Postdoctoral scholar investigating how extracellular matrix (ECM) remodeling regulates cellular organization, mechanosensation, and cancer progression. My research integrates engineered biomaterials, mechanobiology, quantitative modeling, and spatial profiling to define how matrix mechanics, adhesion, and degradation shape cellular states. Building on my training in materials engineering and my work establishing links between matrix degradation and stress-relaxation (PNAS 2025), I am developing predictive experimental frameworks that connect engineered microenvironments with cancer organoids and patient tissues. My long-term goal is to establish an independent research program that decodes and reconstructs dynamic cell-ECM interactions in cancer and other epithelial diseases.