Research

I am most interested in thermodynamically consistent formulations of coarse-grained (CG) models for soft matter and, in particular, its link to Coarse-Graining Theory, also known as Non-Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics.

I am interested in CG models for molecules, usually represented by their center of mass, and considering improvements over these usually too simplistic representations. I have considered additional degrees of freedom, like internal energy and, recently, shape and orientation.

Also, I am interested in field theories, like hydrodynamics, from the perspective of CG, including issues like how to derive boundary conditions from a microscopic point of view