The role of talin1 and Kindlin-3 in integrin activation and lymphocyte adhesiveness to inflamed vessels under shear stress.

Mice models for chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD) .

Role of lymph node chemokines in lymphocyte scanning of dendritic cells.

Effector lymphocyte trafficking to sites of inflammation.

The functions of endothelial and myeloid ICAM-1 in adaptive and innate immunity.

Endothelial stores of chemokines and their function in leukocyte extravasation.

Chemokine activation of leukocyte integrins at endothelial contacts under shear stress.

Dendritic cell behavior:

Microbial genomics and RNAomics with Illumina sequencing

CRISPR, an antiviral microbial defense system

Computational discovery of novel natural antibiotics

Development of chemical methods for remediation of water polluted by organic compounds and heavy metals.

Fluid flow and chemical transport in groundwater systems.

Percolation, scaling and statistical physics models of structural and dynamic processes in geological formations.

Experimental and theoretical analysis of reactive transport and precipitation/dissolution patterns in porous media.

Continuum solid mechanics and materials physics

Statistical physics of nonequilibrium phenomena

miRNA role in human disease

Biological networks

Decision making and learning

Animal swarming and collective behavior

Computational Neuroscience

Departure from Newtonian dynamics as an explanation of the dark-matter problem in galactic systems.

High energy astrophysics: x-ray sources, gamma-ray sources.

Black holes at the centers of galaxies

Epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT), cancer stem cells (CSCs) and Wnt target genes in colon cancer metastasis

The interplay between the role of GRbeta-catenin in cell adhesion and signaling during colon cancer development.

The molecular basis and signaling roles of nerve cell adhesion receptors in colon cancer metastasis

The role of novel GRbeta-catenin target genes in tumor development and metastasis

Teaching and learning computer science

Teaching concurrent programming with model checking