Research Interests

I am interested in developing and implementing topological and geometric methods that can help us understand biological data and, hopefully, get a better idea about the underlying biological processes. Also, I investigate the structure and dynamics of biological networks, in particular, gene regulatory networks.

A large part of my recent work has been done within two DARPA projects: Topological Data Analysis and Fundamental Laws of Biology. During my time with the Theoretical Ecology and Integrative Biology group I was actively working on developing geometric and topological descriptors for biological networks and analyzing effects of copy number variation on dynamics of gene regulatory network motifs. I continue and expand this work at Duke trying to answer more general questions concerning gene regulatory networks and collaborating with the Benfey lab on applying topological and geomtric approaches to analyzing root system architectures.

Recent Publications