Mechanics of soft materials: instability, fracture, and stimuli-responsive materials. Continuum mechanics and applications in technologies: additive manufacturing, soft robotics, and stretchable electronics. Nanomechanics and multiscale modeling. Biomechanics.

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• Soft Focus: A Flexible Future for Robots | UCLA Newsroom, June 2021

Harvard University, 2014

• PMSE Early Stage Investigator Award, 2023
• ASME Sia Nemat-Nasser Early Career Award, 2023
• Emerging Investigator by Soft Matter, 2023
• NSF CAREER Award, 2021
• UCLA Faculty Career Development Award, 2020
• Hellman Fellowship, 2019
• Extreme Mechanics Letters Young Investigator Award, 2018
• Haythornthwaite Young Investigator Award, 2016