Damilola Lawal

Current Research

Damilola’s current work focuses on the fabrication and characterization of cellulose nanofibril (CNF)-stabilized oil-in-water microcapsules, with emphasis on optimizing their rheological properties and long-term stability. She began her doctoral studies in the Architected Materials Laboratory (AML) and has collaborated with Philip Iaccarino (advised by Dr. Daeyeon Lee and Dr. Kathleen Stebe) on the direct ink writing of bicontinuous interfacially jammed emulsion gels, and with Yucong Hua (advised by Dr. Jordan Raney) on the direct ink writing of functional eggshell inks. Her work is supported by the DoD NDSEG Fellowship.

Previous Research

During her undergraduate studies, Damilola investigated microbiologically influenced corrosion of metals by Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans under the guidance of Drs. Scott Banta and Alan West at Columbia University. She also contributed to studies on the manganese cycle with Drs. Yuanzhi Tang and Nadia Szeinbaum at the Georgia Institute of Technology, and on carbon capture at the University of Stuttgart (DE).
As a master’s student at the University of Virginia, she conducted research at the Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing under the mentorship of Drs. Richard Martukanitz and Bi-Cheng Zhou. Her thesis centered on phase field modeling of the solidification of high-temperature alloys during additive manufacturing.