Valeria Garbin

Valeria Garbin is a Full Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), Faculty of Applied Sciences. She heads the Transport Phenomena section and leads the Garbin Research Group, which focuses on microscale fluid dynamics, soft and biological materials, colloid and interface science, aiming to advance sustainable processes and products, including applications in drug delivery and bioprocessing.

• Institution: Delft University of Technology
• Faculty: Faculty of Applied Sciences
• Department: Department of Chemical Engineering
• Section: Transport Phenomena
• Position: Full Professor

She obtained her MSc in Physics from the University of Padova (2003) and her PhD from the University of Trieste, Italy (2007). She was a Rubicon Fellow at the University of Twente (2007–2009), a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Pennsylvania (2009–2012), started her independent group at Imperial College London (2012), and joined TU Delft in 2019.

Her research interests center on microscale transport phenomena in complex fluids, including droplets, particles, and biological systems. She integrates fluid dynamics with soft matter physics and colloid science to understand how microstructural changes affect macroscopic behavior in formulated products such as foods, personal care items, and pharmaceuticals. A major focus is on enabling sustainable innovation by replacing harmful ingredients through fundamental insights into flow and interfacial behavior.

Valeria Garbin has secured several high-level research grants, including an ERC Starting Grant (2015), an ERC Proof of Concept Grant (2022), and an NWO Vici Grant (2022). She has been recognized with the McBain Medal (2018) and the Soft Matter Lectureship (2020). Her research group includes postdoctoral researchers and PhD students working on topics such as Pickering emulsions, microfiber filtration using acousto-fluidics, and electrohydrodynamic drying of biomass. Although no specific article list was provided in the source text, her work likely spans journals in soft matter, fluid mechanics, and chemical engineering, with emphasis on experimental, simulation, and modeling approaches to complex fluid systems.

• ERC Starting Grant (2015)
• ERC Proof of Concept Grant (2022)
• NWO Vici Grant (2022)
• McBain Medal (RSC/SCI, 2018)
• Soft Matter Lectureship (RSC, 2020)

She advises multiple PhD students and postdocs, contributing to training the next generation of scientists in transport phenomena and sustainable technology. Her group collaborates across disciplines to bridge fundamental science with industrial applications. She teaches courses such as Fysische Transportverschijnselen (BSc), Advanced Interfacial Engineering (MSc), and Molecular Transport Phenomena (MSc), contributing significantly to chemical engineering education at TU Delft.

The Garbin Research Group is actively involved in developing scalable, non-clogging filtration technologies, improving energy efficiency in drying processes, and designing tunable multiphase catalytic systems. Their approach combines precision experiments, particle-based simulations, and analytical modeling to link microscale dynamics to macroscopic performance.