My research interest covers a variety of topics in soft matter physics, such as colloids, liquid crystals, bio-sensors, optics and photonics of anisotropic media, topological materials, and active matter. I try to direct my work along three main research directions: (i) structures in active and passive complex fluids, (ii) complex optics and photonics in anistropic materials, and (iii) active and passive microfluidics of complex fluids. My theoretical work in soft matter materials is typically strongly linked with experiments and typically relies on computer or analytic modelling based on phenomenological approaches.