Dr Ivan Palaia
King's College London
Department: Physics
Institution: King’s College London
Email: ivan.palaia@kcl.ac.uk
Website: https://ipalaia.wordpress.com/cv/
Research summary
I am interested in self-assembly out of equilibrium, ranging from inorganic materials like cement to biological structures in the cell. I use coarse-grained models and a mixture of computational and analytical techniques to understand how complex structures emerge from simple building blocks. Some systems I am currently excited about are the cytoskeleton, the cell membrane, protein aggregates and networks, as well as active colloids.
Keywords
Biophysics, self-assembly, active matter, cytoskeleton, membranes, protein aggregation, colloids