About me

I am a CPBF Fellow in the Departments of Physics and Molecular Biology and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics at Princeton University, working with Ned Wingreen and Zemer Gitai. Previously, I was HFSP (Human Frontier Science Program) and PCTS (Princeton Center for Theoretical Science) Fellow with Ned Wingreen and Sujit Datta in the Physics and Chemical and Biological Engineering Departments.

I am interested in a broad range of research directions within the fields of biophysics, active matter, nonequilibrium systems, and soft matter. My current research focuses on elucidating how microbial communities self-organize, function, and withstand stressors in complex environments that mimic their complex real-life habitats. To uncover the fundamental mechanisms and biophysical principles underlying the morphodynamics of such complex systems, I employ a multidisciplinary approach that combines experiments, theory, and computational approaches.