AFM

NMR

FTIR

GPC

XPS

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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

• Highly-motivated and team-oriented PhD candidate in chemical engineering with a specialization in polymer and surface chemistry, and aspirations for a career in product development

• Hands-on experience in functional polymer synthesis, particle and surface modification, fluorescence labelling, surface characterization, and bacterial/protein - polymer brush interfacial interactions

• Strong interpersonal, communication and leadership skills as demonstrated by more than 10 technical conference presentations and being president of SPE-UH Chapter for two years WORK EXPERIENCE

GRADUATE RESEARCH AS S I STANT

• Planned and conducted the experiments to investigate the pH-responsive, poly(acrylic acid) brush

(functionalized polymer) structure-property relationships by varying polymer brush properties resulting in the unforeseen effects of dispersity on brush pH-response

• Developed functional anti-bacterial coatings after understanding bacterial-polymer brush interactions using microfluidics & microscopy, leading to more than 80% reduction in bacterial fouling

• Group expert on surface functionalization, having mentored two undergraduates, a masters and a PhD student in projects regarding polymer functionalization of silicon wafers, nanoparticles and proppants

• Used fluorescence microscopy to determine viability of fluorescently labelled bacteria, and also to examine the adhesion mechanisms using particle tracking/image analysis algorithms

• Innovative problem-solving skills with experience in diagnosis and troubleshooting research challenges University of Houston / 2012 - Present

RESEARCH INTERN

• Ability to work independently with experience of performing extensive energy and cost analysis regarding ethanol production from renewables and non-renewables for a client (fortune 500 company) which contributed towards a $700 million investment towards ethanol production facility

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RESEARCH INTERN

• Strong team-player, having designed experimental set up in a interdisciplinary team for testing early detection methods for household kitchen fires, and encouraging results from the project laid the foundation stone for a $500,000 investment in development of fire safety centre at IIT GN

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EPT International, Houston /Summer 2011

Underwriters Laboratories, Chicago / Summer 2010

TECHNICAL SKILLS

POLYMER SYNTHESIS

SURFACE FUNCTIONALIZATION

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY

DESIGN OF EXPERIMENT (DOE)

FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY

ELLIPSOMETRY

RHEOMETER

GONIOMETER

MICROFLUIDICS

DATA ANALYSIS

QCM-D

TGA, DSC

COATINGS

SPIN COATER

ZETASIZER

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

UNIVERS ITY OF HOUSTON

Ph.D. in chemical engineering (CGPA: 3.87/4.00)

Dissertation : Development of Smart Poly(acrylic acid) Brushes Towards Antifouling Coatings INDIAN INSTI TUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GANDHINAGAR ( I IT GN) B.Tech. (with honors) in chemical engineering (CGPA: 8.47/10.0) Undergraduate Thesis: Identifying Materials for Stablizing Microbubbles 2012 - 2017

2008 - 2012

AWARDS, ORGANIZATIONS AND OUTREACH

• President, Society of Plastic Engineers (SPE) - UH Chapter 2015-2017

- Lead the student council team for the society comprising 25 students and organized polymer- related seminars from industrial experts

• Awarded SPE Scholarship by SPE South Texas Section for outstanding contribution 2017

• One of 9 students selected for honorary “Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research” award session at AIChE Annual Meeting San Francisco; November 2016

• Third prize in “Excellence in Graduate Polymer Research” award session at AIChE 2016

• Awarded the Society of Plastics Engineers Graduate Research Award 2016

• Treasurer, Organization of Chemical Engineering Graduate Students (OChEGS) 2013

- Managed an annual budget of $10,000 and helped organize a symposium for 150 people

• Recipient of Underwriters Laboratories Inc. Research Scholarship 2010

• Volunteer – Polymer-related demonstrations at Houston Energy Day Festival, UH Materials Day program, Lemelson-MIT InvenTeam program

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PUBLICATIONS AND MAJOR CONFERENCES

• V. Yadav, M. L. Robertson, J. C. Conrad; “Developing novel polymer chemistry to tune molecular weight distribution of polymers synthesized via ATRP”, pending, 2017

• V. Yadav, Y. A. Jaimes-Lizcano, M. L. Robertson, J. C. Conrad; “Understanding role of smart polymer brush length and dispersity on bacterial detachment mechanisms”, pending, 2017

• V. Yadav, A. V. Harkin, M. L. Robertson, J. C. Conrad; “Hysteretic memory in pH-response of water contact angle on poly(acrylic acid) brushes”, Soft Matter, 2016,12, 3589-3599

• V. Yadav, M. L. Robertson, J. C. Conrad; “Engineering smart polymer brushes towards antifouling coatings”, AIChE Annual Meeting 2016

• V. Yadav, M. L. Robertson, J. C. Conrad ; “Dispersity-driven hysteretic response in polyelectrolyte brushes”, Adhesion Society Annual Meeting 2016

• V. Yadav, M. L. Robertson, J. C. Conrad ; “Hysteretic memory in pH-response of water contact angle on poly(acrylic acid) brushes”, Gordon Conference, Science of Adhesion 2015

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