Dr. Delphine Gourdon joined the Department of Physics at University of Ottawa in 2017, after spending six years as assistant professor in the Department of Materials Science & Engineering at Cornell University. Her research group is dedicated to mechanobiology and tribology of (natural and synthetic) biomaterials. More specifically, the Gourdon lab focuses on 3 different projects: (i) mechanobiology of the extracellular matrix (ECM) in cancer, (ii) characterization and mimicking of the mineral-protein interface in inflammation, and (iii) biolubrication.
Dr. Gourdon was allocated the NSF Early Career Award in 2014 and the CFI-JELF Award in 2017. She has authored 45+ publications in peer-reviewed journals that have received over 3200 citations.