Post Doctoral Associates

Amitava Moitra

Duration: 2011-2012
Research: Develop and analyze the PEO-PCL diblock copolymer for drug dilivery kinetics.

Tanuj Motwani

Duration: 2009-2010
Research: Elucidating the Nanoscale Structure of Cellulose and Cellulose-Water Interactions using Neutron Scattering, Dielectric Spectroscopy, NMR and Thermal Analysis Methods

Ana Vila Verde

Duration: 2005-2007
Research: Modeling of adsorption of proteins to solid surfaces. [More details]

Jiahong Liu

Duration: 2003-2006
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Currently: Center for Uncertain Systems: Tools for Optimization and Management (CUSTOM) Vishwamitra Research Institute, Westmont, IL

Javier Sacristan Bermejo

Duration: 2005-2007
Research: The segmental dynamics on polymer blends as a function of effective concentration; The nature of the self-assemblies. [More details]
Currently: Polymer Science and Technology Institute, CSIC, Madrid, Spain

Victoria Garcia Sakai

Duration: 2002-2005
Research: Study of dynamical behavior in PMMA/PEO blends using neutron scattering techniques. [More details]
Currently: ISIS Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Oxfordshire, UK

Graduate Students

Lalitha Ganapatibhotla

Duration: 2010-2014 (PhD)
Research: Nanoparticle filled solid polymer electrolytes for lithium ion batteries.

Maria Antonieta Sanchez Farran

Duration: 2007-2012 (PhD)
Research: Alzheimer's disease - The role of peptide flexibility on Amyloid-Beta aggregation [More details]

Kan-Ju Lin

Duration: 2007-2012 (PhD)
Research: Molecular Dynamics Simulation of single ion conductors [More details]

Kuan-Yu Yeh

Co-advised by Mike Janik
Duration: 2007-2012 (PhD)
Research: Atomistic simulations of electrolyte/electrode interface in fuel cells. [More details]

Chia-Hui Lee

Duration: 2011-2012
Research: Studying polymer dynamics using Quasi-Elastic Neutron Scattering

Kokonad Sinha

Duration: 2006-2011 (PhD)
Research: Studying polymer dynamics using Quasi-Elastic Neutron Scattering [More details]

Michael Glasspool

Co-advised by Mike Janik
Duration: 2009-2011 (MS)
Research: Multiscale modeling of reactive electrochemical interfaces Currently: DuPont, Delaware

Sandra Schlexer

Duration: 2009-2011
Research: Coarse-grained simulation of diblock copolymers in solvent: polymersomes for drug delivery

Wenjin Shi

Duration: 2007-2010 (MS)
Research: Synthesizing polymer nanocomposites with controlled dispersion [More details]

Erin Boland

Duration: 2005-2010 (MS)
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Susan Fullerton Shirey

Duration: 2003-2009 (PhD)
Thesis topic: Unified approach to understanding conductivity enhancement in nanoparticle filled solid polymer electrolytes for Li-ion batteries [More details]
Currently: Faculty member at University of Notre Dame, IN

Praveen Depa

Duration: 2003 - 2007 (PhD)
Research: Multiscale Modeling of Polymeric Materials [More details]
Currently: Procter and Gamble

Chunxia Chen

Duration:2001 - 2007 (PhD)
Research: Intermolecular Packing and Segmental Dynamics in Poly(ethylene oxide)/Poly(methyl methacrylate) Blends [More details]
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Sudarshan Natarajan

Duration: June 2001 - July 2002 (MS)
Research: A photochemical process to fabricate thin films and patterns of unsubstituted polythiophene
Currently: Lam Research Corporation

Ananth Indrakanti

Duration: 2005 under Dr. Sanat Kumar
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Yingzi Chen

Duration: 2003 (M.S.)
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Arun Neelakantan

Duration: 2003 (M.S.)
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Undergraduate Students

Xinren Yu

Duration: Spring 2012 - 2014
Research: Thermo response of water in a plant cell wall.

Currently: Grad student at UPenn

Peter Dudenas

Duration: Summer 2012 - present
Research: Effect of nano-wisker additives on solid polymer electrolytes.

Duration: Spring 2012 - Summer 2012
Research: Ab initio and MD simulations at the fuel cell interface

Yuri Gloumakov

Duration: Summer 2013 [REU Student]
Research: Molecular Dynamic simulations of solid polymer electroltes

Derek Sturm

Duration: Summer 2012 [REU Student]
Research: Molecular Dynamic simulations of solid polymer electroltes

Stephanie Roebelen

Duration: Summer 2011
Research: Coarse-grained modeling of ions in solid electrolytes

Tiffany Senkow

Duration: Spring 2011 to Spring 2012
Research: Long-range interaction networks of poliovirus RNA polymerase

Patrick Jones

Duration: 2010 Summer to 2011 Spring
Research: Thermal analysis of cellulose-water interactions

Katherine Li

Duration: 2010 Summer
Research: Molecular dynamics simulation of cation transport in poly(ethylene oxide)

Christopher Sokolowski

Duration: 2009-2010
Research: Investigating the Effects of Intramolecular Interactions on the Dynamics of Glassy Liquids

Collin Bonnett

Duration: 2009-2011
Research: Synthesizing polymer nanocomposites with controlled dispersion

Ryan Bradley

Duration: 2008-2009
Research: Structure and dynamics of alpha-synuclein, the protein implicated in Parkinson’s disease [More details]
Currently: Grad student at UPenn

Onajite Shemi

Duration: 2008
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Peter Beltramo

Duration: 2007
Research: Evaluating the mobility and adsorption of homopolypeptides onto gold(001) surfaces using molecular dynamics simulations
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Andrew May

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Research: High-temperature thermoelectric materials
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Jackie Gogolski

Duration: 2006
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Jason Clark

Duration: 2003
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William Schaeffer

Duration: 2002
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Amanda Greer

Duration: 2001
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John Longbach

Duration: 2000
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