Prof. Dr. Emanuela Del Gado, ETH Zürich
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Prof. Dr. Emanuela Del Gado

Nominated by

  • Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
  • Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)
  • AcademiaNet member since 04.09.2012
  • AcademiaNet- Selection Criteria


Employed by

  • ETH Zürich


Academic Discipline/Fields

  • Engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • Natural sciences, mathematics and statistics


Field

Engineering and engineering trades , Physical sciences



Area of specialisation

materials physics, statistical mechanics, soft matter, engineering materials, disordered systems



Research interests

  • amorphous materials gel networks

  • microstructure, dynamical processes and mechanics in glassy materials

  • cementitious gels

  • nano-composites

  • plant cell wall

  • tissue mechanics

  • assembly at interfaces



Interested in

  • Lectures, Membership in scientific bodies, Professorship, Refereeing


Languages

English, French, German, Italian



Doctorate

  • 2001: Statistical Mechanics, computational statistical physics




Selected publications

Selected projects

  • Cooperative dynamics and mechanics of complex gel networks

  • Development of nanoscale structure and mechanics of C-S-H during cement hydration

  • Soft modes and non-affine deformations in glassy alloys

  • Nano-scale structure and mechanics of wood cell wall

  • Cooperative dynamics and stress heterogeneities in cell monolayers

Media coverage

Additional qualifications

  • Marie Curie Fellow with Walter Kob at University Montpellier II

  • Post-doc researcher with Hans Christian Oettinger at ETH Zurich


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