Chemical engineers play a pivotal role in a large number of industrial, environmental, electronic, biotechnological, and biomedical applications. Through the combination of theory, simulation, and experiment, we use fundamental principles in chemical engineering (thermodynamics, transport, and kinetics) in the broad field of colloid and interface science. This enables us to solve challenging practical problems, including emulsification and surfactant self-assembly, wetting and nanomaterial synthesis, gas separations and water desalination, and drug delivery.
Research Interests
colloid and interface science; thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, and molecular simulations of surfactant self-assembly and hydrophobic solute micellar-enhanced solubilization in aqueous media; thermodynamics, molecular simulations, and kinetics of the dispersion and stabilization of nanomaterials (carbon nanotubes, graphene, MoS2) using solvents and aqueous surfactant solutions; transdermal and oral drug delivery
