Expert Details

Nanotechnology

ID: 728510 Texas, USA

Expert has a decade of experience synthesizing, characterizing and applying nanoparticles for various applications. He has used many scientific instruments for characterizing nanomaterials like transmission electron microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, UV-Vis spectroscopy, fluorescence spectroscopy, Thermogravimetric analysis, dynamic light scattering, x-ray diffraction, x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy etc...
He has studied the shape control of semiconductor nanoparticles in detail and was able to earn a patent which was licensed recently to a startup company. He has been researching on designing novel capsules for sustained drug delivery, designed a method for minimially invasive diagnosis and therapy of cancer using the nanocapsules, authored a patent and several peer reviewed articles that were published in international journals,
mentored many students during graduate studies, and participated and presented at many international conferences.

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Education

Year	Degree	Subject	Institution
Year: 2008	Degree: Ph.D	Subject: Chemistry	Institution: Rice University
Year: 2005	Degree: M.A.	Subject: Chemistry	Institution: Rice University
Year: 2001	Degree: M.S.	Subject: Physical Chemistry	Institution: University of Pune
Year: 1999	Degree: B.S.	Subject: Chemistry	Institution: University of Madras

Work History

Years	Employer	Title	Department
Years: 2008 to Present	Employer: Undisclosed	Title: Undisclosed	Department: Radiology
Responsibilities: Researching on designing molecular probes for minimally invasive diagnosis and therapy.

Career Accomplishments

Associations / Societies
American Chemical Society

Awards / Recognition
Gold medalist of University of Madras for excelling in academics India (1996-1999); Best out going student of Department of chemistry, University of Pune, India (2001); CBEN best poster award (second place), Nanodays 2004, Rice University, USA (2004); Best poster award (third place), Nanocongress 2005, Rice University, USA (2005) ; SPIE educational scholarship in Optical Science and Engineering(2006); Harry B. Weiser research award for outstanding research in Chemistry (2007).

Awards / Recognition

Gold medalist of University of Madras for excelling in academics India (1996-1999);
Best out going student of Department of chemistry, University of Pune, India (2001);
CBEN best poster award (second place), Nanodays 2004, Rice University, USA (2004);
Best poster award (third place), Nanocongress 2005, Rice University, USA (2005) ;
SPIE educational scholarship in Optical Science and Engineering(2006);
Harry B. Weiser research award for outstanding research in Chemistry (2007).

Publications and Patents Summary
Expert has authored 13 publications and one patent.

Language Skills

Language	Proficiency
Hindi	Very fluent
Tamil	Native fluency
Spanish	Basic
English	Very proficient

Fields of Expertise

advanced material, controlled-release drug delivery technology, nano drug delivery, nanocomposite, nanoparticle, nanotechnology, particle characterization, particle-size analysis, nanomaterial, imaging technology, colloid technology