Research

I am broadly interested in the physical biology of intracellular organization and mechanics.  Slightly less broadly, I would like to understand cell nuclear organization.  How does the polymeric genome dynamically maintain its spatial structure?  What role does the genome play in cell and nuclear mechanics?  What impact do mechanical forces have on genome architecture?  What other mechanisms lead to the nonequilibrium self-organization that we observe?

Some of the links below have more details about my research.  This page is under construction (Last update: 11/3/17).  Please also see my Google Scholar profile.

Cell nuclear organization, mechanics, and morphology

DNA mechanics and protein-DNA interactions

Motility and self-organization

Immune cell migration

Microtubule and chromosome dynamics

Dynamics of jammed and glassy materials