Benjamin Lazarus, MSc PhD
Scientific Project Collaborator (prae doc)
PhD Student
3. floor, room 316
t: +43 (0)1 4277-540 61
m: benjamin.lazarus@univie.ac.at
Title of the Doctoral Thesis
Impact Resistance in Biological Materials as a Source of Inspiration for Engineered Designs
Research interests
- Floral morphology, evolution, and diversity
- Plant-pollinator interactions
- Buzz pollination
- Biomechanics
Projects
- Investigating plant-pollinator interactions in Melastomataceae, the most morphologically diverse buzz-pollinated family
- Scientific Project Collaborator Firnberg-Programm Projekt T 1186-B "Modellierung a-/biotischer Faktoren einer Pflanzenradiation" (Agnes Dellinger)
Curriculum Vitae
Current position
- 2023– Scientific project collaborator (prae doc) Firnberg-Programm Projekt T 1186-B
Education and scientific career
- 2020–2022 PhD, Materials Science and Engineering, University of California San Diego
- 2019–2020 MSc, Materials Science and Engineering, University of California San Diego
- 2019 Honors Thesis, "Controlled Hierarchical Biomaterial Utilizing Diatom Nanostructure"
- 2015–2019 BSc, Materials Science, The College of William & Mary