Works across multiscale mechanics, mechanobiology, and materials design to connect microstructure with function in soft tissues and polymer networks, with a particular focus on skin. Develops portable characterization tools, refined test methods, and standardized bioprinting workflows to guide biomaterial design and regenerative applications. Links multiscale experiments (in vivo, ex vivo, in situ, in vitro) and computational models (FEA, coarse-grained molecular dynamics, uncertainty quantification) with predictive or interpretative function.