I am interested in the self-organization of soft, complex, and living systems. This includes an astounding array of phenomena, from pattern formation (the spontaneous formation of complex structures under uniform driving) to the response of passive materials under complex driving (the focus of my PhD) to unique material properties and functionality enabled by the microscopic consumption of energy in living and active systems. While I am inspired by features observed in nature, my work primarily involves studying these messy and complicated phenomena using model systems in the lab and with simple simulations. 

I got my PhD in 2024 with Sid Nagel at the University of Chicago before starting as an independent postdoc at Johns Hopkins University. I am collaborating with the groups of Bob Leheny and Dan Reich in physics and with Rebecca Schulman in chemical engineering.