My research focuses on the dynamical aspects of social and biological phenomena. I have specialized in the analysis of large data sets in an empirically driven approach to understand the interplay between the structure and the dynamics of the networks defined by systems as diverse as mobile phone networks, genetic coexpression, TF-promoter binding, disease comorbidity, and economic complexity.

My current research agenda at Harvard University focuses mainly in the study of economic development from the perspective of complexity and network science. In particular, I study the evolution of countries' productive structures, both empirically and theoretically, by looking at how the development process is shaped by the similarity between a country's products and the capabilities that go into producing them.