Moumita Das
Professor
Moumita Das
Professor
Education
BS, MS, Jadavpur University (India); Ph.D., Indian Institute of Science (India); Postdoc, Harvard University, UCLA, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
Bio
Biological cells and tissues are soft and squishy yet highly resilient and robust. My research seeks to uncover the physical principles that enable their remarkable properties and their adaptability. Using statistical and soft matter physics, mechanics, and quantitative biology, we create mathematical models and biophysics theories for network-like structures such as the cytoskeleton of cells and extracellular matrix of soft tissues. Our analytical and computational methods study their emergent properties and dynamics, aiming to understand the biophysical rules of life and replicate these in synthetic materials with experimental collaborators.