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<div><i class="">James Bryant<br class="">
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<span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">A new, grant-funded project is seeking participants for a collaborative network to assist in providing access to samples of species that demonstrate extreme performance of biological structures. The principle investigator
is David Kisailus, Ph.D., of the Biomimetics and Nanostructured Materials Lab at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Irvine. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Dr. Kisailus’s previous work in this area has included studies of mechanical robustness (such as resistance to abrasion in the radulae of chitons; impact resistance in the dactyl club of mantis shrimps; and resistance
to crushing in the exoskeleton of ironclad beetles) as well as potential multifunctionality (e.g., thermal resistant plants). For this project, subject matter could potentially be drawn from preserved materials (natural history collections) as well as from
fresh specimens (including from zoos and aquaria).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">The project, entitled “MURI: Evolution of Synthetic Pathways and Designs in Extreme Biological Structures”, intends to understand architectures and material components in, how they form, and potential translation to bio-inspired
structures. The project looks to further understand: 1) fundamental science of synthesis-structure and structure-function relationships in these materials; and 2) the fundamental mechanisms of self-assembly of structurally robust biological architectures that
demonstrate multifunctionality, such as thermal and radiation resistance. The project will also include investigating translation via additive manufacturing of ceramic-polymer based materials, as well as the development of next generation advanced materials.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Please direct your questions and expressions of interest to:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">David Kisailus, Ph.D.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Henry Samueli Faculty Excellence Professor and Kavli Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Member of UNESCO Chair in Materials and Technologies for Energy Conversion, Saving and Storage (MATECSS)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Biomimetics and Nanostructured Materials Lab</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Department of Materials Science and Engineering</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">University of California, Irvine</span></div>
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<span class="" style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 14px;"><a href="mailto:david.k@uci.edu" class="">mailto:david.k@uci.edu</a></span></div>
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