Filippidi Research Group

Research overview

Our experimental group focuses on understanding how the self-assembly of polymers, peptides and proteins gives rise to emergent properties beyond the individual constituents' behavior. We aim to understand and tune how microstructure and conformation on the microscopic scale affects macroscopic material properties, such as mechanical and thermal properties, viscosity and dynamics. We create new materials, draw questions from nature, and combine techniques from physics and biochemistry to better understand our systems of study.