Physical Chemistry and Chemical Physics of Colloids & (Bio)Interfaces

Environmental Physical Chemistry

Current research topics:

• Mechanistic analysis of the response of bioluminescence-based bacterial metal sensors.

• Thermodynamics & kinetics of metal speciation/complexation by molecular and (nano)particulate ligands.

• Reactive transfer of metals to metal-accumulating biointerfaces: metal bioavailability and lability of metal complexes.

• Assessment of nanoparticles-bacteria interactions from the molecular to mesoscopic scale, applications in ecotoxicology.

• Electrokinetics and electrohydrodynamics of (bio)particles and interfaces.

• Molecular determinants of bacterial adhesion to biotic and abiotic surfaces, homotypic and heterotypic cell interactions.

• Biophysical chemistry of bacterial interfaces.