ProfessorJoao Cabral
Professor of Soft Matter
Department of Chemical Engineering - Faculty of Engineering
Orcid identifier0000-0002-2590-225X (opens in a new tab)
- Professor of Soft MatterDepartment of Chemical Engineering - Faculty of Engineering
- 020 7594 5571 (Work)
- 517A, ACE Extension, South Kensington Campus, United Kingdom
BIO
2020-present P&G/RAEng Research Chair
2021-2024 Assoc Director of the Institute of Molecular Science & Engineering
2018-present Professor of Soft Matter Engineering
2014-2018 Reader in Soft Matter, Imperial College London
2014-2015 Visiting professor at Institute for Molecular Engineering (IME), University of Chicago, USA
2010-2014 Senior lecturer, Imperial College London
2005-2010 Lecturer in Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London
2002-2005 Foreign Guest Researcher, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), USA
1998-2002 PhD in Polymer Science, Imperial College London
1997 Laboratoire Léon Brillouin, Saclay, France
1996 Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden
1992-1997 Physics degree, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal
I lead the Soft Matter Engineering theme in the Department of Chemical Engineering. My research "Polymers & Microfluidics" group is focussed on soft condensed matter, in particular in complex polymer mixtures, multicomponent systems, often containing particles and copolymers. We study the thermodynamics and dynamics or polymer blends with a combination of real- and reciprocal-space techniques, including microscopy and AFM, and light, X-ray and neutron scattering.
We are interested in exploring microfluidics for soft matter processing, seizing their commensurate length and timescales. We are also interested in the patterning and device fabrication and explore ‘Frontal photopolymerisation’ (FPP) to rapidly create 3D structures that, moreover, are compatible with an array of organic solvents. We also developed a sound theoretical understanding of the nature of front propagation, which exhibits intriguing kinetics. In terms of applications, we work on microprocessing as a means to tune structure and performance of complex fluids, as well as interfacial tensiometry, and coupling of characterisation approaches such as scattering.
Finally, we develop high-throughput and combinatorial approaches for polymer mixtures and network formation. We are now elaborating on scattering and spectroscopic tools to elucidate aspects of morphology and stability of elusive soft matter systems.
2021-2024 Assoc Director of the Institute of Molecular Science & Engineering
2018-present Professor of Soft Matter Engineering
2014-2018 Reader in Soft Matter, Imperial College London
2014-2015 Visiting professor at Institute for Molecular Engineering (IME), University of Chicago, USA
2010-2014 Senior lecturer, Imperial College London
2005-2010 Lecturer in Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London
2002-2005 Foreign Guest Researcher, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), USA
1998-2002 PhD in Polymer Science, Imperial College London
1997 Laboratoire Léon Brillouin, Saclay, France
1996 Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden
1992-1997 Physics degree, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal
I lead the Soft Matter Engineering theme in the Department of Chemical Engineering. My research "Polymers & Microfluidics" group is focussed on soft condensed matter, in particular in complex polymer mixtures, multicomponent systems, often containing particles and copolymers. We study the thermodynamics and dynamics or polymer blends with a combination of real- and reciprocal-space techniques, including microscopy and AFM, and light, X-ray and neutron scattering.
We are interested in exploring microfluidics for soft matter processing, seizing their commensurate length and timescales. We are also interested in the patterning and device fabrication and explore ‘Frontal photopolymerisation’ (FPP) to rapidly create 3D structures that, moreover, are compatible with an array of organic solvents. We also developed a sound theoretical understanding of the nature of front propagation, which exhibits intriguing kinetics. In terms of applications, we work on microprocessing as a means to tune structure and performance of complex fluids, as well as interfacial tensiometry, and coupling of characterisation approaches such as scattering.
Finally, we develop high-throughput and combinatorial approaches for polymer mixtures and network formation. We are now elaborating on scattering and spectroscopic tools to elucidate aspects of morphology and stability of elusive soft matter systems.
FACULTY
- Faculty of Engineering
POSITION NAME
- Professor of Soft Matter