EMBO Member
Institute of Science and Technology Austria (IST), Klosterneuburg | Austria
EMBO 2025
Our group is interested in biophysical theories and design principles of self-organization in biology, at various scales. We use tools from fluid mechanics, statistical physics as well as soft matter, to answer questions such as how cytoskeletal elements, which generate forces within cells, self-organize to produce complex spatiotemporal patterns, or how the complex architecture of branched organs derive from simple local rules.
Keywords: Theoretical biophysics / tissue mechanics / cytoskeleton / stem cell fate / branching morphogenesis / reaction-diffusion
Subject area(s): Development | Structural Biology & Biophysics | Systems Biology