Guy Van Assche

Guy Van Assche is associate professor in the Materials and Chemistry department of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and jointly leading the Physical Chemistry and Polymer Science research group (FYSC), which has currently has 20 PhD students and 9 postdocs. His research activities focus on studying the thermodynamics and kinetics of reactions and transformations in polymer systems. On the one hand through the development and application of advanced thermal analysis techniques and rheometry for the experimental studies, and on the other hand supported by modelling of the processes and their impact on the material behaviour. Since 2008, he became increasingly involved in research on reversible covalent networks. Research in cooperation with the Robotics and Multibody Mechanics group of Prof. B. Vanderborght (VUB) resulted in the initiation of the field of self-healing soft robotics, and a continuing series of national and European projects.