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Dr. Victoria Dutschk

Victoria Dutschk (Associate Professor)

Born on May 24, 1966 in Bendery (Moldova)

Education

·	1983-1988 Studied Mechanics and Mathematics at the Odessa State University, Ukraine 1988: Diploma Mathematician

·	1995-1999 Studied Mechanical Engineering at the Dresden University of Technology

·	1996-1999 Associate member of the DFG Graduate College "Mechanics of continua of inelastic solids" at the Institute of Solid Mechanics, Dresden University of Technology

·	1998 Max Buchner Foundation Fellow “Physical modelling of adhesion phenomena"

·	2000 Ph.D. thesis "Surface forces and their contribution to adhesion and adherence in glass fibre-reinforced polymer composites" at the Institute of Material Science at the Dresden University of Technology

Research Experience

·	1994-2009 Scientific co-worker at the Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden

·	1997 Guest scientist in Prof. Nikolai Churaev´s group at the Institute of Physical Chemistry Moscow, Russia

·	2002 Guest scientist in Prof. Victor Starov´s group at the University of Loughborough, Department of Chemical Engineering, UK

·	2008 Guest scientist in Prof. Boryan Radoev's group at the Sofia University, Department of Physical Chemistry

·	2009 Guest scientist in Theodoris Karapantsios's group (COST P21) at the University Thessaloniki, Department of Chemistry, Division Chemical Technology

·	2009 Guest scientist in Prof. Danièle Clausse's group (COST D43) at the Compiègne University of Technology, Département Génie Chimique, Génie des procédés industriels

·	2010 Associate Professor at the EFSM group, University of Twente

Fields of Work

Research activities are focused on a mechanistic understanding of manifold interfacial phenomena involving surface active agents. The main research field ‘Interfacial Engineering’ is related to fundamental material research having strong links with industry.

·	Adhesion phenomena

·	Surface topography and roughness analysis

·	Wetting and interfacial dynamics

·	Spreading of aqueous surfactant solutions

·	Pickering emulsions

·	Inverse gas chromatography

·	Wettability of particles

·	Detergency of fabrics

·	Human hair analytics

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