Research Interests: 
My research program focuses on understanding collective phenomena. I connect theoretical modeling approaches with empirical approaches. Where data is scarce, I design experiments and field studies to obtain individual-based data of collective behaviour to guide the modeling process. Applications include fish schooling, aquatic bird flock motion, synchrony in human rhythmic behaviour, and synchrony in pulsating corals, among others. I also study other problems in mathematical biology and, more broadly, applied mathematics, including simulation studies to investigate the dynamics of populations of people who inject drugs.

Areas of Research:
Mathematical biology, collective behaviour, mathematical modeling