My research is concerned with developing predictive models that rationalize the physics at play in problems arising in natural settings and model laboratory experiments. Through the elucidation of a variety of nature’s mechanisms, my group aims to inspire and inform the design of new technologies. Iteration between observation, analog experiment and theoretical modeling is a critical feature of my research, which is interdisciplinary by nature at the cusp of fluid mechanics, flexible solids mechanics, non-linear physics, biology and design.
