Postdoctoral Fellow

Krishnaroop Chaudhuri, PhD

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• Polymer scientist and rheology expert with 10 years of experience in soft matter research

• Published 6 peer-reviewed papers (including 3 as first author)

• Interdisciplinary collaborator with experience in working in experimental and theoretical setting RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

University of Cincinnati, Postdoctoral Fellow 2023 – present Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Laboratory of Prof. Jonathan Pham

• Developed a confocal microscopy method of real-time visualization of diffusion of rhodamine B dye penetration through PS-PDMS block copolymer coatings

• Formulated a kinetics model (implemented in MATLAB) to explain our theory on the mechanism of dye contamination

• Collaborated with a team from Cornell University to acquire synthesized block copolymers of different functionalizations

University of Kentucky, Postdoctoral Scholar 2020 – 2023 Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Laboratory of Prof. Jonathan Pham

• Characterized the time-dependent wetting ridge growth in a PBMA melt using optical and stylus profilometry

• Derived an equation between temperature-dependent dynamic rheology of the melt and growth rate of the wetting ridge

• Trained graduate and undergraduate students in rheometry, data analysis, and imaging techniques Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research at CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Doctoral Researcher (Reliance Industries Ltd. PhD Fellowship) 2014 – 2020

Polymer Science and Engineering Division, advised by Prof. Ashish K. Lele

• Designed a novel technique of blending disentangled UHMWPE with HDPE using melt compounding

• Discovered the optimal processing conditions by analyzing the rheology of the blends

• Measured the extent of dissolution in blends by creating a mathematical framework based on theories of polymer chain entanglement dynamics

CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Project Fellow 2013 – 2014 Chemical Engineering and Process Development Division, in the Laboratory of Dr. Pankaj Doshi

• Calculated using MATLAB and Surface Evolver the total surface energies of anisotropic patchy particles and Janus ellipsoids subject to different immersion levels at an oil-water interface EDUCATION

Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR) 2020 PhD in Engineering Sciences

Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani 2013 B.E. (Hons.) Chemical Engineering

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Rheology: SAOS, extensional, capillary, and LAOS Rheometry Polymer science: Polymer Processing, Wet lab techniques Imaging: Confocal Microscopy, AFM, Optical and Stylus Profilometry, Image Processing using MATLAB and ImageJ

Characterization: SAXS, DSC, TGA, HT-GPC

SELECT PUBLICATIONS (4 OF 6)

Chaudhuri, K. and Pham, J. T., “Temperature-dependent soft wetting on amorphous, uncrosslinked polymer surfaces,” Soft Matter, 2022, 18(19), 3698–3704 Chaudhuri, K. and Lele, A. K., “Rheological quantification of the extent of dissolution of ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene in melt-compounded blends with high density polyethylene”. Journal of Rheology, 2020, 64 (1), 145-155, 1-12

Chaudhuri, K.; Poddar, S.; Pol, H.; Lele, A.; Mathur, A.; Srinivasa Rao, G. S.; Jasra, R. “The Effect of Processing Conditions on the Rheological Properties of Blends of Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene with High-Density Polyethylene”. Polym. Eng. Sci. 2018, 59 (4), 821–829 Gote, R. P.; Mandal, D.; Patel, K.; Chaudhuri, K.; Vinod, C. P.; Lele, A. K.; Chikkali, S. H. “Judicious Reduction of Supported Ti Catalyst Enables Access to Disentangled Ultrahigh Molecular Weight Polyethylene”. Macromolecules 2018, 51 (12), 4541–4552 PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

• Chaired oral presentation session “Wetting, Adhesion, and Tribology of Soft Interfaces II” at the APS March Meeting at Chicago, USA (2022)

• Peer-reviewed manuscripts for the journals Soft Matter, Macromolecules, Advanced Materials Interfaces, and Journal of Rheology

• Early Career Researcher Member, American Physical Society HONORS & AWARDS

• Winner, ‘Innovation in Polymeric Materials’ at the 10th National Awards for Technology Innovation in Petrochemicals and Downstream Plastics Processing lndustry, awarded by the Government of India, 2021

• Best Research Scholar, NCL Research Foundation – Keerthi Sangoram Memorial Endowment Award in the area of Engineering Sciences, 2019

• AWSAR Award for Science Writing, awarded by Department of Science & Technology, Government of India, 2018

• SoR Travel Grant, 89th Annual Meeting of the Society of Rheology, USA 2017 SELECT CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS (3 of 11)

Paper and poster presentations at:

• APS March Meetings at Las Vegas (2023) and Chicago (2022)

• 96th Annual Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, Golden, CO, USA (2022)

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