Living systems are complex alloy of individual units, such as cells or species. They spend energy to maintain their structures in not only space, such as cell shape and biofilm, but also time, such as cell cycle and collective dynamics.

So, how do living systems shape their own spacetime structures?
Is there a unifying principle, like solid/liquid/gas phases of matter, for living systems?

I focus on interactions between individuals to address this question.
In particular, I study how the structure and symmetry of underlying interactions reshape emergent dynamics.

I combine laboratory experiments, statistical physics and dynamical systems theory, and data-driven analysis tools to build quantitative models that bridges between complex systems and simple principles.