Specialisation:

Chemical Engineering, Biophysical Processes, Molecular Dynamics Simulations, Transport at the Nanoscale

Major Professional Contributions:

Advisory Board of International Nanotribology Forum (INF) (2014-)

Review Panel, Center for Nanoscale Materials, Argonne National Laboratories, USA (2012-2014)

Editorial Board, Colloid and Interface Science Communications, Elsevier (2014 - )

Scientific Advisory Board, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL) India, Ltd (2014 – 2018)

Consultancy Areas:

• Bacterial infections and antimicrobial action
• Nanomaterials for gas storage and carbon capture

Sector Associated With:

• Healthcare
• Separations Technologies in Chemical Industry

Sectors Interested to Offer Service:

• Healthcare
• Separations Science and Technologies in Chemical Industry

Professional Experience

Professor (9/2005 - )

Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.

Associate Faculty (2015- 2020) 

Center for BioSystems Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

Professor and Chair (5/2014- 8/2020) 

Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

Guest Professor (1/2010 – 5/2010)

Department of Materials, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Associate Professor (9/1999 - 9/2005)

Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

Visiting Scientist (12/2002 - 5/2003)

 Department of Chemical Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA

Visiting Scientist (5/2002 - 11/2002)

James Franck Institute, University of Chicago, Illinois, USA

Assistant Professor  (9/1993 - 9/1999)

Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

Post Doctoral Research (02/1992 - 04/1993)

Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science,

University of Minnesota and Minnesota Supercomputer Institute, Minnesota, USA.

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