Current Research

Tissue Rheology

Living tissues are neither simple solids nor simple fluids. I study how their material response emerges from cell-scale deformation, adhesion and rearrangements.

How does a tissue flow — and can its rheology be inferred directly from images?

Viscoelasticity & plasticity

Linking tissue-scale deformation to cell-scale rearrangements and relaxation.

Collective migration

Using heterogeneous flows and confinement to reveal effective material behaviour.

Inverse mechanics

Vertex models, physics-informed inference and non-invasive rheology from velocity fields.