Research interests
Protein structure, interactons, and design
Active materials: cell differentiation, packing, tissue formation, crowding and anomalous diffusion in cells.
Computational biology and bioinformatics: ODE modeling and prediction of host response to infectious disease.
Granular materials: shear flows, random close packing, random loose packing, force chains.
Statistical mechanics of noneguilibrium systems
Glass and Jamming Transitions: slow dynamics and collective motions in amorphous materialsglass-forming ability and mechanical properties of bulk metallic glasses.

Selected Awards & Honors
Ackerman Teaching Award (2018)
Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society (2017)
Cyber-Enabled Discovery and Innovation Award from the National Science Foundation (2008)
Faculty Early Career Development Award from the National Science Foundation (2005)