Orlin D. Velev

Orlin D. Velev
Born (1963-11-03)November 3, 1963
Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Residence United States
Nationality United States
Alma mater Sofia University
Scientific career
Fields Chemical engineering
Institutions North 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, where he currently resides. 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.[1][2] 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.[3][4][5]

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.

  • S. Frank and Doris Culberson Distinguished chaired professorship (NC State University, 2018)[6]
  • Langmuir Lecturer Award (ACS Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry, 2018)
  • R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Award (R.J. Reynolds)
  • Andreas Acrivos Award (AIChE, 2017)
  • Fellow of the Materials Research Society (MRS, 2017)
  • Chancellors' Innovation Fund Award (NC State University, 2016)
  • 1st Colloid and Polymer Science Lecture Award (Springer, 2014)
  • NC ACS 2013 Distinguished Speaker Award (NC Section ACS, 2013)
  • Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor (NC State University) 2013
  • Fellow of the American Chemical Society (ACS, 2011)
  • Innovator of the Year Award (NC State University, 2011)
  • Alumni Association Outstanding Research Award (NC State University, 2011)
  • Alcoa Foundation Distinguished Engineering Research Award (NC State University, 2010)
  • INVISTA chaired professorship (NC State University, 2009)
  • Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award (Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, 2006)
  • NCSU Academy of Outstanding Teachers (NC State University, 2006)
  • 3M Nontenured Faculty Award (3M Company, 2006)
  • Sigma Xi Faculty Research Award (Sigma Xi NCSU Chapter, 2004)
  • CAREER award (The National Science Foundation, 2003)
  • Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Award (Oak Ridge Associated Universities) 2002
  • Camille and Henry Dreyfus New Faculty Award (Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation, 2001)

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Velev, O. D.; Jede, T. A.; Lobo, R. F.; Lenhoff, A. M. (1997-10-02). "Porous silica via colloidal crystallization". Nature. 389 (6650): 447–448. doi:10.1038/38921. ISSN 0028-0836.
  4. ↑ Velev, O. D.; Tessier, P. M.; Lenhoff, A. M.; Kaler, E. W. (1999-10-07). "Materials: A class of porous metallic nanostructures". Nature. 401 (6753): 548–548. doi:10.1038/44065. ISSN 0028-0836.
  5. ↑ Denkov, N. D.; Velev, O. D.; Kralchevsky, P. A.; Ivanov, I. B.; Yoshimura, H.; Nagayama, K. (1993-01-07). "Two-dimensional crystallization". Nature. 361 (6407): 26–26. doi:10.1038/361026a0.
  6. ↑ https://www.cbe.ncsu.edu/blog/2018/08/21/professors-saad-khan-orlin-velev-and-quinshan-wei-receive-career-honors/
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