Research Interests

• Design and development of functional nano-bio hybrids using synthesis, microfabrication and synthetic biology approaches
• Bio-inspired energy conversion
• Photocatalysis
• Material, energy transfer and signal transduction at the interface of engineered materials and living systems
• Materials for neuromodulation
• Synchrotron X-ray imaging of bioenergetic processes at nanoscale

Education

Ph.D. in Chemistry, Moscow State Academy of Fine Chemical Technology, Moscow, Russia

Postdoctoral training: JSPS fellow at Tohoku University (Sendai, Japan), Chemistry Dept. Princeton University (NJ, USA)