Research Interests
We use the zebrafish inner development to investigate emerging behaviors in tissue morphogenesis as a result of under-explored players such as the mechano-chemical roles of the ECM, feedback interactions between patterning and morphogenesis, and the contribution of tissue geometry in determining robust organ shape. Our long-term vision is to build an integrated framework for tissue morphogenesis encapsulating reciprocal flow of information between genetic-patterns, cellular mechanics, tissue dynamics, and organ geometry for successful embryonic development.