diff --git a/src/Particle/ParticleContainer.H b/src/Particle/ParticleContainer.H
index 02f5c34f..a8a12297 100644
--- a/src/Particle/ParticleContainer.H
+++ b/src/Particle/ParticleContainer.H
@@ -131,11 +131,17 @@ void make_Iterators (py::module &m, std::string allocstr)
 template <typename T_ParticleType, int T_NArrayReal=0, int T_NArrayInt=0>
 void make_ParticleInitData (py::module &m) {
     using ParticleType = T_ParticleType;
-    using ParticleInitData = ParticleInitType<ParticleType::NReal, ParticleType::NInt, T_NArrayReal, T_NArrayInt>;
-    // depends on https://github.com/AMReX-Codes/amrex/pull/3280
-    // using ParticleInitData = ParticleInitType<ParticleType, T_NArrayReal, T_NArrayInt>;
 
-    std::string const suffix = particle_type_suffix<T_ParticleType, T_NArrayReal, T_NArrayInt>();
+    //using ParticleInitData = typename ParticleContainerType::ParticleInitData;
+    using ParticleInitData = typename std::conditional<
+        ParticleType::is_soa_particle,
+        // SoA Particle: init w/o positions and id/cpu, but explicitly listed in define
+        ParticleInitTypeSoA<T_NArrayReal - AMREX_SPACEDIM, T_NArrayInt - 2>,
+        // legacy particle: init w/o positions and id/cpu, only implicitly listed in define
+        ParticleInitType<ParticleType::NReal, ParticleType::NInt, T_NArrayReal, T_NArrayInt>
+    >::type;
+
+    std::string const suffix = particle_type_suffix<ParticleType, T_NArrayReal, T_NArrayInt>();
     auto const particle_init_data_type =
         std::string("ParticleInitType_") + suffix;
     auto py_particle_init_data = py::class_<ParticleInitData>(m, particle_init_data_type.c_str())
@@ -221,14 +227,16 @@ void make_ParticleContainer_and_Iterators (py::module &m, std::string allocstr)
         //                         const IntVect* Nrep = nullptr);
 
         // void InitFromBinaryFile (const std::string& file, int extradata);
-
         // void InitFromBinaryMetaFile
-        //     void InitRandom (Long icount, ULong iseed,
-        //                  const ParticleInitData& mass,
-        //                  bool serialize = false, RealBox bx = RealBox());
 
-        .def("Increment", &ParticleContainerType::Increment) // TODO pure SoA
-        //.def("IncrementWithTotal", &ParticleContainerType::IncrementWithTotal, py::arg("mf"), py::arg("level"), py::arg("local")=false) // TODO pure SoA
+        // TODO for pure SoA
+        // depends on https://github.com/AMReX-Codes/amrex/pull/3280
+        .def("InitRandom", py::overload_cast<Long, ULong, const ParticleInitData&, bool, RealBox>(&ParticleContainerType::InitRandom))
+        //.def("InitRandomPerBox", py::overload_cast<Long, ULong, const ParticleInitData&>(&ParticleContainerType::InitRandomPerBox)) // TODO pure SoA
+        .def("InitOnePerCell", &ParticleContainerType::InitOnePerCell) // TODO pure SoA
+
+        .def("Increment", &ParticleContainerType::Increment)
+        .def("IncrementWithTotal", &ParticleContainerType::IncrementWithTotal, py::arg("mf"), py::arg("level"), py::arg("local")=false)
         .def("Redistribute", &ParticleContainerType::Redistribute, py::arg("lev_min")=0, py::arg("lev_max")=-1,
                                             py::arg("nGrow")=0, py::arg("local")=0, py::arg("remove_negative")=true)
         .def("SortParticlesByCell", &ParticleContainerType::SortParticlesByCell)
@@ -361,15 +369,6 @@ void make_ParticleContainer_and_Iterators (py::module &m, std::string allocstr)
         // }
     ;
 
-    // TODO for pure SoA
-    // depends on https://github.com/AMReX-Codes/amrex/pull/3280
-    if constexpr (!T_ParticleType::is_soa_particle) {
-        py_pc
-            .def("InitRandom", py::overload_cast<Long, ULong, const ParticleInitData&, bool, RealBox>(&ParticleContainerType::InitRandom)) // TODO pure SoA
-            .def("InitRandomPerBox", py::overload_cast<Long, ULong, const ParticleInitData&>(&ParticleContainerType::InitRandomPerBox)) // TODO pure SoA
-            .def("InitOnePerCell", &ParticleContainerType::InitOnePerCell);
-    }
-
     using iterator = amrex::ParIter_impl<ParticleType, T_NArrayReal, T_NArrayInt, Allocator>;
     make_Iterators< false, iterator, Allocator >(m, allocstr);
     using const_iterator = amrex::ParConstIter_impl<ParticleType, T_NArrayReal, T_NArrayInt, Allocator>;
@@ -383,8 +382,7 @@ void make_ParticleContainer_and_Iterators (py::module &m)
 {
     // TODO for pure SoA
     // depends on https://github.com/AMReX-Codes/amrex/pull/3280
-    if constexpr (!T_ParticleType::is_soa_particle)
-        make_ParticleInitData<T_ParticleType, T_NArrayReal, T_NArrayInt>(m);
+    make_ParticleInitData<T_ParticleType, T_NArrayReal, T_NArrayInt>(m);
 
     // see Src/Base/AMReX_GpuContainers.H
     //   !AMREX_USE_GPU: DefaultAllocator = std::allocator
diff --git a/src/Particle/ParticleTile.cpp b/src/Particle/ParticleTile.cpp
index 3bbd6ff9..9fac1b40 100644
--- a/src/Particle/ParticleTile.cpp
+++ b/src/Particle/ParticleTile.cpp
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ void make_ParticleTileData(py::module &m) {
         std::to_string(NArrayInt);
     py::class_<ParticleTileDataType>(m, particle_tile_data_type.c_str())
             .def(py::init())
-            .def_readonly("m_size", &ParticleTileDataType::m_size)
-            .def_readonly("m_num_runtime_real", &ParticleTileDataType::m_num_runtime_real)
-            .def_readonly("m_num_runtime_int", &ParticleTileDataType::m_num_runtime_int)
+            .def_readonly("size", &ParticleTileDataType::m_size)
+            .def_readonly("num_runtime_real", &ParticleTileDataType::m_num_runtime_real)
+            .def_readonly("num_runtime_int", &ParticleTileDataType::m_num_runtime_int)
             .def("getSuperParticle", &ParticleTileDataType::template getSuperParticle<ParticleType>)
             .def("setSuperParticle", &ParticleTileDataType::template setSuperParticle<ParticleType>)
             // setter & getter