Guiju Duan

Guiju Duan is a researcher at AMOLF (Institute of Physics) in Amsterdam, Netherlands, affiliated with the Mechanical Metamaterials research group led by Martin van Hecke.

Dr. Duan's work centers on Mechanical Metamaterials, focusing on engineered materials with unconventional mechanical properties such as negative Poisson's ratios and programmable deformation. This research bridges Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering, and Solid Mechanics, emphasizing microstructural design to achieve tunable stiffness and energy absorption for applications in aerospace, biomedical devices, and soft robotics.

The Mechanical Metamaterials group at AMOLF operates within a collaborative physics research ecosystem, utilizing advanced fabrication and computational modeling to explore fundamental material behaviors. Dr. Duan contributes to this mission through experimental and theoretical investigations of architected materials.