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Mykola Tasinkevych

Supervision Orientações

Post-Doc Pós-Doutoramento

  • Dr. Jun-Yong Lee, with Dr. Yuan and Prof. Smalyukh in Hiroshima University (2024-) research project on Exploring interactions and behaviors of topological particles in liquid crystals
  • Allison Wagner Teixeira with Dr. Dias at the CFCT at FCUL, (2022-2024); research project on Liquid Crystal Skyrmions Driven be Electric Fields
  • Dr. Artem Ryabov CFCT at FCUL, 2019;  research project on Microswimmers in Complex Environments: From Optimal Searching Strategies to Collective Behaviour
  • Dr. Alberto Giacomello with Prof. Dietrich and Dr. Schimmele at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems 2014-2015; research project on Density Functional Approach to Wetting of Nanosculptured Surfaces
  • Dr. Zahra Eskandari with Prof. Dietrich and Dr. Popescu at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, 2014-2019; research project on Effective Interactions of Catalytically Active Microswimmers.
  • Dr. William Uspal with Prof. Dietrich at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, 2013-2018; research project on Catalytically Active Microswimmers in Confinement and External Fields

PhD Doutoramento

  • Julia Navarro, at Nottingham Trent University, UK (2024-) project on The statics and dynamics of nematic nanocolloids through maths, physics, and machine learning  (jointly with Drs. Wilkinson and Giannakidis and Prof. Brown)
  • Hanqing Zhao, at The University of Colorado at Boulder (2021-) project on Topology and out-of-equilibrium physical behaviour in soft matter (jointly with Prof. Smalyukh)
  • Chase Brisbois, at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, at Northwestern University, USA (2017-2018) project on Magnetoelastic Membranes in Precessing Mag- netic Fields (assisting  Prof. Olvera de la Cruz)
  • Ye Yuan, at The University of Colorado at Boulder (2017–2019) project on Liquid crystal mediated colloidal self-assembly and light-driven dynamics (jointly with Prof. Smalyukh)
  • Jan Guzowski, at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (2007-2010) project on Effective Capillary Interactions at Curved Interfaces (jointly with Prof. Dietrich)

Projects Projectos

  • Jay Radcliffe BSc project thesis at Nottingham Trent University, UK (2023-2024)
  • Mohsin Khan BSc project thesis at Nottingham Trent University, UK (2023-2024)
  • Nathan Baykut BSc project thesis at Nottingham Trent University, UK (2023-2024)
  • James Mordecai BSc project thesis at Nottingham Trent University, UK (2022-2023)
  • Jordan Edge BSc project thesis at Nottingham Trent University, UK (2022-2023)
  • Ryan Smith BSc project thesis at Nottingham Trent University, UK (2022-2023)
  • Tom Marsh BSc project thesis at Nottingham Trent University, UK (2022-2023)
  • Ines Fernandes Vaz BSc project thesis at Nottingham Trent University, UK, (2021-2022)
  • Taylor Delorie-Craft BSc project thesis at Nottingham Trent University, UK, (2021-2022)
  • João Viana CFTC at FCUL, (2018-2019);  research project on Equation of State for a Gas of Active Colloids
  • Pedro Gabriel CFCT at FCUL (2018); research project on Self-Assembly of Colloidal Particles Trapped at Fluid Interfaces
  • Matthias Poehnl University of Stuttgart, summer undegraduate student, 2014; project on Iceophobicity of Superhydrophobic Surfaces (jointly with Dr. Checco at Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA)
  • Jonas Heverhagen University of Stuttgart, summer undegraduate student, 2013 and 2014; project on Superhydrophobic Surfaces Probed by AFM Colloidal Probe Technique (jointly with Dr. Checco at Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA)
  • Maximilian Mußotter University of Stuttgart, summer undegraduate student, 2013 and 2014; project on Iceophobicity of Superhydrophobic Surfaces (jointly with Dr. Checco at Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA)

MSc Mestrado

  • Mabroor Ahmad,  at Nottingham Trent University, UK (2025-) project on Atomic force microscopy approach to micromechanics of cancer cells (Co-supervisor Prof. Goehring)
  • Nivedia Bhavalsingh MSc project thesis at Nottingham Trent University, UK (2022) (Co-superviser Ian Whittaker)
  • Sreelekshmi Vadakkethara Sajeev MSc project thesis at Nottingham Trent University, UK (2022) (Co-superviser Ian Whittaker)
  • Tomás Alvim with Prof. M. M. Telo da Gama at the CFCT at FCUL, (2022-2023); MSc project on Active liquid crystal skyrmions: kinematics and dynamics
  • Gonçalo Paulo CFCT at FCUL, (2019-2020); MSc project on Synchronization in a Mixture of Locally Coupled Brownian Oscillators
  • Monica Marinescu at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, (2007-2008); MSc project on Complete Wetting of Geometrically Structured Substrates (jointly with Prof. Dietrich)