Many mechanical, dynamical and structural properties of materials remain poorly understood for reasons independent of system-specific chemistry. Great advances in understanding these properties can be achieved through coarse-grained and multiscale simulations that are computationally efficient enough to access experimentally accessible spatiotemporal scales yet "chemically" realistic enough to capture the essential physics underlying the properties under study. My research aims to explain poorly-understood behaviors of polymeric, glassy, and granular systems through coarse-grained modeling and concomitant development of analytic theories. Generally I aim do basic research on topics that are of substantial practical interest. More details can be found on my CV.