Research

• Describing growth-driven morphogenesis at both the cell and tissue levels

• Developing numerical simulations for growth-induced nonlinear mechanics, including elastic buckling and fluidization

• Applying what's above to case studies:
  • large-scale wound closure (supported by Multiscale Modeling of Fluidity in Partial EMT (pEMT) Planar Tissues-R01GM157590)
  • tip-cell filamentous growth (supported by CAREER: Probing Multiscale Growth Dynamics in Filamentous Cell Walls-DMS 2144372)
  • organoid growth and organogenesis