Meenakshi Dutt
Research Interests
• Particulate Systems
o Static & fluidized powder beds; compressed dense powder packings; fine particles.
o Self-organization of particles.
• Soft Materials
o Integration of biological and synthetic macromolecules via self-, directed- and spontaneous assembly.
o Interactions of lipid bilayer membranes & vesicles with charged colloids & nanoparticles.
o Bio-interfaces.
o Bio-inspired materials; Biomaterials; Biological Materials.
o Mechanical properties of biological materials.
• Materials Science in Medicine and Drug Delivery
• Functionalized Surfaces
o Hydrogen production for energy, photocatalytic water splitting.
o Sensing applications.
o Water purification.
• Computational Science
o Harnessing multiple computational techniques to resolve the multiscale behavior of soft materials.
o Algorithmic development for simulation and data analysis.
Honors
• NSF CAREER Award, 2017
• ACS COMP OpenEye Outstanding Junior Faculty Award, 2015
Professional Experience
• 2011-Present: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
• 2009-2011: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Pittsburgh
• 2007-2009: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• 2002-2007: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Pfizer Institute of Pharmaceutical Materials Science, University of Cambridge, UK
• 2004-2007: M. Phil Supervisor, Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, UK
• 2005-2007: Undergraduate College Supervisor, Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge, UK
• 1998-2002: Research Assistant, Duke University
• 1996-1998: Teaching Assistant, Duke University
Education
• Ph.D., Physics, Duke University, USA, 2002
• M.A., Physics, Duke University, USA, 1999
• M.Sc., Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, India, 1996
• B.Sc., Physics, University of Delhi, India 1994