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John M. Kolinski

Assistant Professor & Group Leader · Engineering Mechanics of Soft Interfaces (EMSI)

Institute of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering (STI), EPFL

My group investigates the mechanics of soft interfaces — how cracks propagate, how surfaces come into contact, and how droplets wet solids — using direct high-speed and interferometric imaging to observe these fast, singular processes across scales.

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John M. Kolinski