Worked with: 1) mining and mineral (including coal) processing industry on selective separation of minerals and treatment of wastewater. 2) with a number of different companies on modification of surfaces. 3) pharmaceutical industry for selection and testing of materials and coatings for drug storage, transportation and delivery devices. 4) biomedical industry for characterization and modification of surfaces of orthopedic and vascular implants and their biocompatibility, and analysis of corrosion of implants. 5) recycling and other industries for development of materials recovery technologies: paper recycling, plastics recycling, recovery of valuable products from mineral and metallurgical waste. 6) oil industry for development or improvement of novel technologies of oil recovery from oil sands and separation of oil from water 7) wastewater treatment - development of technologies and devices for separation of particles and oil from water Specialties: Minerals and materials processing, modification of surfaces of natural minerals and synthetic materials, materials recycling, characterization of materials and surfaces, separation of particles using physical methods, adhesion of fine particulates, wetting and capillarity phenomena, and many other areas of applied surface chemistry and colloid science.