Our lab’s interests lie at the interface of soft matter and biology. We aim to understand and control the interactions between adaptive soft materials and living systems to solve challenges in sustainability and health.

We do this using a combination of experimental and theoretical approaches. Our core expertise is polymer physics, polymer chemistry, and voxelated bioprinting, complemented by molecular engineering, bioengineering, macro-/micro-rheology, in situ characterization, microscopy and image analysis, and microfluidics. Very recently, we successfully expanded our capability to in vivo animal studies.

Our research is highly interdisciplinary and collaborative. We work closely with experts from different fields to identify and solve problems of both fundamental importance and practical value. Members of our group often start with one area of research and gradually broaden their horizon spanning from physics, chemistry, biology, engineering to medicine.