Research

Current Research Projects:

• Biophysics of cellular force-sensing and transduction
• Novel Extracellular Matrix (ECM) Models for adult stem cell differentiation

Research Interests:

• micro mechanics of adult stem cells
• biophysics of cell-matrix interactions
• matrix induced adult stem cell differentiation
• novel polymeric ECM models
• biofunctional surfaces

Experimental techniques:

• atomic force microscopy
• fluorescence and DIC microscopy
• cell culture
• surface functionalization
• polymer physics and chemistry
• x-ray and neutron scattering and reflectrometry
• ellipsometry