Date and Time: 24th September 2013 (Tuesday), 11:00 AM
Venue: J216, Silver Jubilee Building, University of Macau
Abstract
In this talk, I will discuss how we take advantage of multiphase structures, such as emulsion drops and liquid jets, to study fundamental questions, including directed self-assembly at bio-interfaces, and to fabricate functional materials for drug delivery. In particular, I will focus on our efforts using microfluidic techniques to achieve control over the attributes of emulsions and jets, which are subsequently converted to functional materials via physicochemical approaches. I will end the talk by introducing some of our approaches to address the key challenges in the use of microfluidics and multiphase systems in biomedical applications.
Biography
Dr. Anderson Ho Cheung Shum received his B.S.E. degree, summa cum laude, in Chemical engineering from Princeton University, S.M. and Ph.D. in applied Physics from Harvard University. He is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Medical Engineering Program in the University of Hong Kong. His research interests include emulsions, microfluidics, emulsion-templated materials and soft matter. He is an editor-in-chief of an open-access journal “SOFT” and on the editorial board of several journals; he is also a reviewer for numerous peer-reviewed journals including Advanced Materials, Angewandte Chemie, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Nano Letters and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. He received the Early Career Award from the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong in 2012, the Graduate Student Silver Award from the Materials Research Society in Spring 2010, Robert L. Wallace Prize Fellowship from Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences in 2006-2007, as well as Notable mention in Art of Competition, Award for Overall Excellence in Chemical Engineering, Proctor & Gamble (P&G) Award for Outstanding Design Project, and Ticona Award for Outstanding Student Thesis from Princeton University in 2005.