Livius Muff

Education

Undergraduate Institution: ETH Zurich

Graduate Institution: Adolphe Merkle Institute

Biography

Livius Muff received his B.S. and M.S. degree in Materials Science at the ETH Zurich in 2018. He then joined the Polymer Chemistry & Materials group of Prof. Christoph Weder as a PhD student. During his doctoral research, he designed and synthesized high-thermal-expansion polyurethanes for photo- and electrothermal controllable soft actuators that were used in complex soft robotic systems. Livius joined the Hawker and Read de Alaniz groups as a postdoctoral researcher in February 2023.

Research

Livius is in pursuit of novel mechano-, opto-, and thermo-responsive polymer systems.