Molecular Selection and Assembly
Assembly Theory approaches to selection, molecular histories, and chemical evolution.
This work uses Assembly Theory to study selection at the molecular scale. Instead of beginning with known biological sequences, the approach asks what can be inferred from the structure and distribution of molecules themselves.
Molecular Histories
Assembly-based representations can compare chemical samples without requiring complete structural annotation. That is useful for complex mixtures, environmental samples, and systems where the relevant chemistry is not known in advance.
Research Direction
The broader aim is to build quantitative tools for detecting when chemistry has been shaped by selection, whether in experimental evolution, prebiotic chemistry, or unknown samples.