My research focuses on how immune activity shapes tissue repair and regeneration, and how chronic inflammation can derail these processes. Persistent inflammatory signaling not only delays healing but also alters immune cell behavior, creating a microenvironment that resists repair. To address this, I investigate active immunotherapy approaches that harness the body’s own immune system to restore balance and promote regeneration.

Rather than suppressing inflammation broadly, my work aims to reprogram immune responses locally using a biomaterial platform that I developed in the lab (drawing to the left), which provides spatial and temporal control over immune signaling. By integrating immunoengineering principles with regenerative medicine, I develop technologies that guide immune cells toward pro-regenerative phenotypes and enhance the body’s intrinsic capacity for repair.

Through this work, I seek to establish new frameworks for precision immunomodulation—therapies that not only resolve chronic inflammation but also actively support tissue regeneration across a range of diseases and injury contexts.