Research Interests

How do multicellular organisms create patterns, and how does evolution “tinker” with these patterning processes to create the seemingly endless forms observed today?

My research delves into the mechanisms behind these phenomena, focusing on how plants develop intricate, colourful patterns on their petals and how evolution modifies these patterns over time.

I am a theoretical biologist interested in understanding how biological complexity evolves. Life exists in different levels of organisation, and my research aims to understand how transitions between these levels happen - i.e., how molecules organise to form cells, how cells organise to form organisms, how organisms organise to form populations, and so on. Currently, I am studying the evolution of multicellularity using a computational model.

Research Interests

Research Interests

I am a theoretical biologist — I study biological phenomena by making computer models to simulate the underlying processes. My research centres around the evolutionary dynamics of developmental processes, also known as evo-devo. At the Sainsbury Laboratory I am employing computational models to study the long-term evolution of plant development and integrating understandings of how gene regulatory networks and dynamical processes that generate complex morphologies can evolve.