Professor
During the past two and a half years I have redirected all my efforts towards Biology-driven research. The focus of my interest lies in the area of complex biological systems and, in particular in regulatory genetic and signaling networks, developmental Biology and network evolution. Another direction of great interest is modeling the cytoskeleton and its role in the differentiation and growth of biological tissue. In a previous incarnation I worked in the general area of complex (cooperative) phenomena in statistical mechanics and condensed matter systems. Specific interests included (i) collective quantum effects and Bose-Einstein condensation in atomic gases and excitonic systems; and (ii) the theory of strongly correlated Fermi systems with applications to the normal state, magnetic, and superconducting properties of heavy fermion materials and high-Tc oxides. For the past two and a half years I have dedicated a major part of my time to the conception, development and launching of the BioMaPS Initiative, the Institute and the Graduate Program; and I currently serve as Co-Director of the Institute and Director of the BioMaPS Graduate Program.
Revised Mar. 19, 2003