Team

Kunal Masania

About Kunal

The lab is headed by Kunal Masania (CV) and was founded in Jan 2020. Kunal obtained his PhD in Mechanical Engineering on the fracture mechanics of multi-scale composites from Imperial College London, UK in 2010. In 2011 he joined the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland, to develop innovative manufacturing of new high-performance materials at industrial scale. In 2015 at ETH Zurich, Switzerland, he turned focus to the development of hierarchical structured materials with inspiration from the natural world using additive manufacturing. His work has been recognised by various prizes such as an ERC Consolidator Grant, MaP Career Seed Award from the ETH Foundation, and JEC Innovation Award.

Our team

Post-Doctoral Researchers

Kathrin Weiland

3D printing
Hierarchical porous materials
Bio-based materials

Sarah Schyck

Mycelium materials
Nanoparticle functionalization
Advanced microscopy techniques

Saurav Sharma

Computational Solid Mechanics
Electromechanical Coupling
Active Metamaterials

Chintan Jansari

Computational Solid Mechanics
Topology Optimisation
Additive Manufacturing of Composites

Sourav Patranabish

Liquid Crystal Polymers
Multi-Axis Printing
Functional Materials

Shardul Bhusari

Engineered Living Materials
3D Bioprinting
Mycelium materials

Diwakar Singh

Smart materials & structures
Vibration control of structures
Micro-macro analysis of composites

PhD Candidates

Caroline Houriet

Liquid Crystal Polymers
Bioinspiration
Free-form Manufacturing

Satya Ammu

Functional materials
4D printing
3D printing piezo-electrics

Muhamad Amani

Topology Optimization
Computer Vision
Artificial Intelligence

Deniz Sayinbas

Bio-based composites
Additive manufacturing of composites
Flax fibre-reinforced materials

Natalia Sofia Guevara-Sotelo

Living composites
Biomimetic materials
Metamaterials

Zhiyuan Xu

Bio-based epoxy adhesive
Biomimetic structures
Composites

Ingo Nettersheim

Engineered living materials
Bio-based composites
Wood additive manufacturing

Mark Ablonczy

Functional mycelium materials
Engineered wood composites
Bio-inspired material design

Yaren Özüaçıksöz

Biodegradable electrodes
Mycelium-based materials
3D printing electronics

Christopher Lankhof

Shaping hydrogels
Binder jetting
Living materials

Jasper Groen

DNA-of-things
Synthetic biology
Bio-inspired materials

Swaliha Binth Hamza

Optical properties of matter
Optical modelling
NDT methods

Mrinal Chaudhury

Bio-Based Composites
Eco-Design & Circularity
Aerospace Interior Materials

Alex Luijten

Discrete Metamaterials
Hierarchical Composites
Lightweight Structures

Shanthalakshmi Kilambi

Physics-Informed Machine Learning
Mathematical Modelling
Artificial Intelligence

Napat Tomano

Engineering Emulsions
3D Printing Emulsion Inks
Functionalised Polymers

Master's Students

Harold Rutten

In-situ print monitoring
Multi-axis printing
Free-form manufacturing

Evelien Claassen

Space application
Recyclability
3D printing

Ioannis Zygouris

Bio-based composites
Optical properties
Mechanoresponsive materials

Tanuj Agrawal

Topology optimization
Bio-composites
Space structures

Poorva Shrivastava

Mycelium materials
3D bioprinting
Biotechnology

Stefan Brunner

Multi-axis printing
Topology optimization
Liquid crystal polymers

Derin Goulart Ulcay

Discrete metamaterials
Bio-inspired structures
Collaborative agents

David Beaumann

Bio-based composites
Mechanical properties
Sustainability assessment

Wouter van der Sluis

Hierarchical bio-based composites
Bacterial cellulose
Engineered living materials

Lorenzo Impelluso

Natural fibre composites
Structural and morphological analysis
Manufacturing process optimisation

Silvan Schai

Multi-axis printing
Space Structures
Mechatronics

Lorenzo Onorato

Liquid Crystal Polymers
Lightweight Structures
Fused Deposition Modeling

Chinmayi Narasimha

Bio based Composites
Aircraft Interiors
Surface Chemistry

David Canosa Ybarra

Topology Optimization
Fibre Reinforced Polymer Composites
Additive Manufacturing

Francesco Guido Vinzoni

Engineered living materials
Bio based composites
Plant cell growth

Motivated to join us?

We continually seek talented, motivated people that are keen to be a part of our research team. A willingness to hang out near the coffee machine and/ or being left-handed is a plus! Researchers at all levels are invited by contacting us.