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.