University of Pittsburgh
Synthetic
Morphogenesis
We engineer synthetic living tissues to decode the biophysical principles governing morphogenesis, combining organoid biology, quantitative imaging, and computational modeling to understand how form emerges from cells.
Research Themes
We combine organoid biology with physics and computation to ask how living tissues acquire their shape.
Cardiac Organoids
Engineering heart tissue models for functional assays and drug discovery applications.
Brain Organoids
Neuroepithelial morphogenesis, 3D imaging, and quantitative morphology.
Computational Methods
Image analysis pipelines and biophysical modeling tools for quantitative biology.
Biological Physics
Osmotic biophysics and tissue mechanics governing how cells sense and organize.