Research Focus
Our research focuses on biostabilization, which is the science of stably storing biologicals and it aims at developing methods to enhance storage stability of macromolecules, cells, and tissues using thermodynamic and transport principles.
Our research on bioencapsulation aims at designing and manufacturing organic-synthetic materials to be used in biotechnology and biomedicine.
Biostabilization
Our research in biostabilization area aims at stably storing biologicals (proteins, enzymes, liposomes, cells, biological fluids, and tissues) by cooling, freezing, and drying.
Bioencapsulation
Our bioencapsulation research aims at building synthetic-organic systems to be used in biotechnology, and as biomaterials.
Our biotechnology research focuses on encapsulating bacteria and enzymes in synthetic gels to be used in bioremediation and biocatalysis.
Our biomaterials research focuses on producing living materials capable of self-repair.
Biomedicine
Our biomedicine research focuses on developing methods to identify and isolate single dormant cells, which are the main sources of metastases and residual disease.