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94 changes: 94 additions & 0 deletions _data/citations.yaml
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- id: doi:10.1016/j.xcrp.2026.103212
title: "What it takes to solve the origin of life: An integrated review. Part 1\u2013\
Experimental methods and data repositories"
authors:
- Silke Asche
- Carla Bautista
- Celia Blanco
- David Boulesteix
- Alexandre Champagne-Ruel
- Cole Mathis
- Omer Markovitch
- Zhen Peng
- Avinash Vicholous Dass
- Alyssa Adams
- Eloi Camprubi
- Enrico Sandro Colizzi
- "Stephanie Col\xF3n-Santos"
- Hannah Dromiack
- Valentina Erastova
- Amanda Garcia
- Ghjuvan Grimaud
- Aaron Halpern
- Stuart A. Harrison
- "Se\xE1n F. Jordan"
- Tony Z. Jia
- Amit Kahana
- Artemy Kolchinsky
- Odin Moron-Garcia
- Ryo Mizuuchi
- Jingbo Nan
- Yuliia Orlova
- Ben K.D. Pearce
- Klaus Paschek
- Martina Preiner
- Silvana Pinna
- "Eduardo Rodr\xEDguez-Rom\xE1n"
- Loraine Schwander
- Siddhant Sharma
- Harrison B. Smith
- Andrey Vieira
- Joana C. Xavier
publisher: Cell Reports Physical Science
date: '2026-04-01'
link: https://doi.org/hbwvk4
orcid: 0000-0001-8424-9169
plugin: orcid.py
file: orcid.yaml
- id: doi:10.1016/j.xcrp.2026.103211
title: 'What it takes to solve the origins of life: An integrated review. Part 2:
Theoretical methods and emerging trends'
authors:
- Silke Asche
- Carla Bautista
- Celia Blanco
- David Boulesteix
- Alexandre Champagne-Ruel
- Cole Mathis
- Omer Markovitch
- Zhen Peng
- Avinash Vicholous Dass
- Alyssa Adams
- Eloi Camprubi
- Enrico Sandro Colizzi
- "Stephanie Col\xF3n-Santos"
- Hannah Dromiack
- Valentina Erastova
- Amanda Garcia
- Ghjuvan Grimaud
- Aaron Halpern
- Stuart A. Harrison
- "Se\xE1n F. Jordan"
- Tony Z. Jia
- Amit Kahana
- Artemy Kolchinsky
- Odin Moron-Garcia
- Ryo Mizuuchi
- Jingbo Nan
- Yuliia Orlova
- Ben K.D. Pearce
- Klaus Paschek
- Martina Preiner
- Silvana Pinna
- "Eduardo Rodr\xEDguez-Rom\xE1n"
- Loraine Schwander
- Siddhant Sharma
- Harrison B. Smith
- Andrey Vieira
- Joana C. Xavier
publisher: Cell Reports Physical Science
date: '2026-04-01'
link: https://doi.org/hbv4bx
orcid: 0000-0001-8424-9169
plugin: orcid.py
file: orcid.yaml
- id: doi:10.21105/joss.09318
title: 'assembly-theory: Open, Reproducible Calculation of Assembly Indices'
authors:
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home-page: https://alexandrechampagne.io
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I’m Alexandre Champagne-Ruel, a NASA Postdoctoral Fellow with the Mathis Group at ASU. I’m a physicist with dual training in philosophy, and I’m deeply passionate about the origins of life and complex systems.
I am a NASA Postdoctoral Fellow and physicist at Arizona State University’s Biodesign Institute. As a member of the Mathis Group, I investigate the physical principles underlying the origin of life. My research integrates statistical mechanics, information theory, and evolutionary dynamics to understand how spatial environments drive the emergence of complexity.

I study how physical processes and environmental structures shape the emergence of complexity at life’s origin. Using artificial-chemistry models, I investigate how transport and topology modulate the emergence of complex chemistry, with the goal of refining agnostic life-detection strategies and experimental design.
I completed my PhD at the Université de Montréal in 2025. My thesis, La spatialité dans l’évolution prébiotique : vers une physique de l’émergence de la complexité (Spatiality in prebiotic evolution: toward a physics of the emergence of complexity), explored how spatial structure can shape the emergence of molecular and evolutionary complexity.

In earlier work, I explored how perturbations and diffusion can promote cooperative phenomena, complex behavior, and spatial patterning. I’m also actively involved in the Origin of Life Early Career Network and maintain the Origin of Life Digest.
I also maintain the [Origin of Life Digest](https://buttondown.com/ooldigest/), and I’m a member of the [Origin of Life Early Career Network](https://www.oolen.org) (OoLEN), serving on its Executive Board since 2022.