My current research interests lie in the transport properties (e.g., gas permeability and electrical conductivity) of polymer nanocomposites. In the Polymer NanoComposites Laboratory, we are developing gas barrier, flame retardant and thermoelectric nanocoatings (< 1 µm thick) using layer-by-layer assembly. We’re also working on polyelectrolyte complexes and the study of electrically conductive and thermoelectric thick film nanocomposites (> 10 µm thick). I’ve now graduated 24 PhD students (as of January 2021) and published more than 180 peer reviewed journal papers. I’m an Editor for Journal of Materials Science, Associate Editor for Green Materials and serve on the International Advisory Board for Macromolecular Rapid Communications and Macromolecular Materials and Engineering.