Mission
My mission is to develop a new generation of active, renewable and highly functional biomaterials using cellulose and wood as material resources. To achieve this different research backgrounds within materials science, chemistry, physics and biology are merged in an effort to understand at a fundamental level how interactions between renewable polymers, colloids, proteins and microorganisms can be used to develop new sustainable high performance materials.
Projects
Printed Paper Batteries
Materials, inks and printing processes towards sustainable electronics and IoT applications
Sustainable Spray Packaging
Green materials and technologies for smart packaging applications
Conductive Biohybrid Aerogels
Robust and compressible soft materials for shielding, optical and 3D electronic devices
As a researcher I strive to understand the fundamental rules that govern the assembly of high performance renewable materials.
What you like to get involved?
Please reach out to me if you want to support one of our research projects or if you are a motivated and creative person that would like to join our lab at Empa.