I am a theoretical physicist in the condensed matter physics group in the Physics Department at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. My research interests are primarily in the physics of soft matter, and in non-equilibrium physics. In particular, I study mechanisms for pattern formation in elastic membranes (e.g. wrinkling and crumpling), fluids (e.g. capillary waves and shear banding), and solids (e.g. sputtering-induced nanopatterning).