He did postdoctoral work at Harvard University, and was previously an assistant professor at the IMT Institute for Advanced Studies in Lucca, Italy. His work focuses on the theoretical modeling of biophysical systems using concepts from polymer physics and complex networks. His group is currently applying theoretical models to better understand the conformations of DNA under confinement, the dynamics of bundles of stiff macromolecules, and the intermediate states accessible of generic polymer models with structured interactions along the backbone.