Itai Cohen

Professor
Physics (LASSP) · CAS

Itai Cohen serves as Professor in Physics (LASSP) at Cornell University.

358 publications
10,710 citations
53 h-index
Medicine
Top Papers (6)
2010-03-01 · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · Aerospace Engineering
Discovering the flight autostabilizer of fruit flies by inducing aerial stumbles
Itai CohenProfessor, Physics (LASSP) · CAS
386.5x expected for field · 219 citations
2010-04-05 · Physical Review Letters · Aerospace Engineering
Fruit Flies Modulate Passive Wing Pitching to Generate In-Flight Turns
Itai CohenProfessor, Physics (LASSP) · CAS
375.7x expected for field · 171 citations
2009-04-17 · Journal of Experimental Biology · Aerospace Engineering
Automated hull reconstruction motion tracking (HRMT) applied to sideways maneuvers of free-flying insects
Itai CohenProfessor, Physics (LASSP) · CAS
348.0x expected for field · 111 citations
2013-05-22 · Journal of The Royal Society Interface · Aerospace Engineering
Active and passive stabilization of body pitch in insect flight
Itai CohenProfessor, Physics (LASSP) · CAS
266.1x expected for field · 171 citations
2015-03-11 · Journal of The Royal Society Interface · Aerospace Engineering
Controlling roll perturbations in fruit flies
Itai CohenProfessor, Physics (LASSP) · CAS
221.2x expected for field · 108 citations
2011-04-26 · Physical Review Letters · Aerospace Engineering
Paddling Mode of Forward Flight in Insects
Itai CohenProfessor, Physics (LASSP) · CAS
118.9x expected for field · 66 citations
Recent Papers (31)
2026-07-01 · Science Advances · Biomedical Engineering
Toward autonomous robotic-assisted and microrobotic surgery
Itai CohenProfessor, Physics (LASSP) · CAS
2026-03-01 · Journal of Biomechanics · Rheumatology
Articular chondrocytes from the knee and ankle have different sensitivities to shear strain
Michelle L. DelcoAsst Research Professor, Clinical Sciences DEPT · CVM
itai cohenProfessor, Physics (LASSP) · CAS
Lawrence J. BonassarProfessor, Biomedical Engineering DEPT · EN
2026-02-26 · Journal of Rheology · Materials Chemistry
Acoustic tuning of shear thickening suspensions: A universal scaling analysis
itai cohenProfessor, Physics (LASSP) · CAS
2026-02-08 · Cognitive Neuroscience
The hippocampus as a small-world cognitive map
itai cohenProfessor, Physics (LASSP) · CAS
Weinan SunProf Asst, Neurobiology & Behavior · CAS
2025-12-22 · Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics · Rheumatology
Shear Mechanics of Articular Cartilage and Cartilage-Inspired Materials
itai cohenProfessor, Physics (LASSP) · CAS
Lawrence J. BonassarProfessor, Biomedical Engineering DEPT · EN
2025-12-12 · Current Biology
Drosophila DNp03 descending neurons serve as a hub within a flight saccade network
Itai CohenProfessor, Physics (LASSP) · CAS
2025-11-04 · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · Aerospace Engineering
How tp1, an indirect wing steering muscle, stabilizes Drosophila’s flight
Itai CohenProfessor, Physics (LASSP) · CAS
2025-10-01 · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · Automotive Engineering
A multi-muscular, redundant strategy for free-flight roll stability
Itai CohenProfessor, Physics (LASSP) · CAS
2023-01-04
Bifurcation instructed design of multistate machines
Itai CohenProfessor, Physics (LASSP) · CAS
2022-04-21
Steering self-organisation through confinement
Itai CohenProfessor, Physics (LASSP) · CAS
2021-12-05
Programming Interactions in Magnetic Handshake Materials
Itai CohenProfessor, Physics (LASSP) · CAS
2021-09-13
Multivalued Inverse Design: Multiple Surface Geometries from One Flat Sheet
Itai CohenProfessor, Physics (LASSP) · CAS
2020-06-11
Bidirectional Self-Folding with Atomic Layer Deposition Nanofilms for Microscale Origami
David A. MullerProfessor, Applied & Engineering Physics DEPT · EN
Itai CohenProfessor, Physics (LASSP) · CAS
2020-01-01
Embedding orthogonal memories in a colloidal gel through oscillatory shear
Itai CohenProfessor, Physics (LASSP) · CAS
2019-09-17
Using Acoustic Perturbations to Dynamically Tune Shear Thickening in Colloidal Suspensions
Itai CohenProfessor, Physics (LASSP) · CAS
Brian J. KirbyProfessor, Mechanical & Aerospace Engr DEPT · EN
2019-01-28
Kirigami Mechanics as Stress Relief by Elastic Charges
Itai CohenProfessor, Physics (LASSP) · CAS
2019-01-28
Nonlinear mechanics of thin frames
Itai CohenProfessor, Physics (LASSP) · CAS
2017-10-13
Light Microscopy at Maximal Precision
Itai CohenProfessor, Physics (LASSP) · CAS
2017-10-12
How Confinement-Induced Structures Alter the Contribution of Hydrodynamic and Short-Ranged Repulsion Forces to the Viscosity of Colloidal Suspensions
Itai CohenProfessor, Physics (LASSP) · CAS
2016-09-12
Tunable shear thickening in suspensions
Itai CohenProfessor, Physics (LASSP) · CAS
2016-08-01
Measuring nonlinear stresses generated by defects in 3D colloidal crystals
Itai CohenProfessor, Physics (LASSP) · CAS
2016-03-30
Topological Mechanics of Origami and Kirigami
Itai CohenProfessor, Physics (LASSP) · CAS
2016-01-01
Relating microstructure and particle-level stress in colloidal crystals under increased confinement
Itai CohenProfessor, Physics (LASSP) · CAS
2015-12-21
Visualization, coarsening, and flow dynamics of focal conic domains in simulated smectic-Aliquid crystals
Itai CohenProfessor, Physics (LASSP) · CAS
2015-11-25
Hydrodynamic and Contact Contributions to Continuous Shear Thickening in Colloidal Suspensions
Itai CohenProfessor, Physics (LASSP) · CAS
2015-08-20
Geometrically controlled snapping transitions in shells with curved creases
Itai CohenProfessor, Physics (LASSP) · CAS
2014-03-01
A multi-axis confocal rheoscope for studying shear flow of structured fluids
Itai CohenProfessor, Physics (LASSP) · CAS
2013-12-18
Far-from-equilibrium sheared colloidal liquids: Disentangling relaxation, advection, and shear-induced diffusion
Fernando A. EscobedoProfessor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engr DEPT · EN
Itai CohenProfessor, Physics (LASSP) · CAS
2013-05-29
Collective Motion of Humans in Mosh and Circle Pits at Heavy Metal Concerts
Itai CohenProfessor, Physics (LASSP) · CAS
2010-08-09
Glassy Dislocation Dynamics in 2D Colloidal Dimer Crystals
Fernando A. EscobedoProfessor, Chemical and Biomolecular Engr DEPT · EN
Itai CohenProfessor, Physics (LASSP) · CAS
2010-04-05
Fruit Flies Modulate Passive Wing Pitching to Generate In-Flight Turns
Itai CohenProfessor, Physics (LASSP) · CAS