Dr Maria Charalambides is a Reader in Mechanics of Materials in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Imperial College London. Dr Charalambides published research includes material modelling and mechanical characterisation of soft polymeric solids, micromechanics models of particulate filled polymeric composites as well as cellular structures, experimental and numerical modelling of industrial food processes such as rolling, extrusion and cutting, development of inverse indentation methods material characterisation of polymers, and fracture and deformation in paint and adhesive coatings.