Orlin D. Velev

Orlin D. Velev
Born (1963-11-03) November 3, 1963 (age 62)
Plovdiv, Bulgaria
EducationSofia University
Scientific career
FieldsChemical engineering
WorkplacesNorth Carolina State University

Orlin D. Velev (Bulgarian: Орлин Д. Велев) (born November 3, 1963, in Plovdiv, Bulgaria) is the S. Frank and Doris Culberson Distinguished Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at North Carolina State University. He is best known for his work in soft matter, colloid science, and nanoscience.

Biography

Orlin D. Velev was born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. Velev received his B.S. and M.Sc. in Chemical Physics and Theoretical Chemistry in 1989 from Sofia University. He continued his doctoral studies at Sofia University to earn his Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry in 1996, while also spending one year as a researcher at the Nagayama Protein Array project in Japan. Following a postdoctoral position (1996-1998) and research assistant professorship (1998-2001) at the University of Delaware, Velev joined the faculty in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at North Carolina State University in 2001. He is married to Anka Veleva and they have one son, Orlin Velev Jr., who works in the aerospace industry.

Professional contributions

Research interests

Velev's research covers a broad range of topics, but his key contributions are in the area of colloidal assembly. His research has advanced the field of directed and programmed colloidal assembly by using electric fields to make structures out of nanoparticles, microspheres, Janus and patchy particles. He has also discovered and developed new types of self-propelling microdevices, gel-based photovoltaic cells, soft robotic hydrogel actuators and microbot prototypes. His earlier research achievements include the first report of convective assembly of 2D colloidal crystals, the first templated fabrication of “colloidosome” and supraparticle clusters and the synthesis of "inverse opal” structures.

Awards and honors

Velev has contributed more than 200 scientific articles and technologies based on his research have formed the basis of two companies, Xanofi and Benanova. Velev has served as member of the Editorial Advisory Boards of Langmuir, Chemistry of Materials, Biomicrofluidics, Particle, and Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, and is a fellow of the ACS and MRS.

References

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  5. ↑ Bharti, Bhuvnesh; Rutkowski, David; Han, Koohee; Kumar, Aakash Umesh; Hall, Carol K.; Velev, Orlin D. (2016-11-16). "Capillary Bridging as a Tool for Assembling Discrete Clusters of Patchy Particles". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 138 (45): 14948–14953. doi:10.1021/jacs.6b08017. ISSN 1520-5126. PMID 27775335.
  6. ↑ Bharti, Bhuvnesh; Velev, Orlin D. (2015-07-28). "Assembly of Reconfigurable Colloidal Structures by Multidirectional Field-Induced Interactions". Langmuir: The ACS Journal of Surfaces and Colloids. 31 (29): 7897–7908. doi:10.1021/la504793y. ISSN 1520-5827. PMID 25683680.
  7. ↑ Velev, O. D.; Jede, T. A.; Lobo, R. F.; Lenhoff, A. M. (1997). "Porous silica via colloidal crystallization". Nature. 389 (6650): 447–448. Bibcode:1997Natur.389..447V. doi:10.1038/38921. ISSN 0028-0836.
  8. ↑ Velev, O. D.; Tessier, P. M.; Lenhoff, A. M.; Kaler, E. W. (1999). "Materials: A class of porous metallic nanostructures". Nature. 401 (6753): 548. Bibcode:1999Natur.401..548V. doi:10.1038/44065. ISSN 0028-0836.
  9. ↑ Denkov, N. D.; Velev, O. D.; Kralchevsky, P. A.; Ivanov, I. B.; Yoshimura, H.; Nagayama, K. (1993). "Two-dimensional crystallization". Nature. 361 (6407): 26. Bibcode:1993Natur.361...26D. doi:10.1038/361026a0.
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  13. ↑ "Dr. Velev Receives the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Award for Excellence in Teaching, Research and Extension". North Carolina State University. 3 November 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  14. ↑ "Winners: Andreas Acrivos Award for Professional Progress in Chemical Engineering". American Institute of Chemical Engineers. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  15. ↑ "2017 MRS Fellows". Materials Research Society. Archived from the original on 2018-03-18. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
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