FIELDS OF INTERESTS
  • Materials Science
    • Theoretical and Computational Materials Science:
      • Irreversible thermodynamics of surfaces and interfaces; Continuum mechanics; Boundary and Finite element methods; Electromigration; Internal friction; Sintering behavior of powder compacts; Thin film growth modes (Volmer-Weber, Frank-van der Merwe, Stranski-Krastanov); Fabricating epitaxial nanoscale structures (quantum dots); Mechanical behavior of micro- and nano-size materials; Modeling and design of inorganic binding peptides.
    • High-Tech Ceramics:
      • Ceramic powders (i.e. PbZrO3, PbZr0.52Ti0.48O3, BaTiO3) and Ceramic powder synthesis techniques: (i.e. Homogeneous precipitation, hydrothermal synthesis).
    • Biomimetics:
      • Protein-inorganic interactions and their binding kinetic analysis (QCM, SPR); Peptide directed assembly and material synthesis.
  • Physics
    • Solid State Physics:
      • Electrical, magnetic and optical properties of materials.
    • Astronomy:
      • Amateur observations.
  • Biology/Biotechnology
    • Molecular Biology:
      • Protein structure prediction: Homology and template based modeling; Atomistic molecular dynamics modeling, Ab initio quantum mechanical calculations, protein-protein interactions (shape complementarity and electrostatic).
    • Bioinformatics:
      • Protein/Peptide knowledge (sequence)-based design and characterization.
  • Computer-Knowledge