Orlin D Velev

Dr. Orlin Velev is a Frank and Doris Culberson Distinguished Professor at NC State University. He has contributed more than 210 publications and has presented more than 270 invited presentations. His numerous awards include NSF Career, AIChE Andreas Acrivos Award for Professional Progress and ACS Langmuir Lecturer. Velev has been elected to an ACS Fellow and MRS Fellow. He has established a record of innovative research in the areas of colloids and nanostructures with electrical and photonic functionality, biosensors, microfluidics and nanomanufacturing. Velev has been the first to synthesize "inverse opals" and has pioneered novel nanoparticle materials, Janus and special shape particles, and nanofibrillated polymer and biopolymer structures.

Velev faculty page: http://crystal.che.ncsu.edu/

Velev group web-page: https://www.cbe.ncsu.edu/velevgroup/