We aim to address important scientific and biomedical problems using interdisciplinary approaches, develop innovative solutions and translate them for biological and healthcare applications. Our focused areas include mechanobiology of human diseases such as cancer and malaria, and the development of microfluidic technologies and soft wearable devices for human disease diagnosis and precision therapy.

Another major research interest is collective cell migration which is central to the development and maintenance of multicellular organisms and requires orchestrated movement of cells in specific directions to specific locations and within geometrical constraints. Thus, understanding the mechanisms by which cells collective migrate may potentially lead to the development of therapeutic strategies for diseases such as cancer or for tissue repair. Here, we seek to understand how mechanical factors and cues such as substrate stiffness and confined space can regulate and coordinate collective migration of cells as well as force transmission across the cell sheet.