Research Overview >>
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Research in our laboratory revolves around investigations of complex fluids and interfacial phenomena with the broad goal of establishing new principles for spatial and temporal control of soft materials.  

​We seek to provide fundamental knowledge that will enable the design of next-generation materials for monitoring of human exposure to chemical environments, precision medicine, food safety, energy-efficient separations processes and self-regulating autonomous micromachines. 

We are, for example, (i) exploring the design of responsive liquid crystalline materials with a focus on their ordering at complex interfaces, (ii) unmasking new rules for molecular self-assembly based on hydrophobic interactions, and (iii) designing surfactants that incorporate molecular triggers (redox- and photo- active groups) to achieve active control of aqueous systems.