Following completion of his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), Dr. Wirth was a research associate at PPG Industries, in conjunction with the Center for Complex Fluids Engineering at CMU. Dr. Wirth then joined the Department of Chemical Engineering at KU Leuven, Belgium, as a postdoctoral scholar in the Soft Matter, Rheology and Technology Laboratory (SMaRT). His lab’s research falls within the broad areas of Colloid and Interface Science, Nanomaterials, and Electrokinetics. Dr. Wirth is specifically interested in the measurement and control of the forces acting between nanoparticles, which govern the microstructure and, ultimately, macroscale performance of materials.