Research Focus
Nonlinear continuum modeling of fluidization in growing elastic systems -- always willing to be wrong again!
The role of fluidization in symmetry breaking of large-scale tissue flows -- not just elastic buckling!
Robust and efficient computation of morphogenesis in growing tissues -- with convergence studies!
These three research directions reflect different aspects of my scientific perspective. The first is a deductive effort to reconcile theories that I and my collaborators have developed over the years to study seemingly different biological systems. The second reflects my scientific intuition, and the third my mathematical training and personal taste. They are currently supported by the following projects:
• large-scale wound closure (Multiscale Modeling of Fluidity in Partial EMT (pEMT) Planar Tissues-R01GM157590)
• tip-cell filamentous growth (CAREER: Probing Multiscale Growth Dynamics in Filamentous Cell Walls-DMS 2144372)