stopwatch, a box of coins, and a little fifth-grade counting, you can see what entropy really is and why time only runs one way.

    Science Jun 24, 2024
  2. The passion for learning grades

    College students are more worried about their test scores than their actual understanding of the content they are learning, to no fault of their own. Read about this issue and my proposed solution on the Emory Wheel.

    Ideas Feb 26, 2020
  3. Symmetry transformations of fields

    How scalar, vector, covector, and general tensor fields transform under the symmetries of a group.

    Physics Jul 16, 2026
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Get in touch

I'm midway through my PhD and thinking about what comes next, in research or in industry. If you work on problems where modeling and simulation matter, I'd like to hear from you.