We study fundamental colloid and surface science and their applications in biomedicine and biotechnology. Our research focuses on the biophysical properties of pulmonary surfactant, tear film, and other self-assembled phospholipid/protein interfacial layers; pulmonary toxicology of nanomaterials and nanoparticle-based pulmonary drug delivery; and the development of advanced methodologies for surface tension and contact angle measurements.

The experimental and computational techniques used in our laboratory include constrained drop surfactometry (CDS), invented in our laboratory, as well as atomic force microscopy (AFM), the Langmuir–Blodgett (LB) technique, and deep learning–based approaches.

Our overarching goal is to uncover the fundamental physicochemical principles governing biocolloids and biointerfaces, and to translate this knowledge into biomedical and clinical applications through an interdisciplinary and translational research approach.