NARSIMHAN SOFT MATTER RESEARCH GROUP
Purdue Chemical Engineering
(765) 494-4281 (OFFICE)
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
PROF. VIVEK NARSIMHAN
Michael and Carolyn Ott Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University
GRADUATE STUDENTS
ANIRUDH VENKATESH
B.Chem. Engg., Institute of Chemical Technology Mumbai, 2020
Research interests: Rheology of multicomponent vesicles. Explicit sampling techniques for stochastic processes
GEORGE CURTIS
B.S.: University of Colorado Boulder, Chemical Engineering, 2021
B.S.: University of Colorado Boulder, Applied Mathematics, 2021
Research interests: Statistical thermodynamics of random processes for chemical science
ISAAC WHEELER
B.S.: Brigham Young University, Chemical Engineering, Minor in Italian Studies, 2021
Research interests: Modeling mass transfer resistance in pharmaceutical lyophilization (freeze-drying)
TANVI APTE
B.Chem. Engg., Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, 2022
Research interests: Non-Newtonian fluid mechanics, micro-hydrodynamics, mechanics of non-spherical particles
RAJ NANDINI
BTech & MTech, Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
Research interests: Swelling, rupture, and rheology of polymer gels
SUNAND BHATTACHARJEE
B.E Chemical Engineering, Jadavpur University Kolkata, 2020
Research Interests: Micro hydrodynamics, rheology of complex fluids, dynamics of suspended particles
SHRIRAM JOSHI
B.E. Chemical Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology of Science Pilani, 2023
Research Interests:Surface viscoelastic rheology of drop breakup and coalescence
ALUMNI
AMAN BHARGAVA
MS Student
Next position: PhD student, Physics of Fluids group, Univ. Twente, Netherlands
NATASHA SINGH
PhD Graduate
Next position: Software Engineer, AMD, CA
VISHAL ANAND
Postdoctoral Associate
Current position: Senior Research Scientist, Corning Incorp.
SHIYAN WANG
Research Associate (jointly with Prof. Sangtae Kim)
Next position: Senior Modeler, Discovery Financial Services
CHENG-WEI TAI
PhD Graduate
Next position: Software Engineer, Intel, Hillsboro, OR
CHARLIE LIN
PhD Graduate
Current position: Software Engineer, AMD, Austin, TX.
FARZAD MOHAJERANI
Postdoctoral Associate
Current position: Process Development Scientist, Amgen, Los Angeles, CA.
NADER LAAL DEHGHANI
Postdoctoral Associate
Current position: Research Data Scientist, Facebook, Seattle, WA.
DUNYA AL MARZOOQI
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Current Position: PhD student at UC Berkeley
KWESI KAKRABA-AMPEH
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Current Position: Engineer, Cognizant
PHEOBE JANE APPEL
Undergraduate senior, Purdue University
Research Interests: Biophysical measurements of lipid bilayer elasticity
Current position: PhD student at Johns Hopkins
BEN HUNTLEY
Undergraduate senior, Purdue University
Research Interests: Synthesis of non-spherical microparticles
GABRIELLE KERSHAW
Undergraduate senior: University of Iowa
Research interests: image analysis of particles in microfluidic flows
RICHARD SHI
Undergraduate Senior, Chemical Engineering
Research interests: Simulations of Non-Newtonian fluids in microfluidic devices
AUDREY BRITTON
High school senior
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
LAUREN HAYS
Email: hays14@purdue.edu
Office: FRNY 1029
Phone: (765) 496-4988