Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering
Research interests
Adhesion, surface forces and associated micro-mechanical properties of such soft materials as (synthetic and biological) polymers, sticky fluids, and biological tissues, in particular, under micro- and nanometer confinements.
Research projects
Biomimetic adhesion and bio-inspired materials, Polymers, interfacial phenomena and surface chemistry, Nanoparticles functionalization and dispersion in nanocomposites, Contact adhesion studies of hydrogels for biomedical applications.