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Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Research Interests

•    Particulate Systems
     o    Static & fluidized powder beds; compressed dense powder packings; fine particles.
     o    Self-organization of particles.
•    Soft Materials
     o    Integration of biological and synthetic macromolecules via self-, directed- and spontaneous assembly.
     o    Interactions of lipid bilayer membranes & vesicles with charged colloids & nanoparticles.
     o    Bio-interfaces.
     o    Bio-inspired materials; Biomaterials; Biological Materials.
     o    Mechanical properties of biological materials.
•    Materials Science in Medicine and Drug Delivery
•    Functionalized Surfaces
     o    Hydrogen production for energy, photocatalytic water splitting.
     o    Sensing applications.
     o    Water purification.
•    Computational Science
     o    Harnessing multiple computational techniques to resolve the multiscale behavior of soft materials.
     o    Algorithmic development for simulation and data analysis.
 

Honors

•    NSF CAREER Award, 2017
•    ACS COMP OpenEye Outstanding Junior Faculty Award, 2015
 

Professional Experience

•    2011-Present: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
•    2009-2011: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Pittsburgh
•    2007-2009: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
•    2002-2007: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Pfizer Institute of Pharmaceutical Materials Science, University of Cambridge, UK
•    2004-2007: M. Phil Supervisor, Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, UK
•    2005-2007: Undergraduate College Supervisor, Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge, UK
•    1998-2002: Research Assistant, Duke University
•    1996-1998: Teaching Assistant, Duke University
 

Education

•    Ph.D., Physics, Duke University, USA, 2002
•    M.A., Physics, Duke University, USA, 1999
•    M.Sc., Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, India, 1996
•    B.Sc., Physics, University of Delhi, India 1994