Faculty member

Research Interests

Our research focuses on the application of NMR, and pulsed field gradient (PFG) NMR in particular, to unravel structure–dynamics relationships in heterogeneous and porous materials. These materials range from soft systems, such as biological tissues, to solid porous solids featuring both ordered and disordered porosities. 

Available PhD projects

• Orientational dependency of nuclear magnetic relaxation and diffusion probed using NMR for water in nanostructured environments  
• Biological tissues may have different structural motifs giving rise to locally-anisotropic environments. Diffusion and nuclear magnetic relaxation properties of water molecules as probed using various NMR approaches can notably be affected by those structural elements. Even though the effects of structural anisotropy has been extensively addressed, many aspects still remain insufficiently covered. By profiting from the availability of extremely strong pulsed magnetic field gradients up to 35 T/m and by applying state-of-the-art porous materials with well controlled pore geometries, we aim gaining deeper insight into orientational dependency of NMR parameters for materials mimicking some elements of biological tissues.