Timm Treskatis

What do toothpaste, paint and glaciers have in common? All three fluids usually behave like a plastic solid, but as soon as the stress exceeds a critical threshold, they suddenly begin to flow like a viscous liquid. Rheologists refer to such...

What if we could imitate spider silk glands to produce biodegradable materials with properties similar to rubber or plastic? In our interdisciplinary team of fluid dynamicists, chemical engineers and material scientists, my role as mathematician is...