Greg van Anders, Queen's University

Research

Inverse Design Complex Systems Materials Design MC/MD Simulation Statistical Mechanics colloidal nanoparticles self assembly

Latest papers

Sufficient is better than optimal for training neural networks.
Nature communications · 2025 · senior author
Diversity in Partner Number Sexuality via Sexual Configurations Theory.
Archives of sexual behavior · 2025
Nanocrystal Assemblies: Current Advances and Open Problems
ACS Nano · 2024

All 9 publications

Latest funding

NanoDirt: Toward cheap, safe, and sustainable self-assembled materials
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$25,000
Statistical Physics of Design: Materials to Macroscale
NSERC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$198,000
Statistical Physics of Design: Materials to Macroscale
NSERC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$12,500

All 3 grants and awards

9 publications.

01

Sufficient is better than optimal for training neural networks.

Babayan I, Aliahmadi H, van Anders G

Nature communications2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-66983-3 PMID: 41345128

02

Diversity in Partner Number Sexuality via Sexual Configurations Theory.

Mathi LVK, Wilhelm BS, de Barros AC, Cardoso D, Connolly S, van Anders G, van Anders SM

Archives of sexual behavior2025

DOI: 10.1007/s10508-024-03072-4 PMID: 39820846

03

Nanocrystal Assemblies: Current Advances and Open Problems

Bassani CL, van Anders G, Banin U, Baranov D, Chen Q, Dijkstra M, Dimitriyev MS, Efrati E, Faraudo J, Gang O

ACS Nano2024137 citations

DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c10201

04

No free lunch for avoiding clustering vulnerabilities in distributed systems.

Chitnelawong P, Klishin AA, Mackay N, Singer DJ, van Anders G

Scientific reports2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-63278-3 PMID: 38834640

05

Shape and interaction decoupling for colloidal preassembly.

Baldauf L, Teich EG, Schall P, van Anders G, Rossi L

Science advances2022

DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abm0548 PMID: 35622919

06

Sexual Orientation Across Porn Use, Sexual Fantasy, and In-Person Sexuality: Visualizing Branchedness and Coincidence via Sexual Configurations Theory.

Gormezano AM, Harris EA, Gauvin SEM, Pinto J, van Anders G, van Anders SM

Archives of sexual behavior2022

DOI: 10.1007/s10508-021-02202-6 PMID: 35112269

07

Publisher Correction: Robust design from systems physics.

Klishin AA, Kirkley A, Singer DJ, van Anders G

Scientific reports2020Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-75648-8 PMID: 33127991

08

Robust design from systems physics.

Klishin AA, Kirkley A, Singer DJ, van Anders G

Scientific reports2020Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-70980-5 PMID: 32868791

09

FCC ↔ BCC Phase Transitions in Convex and Concave Hard Particle Systems.

Wan D, Du CX, van Anders G, Glotzer SC

The journal of physical chemistry. B2019

DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.9b08310 PMID: 31573808

NanoDirt: Toward cheap, safe, and sustainable self-assembled materials

Principal investigatorNSERC2022Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: van Anders, Greg G

Keywords: colloidal nanoparticles; inverse design; self assembly

$25,000

Statistical Physics of Design: Materials to Macroscale

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: van Anders, Greg

Keywords: statistical mechanics; inverse design; mc/md simulation; complex systems; materials design

$198,000

Statistical Physics of Design: Materials to Macroscale

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Discovery Launch Supplement

Principal investigators: VanAnders, Greg

$12,500

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

An-chang Shi

Physics & Astronomy

1 shared papers, latest 2024

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Inverse Design Dear Professor van Anders, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Sufficient is better than optimal for training neural networks." (2025), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "NanoDirt: Toward cheap, safe, and sustainable self-assembled materials" (2022), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]

Greg van Anders

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Sufficient is better than optimal for training neural networks.

Diversity in Partner Number Sexuality via Sexual Configurations Theory.

Nanocrystal Assemblies: Current Advances and Open Problems

No free lunch for avoiding clustering vulnerabilities in distributed systems.

Shape and interaction decoupling for colloidal preassembly.

Sexual Orientation Across Porn Use, Sexual Fantasy, and In-Person Sexuality: Visualizing Branchedness and Coincidence via Sexual Configurations Theory.

Publisher Correction: Robust design from systems physics.

Robust design from systems physics.

FCC &#x2194; BCC Phase Transitions in Convex and Concave Hard Particle Systems.

NanoDirt: Toward cheap, safe, and sustainable self-assembled materials

Statistical Physics of Design: Materials to Macroscale

Statistical Physics of Design: Materials to Macroscale

Frequent collaborators

An-chang Shi

FCC ↔ BCC Phase Transitions in Convex and Concave Hard Particle Systems.