Mykola Tasinkevych currently lead the School of Science of Technology theoretical research in active colloids, super hydrophobic and slippage properties of nanotextured surfaces, liquid crystal-colloid composites, capillary interaction-driven colloidal self-assembly at curved fluid interfaces, effects of topologically nontrivial confinements on the structure of liquid crystals and topological defects.  he has published 75 peer-reviewed papers, and has attracted grant funding as PI or Co-I of €1M from the EU, Germany (DAAD and DFG), and Portugal (FCT). his teaching contributions include supervising Bachelors and Masters projects in Physics, delivering lectures and seminars on quantum and classical mechanics, digital techniques, and current topics in physics.