Current Graduate Students
• Alex Saltzman
B.S. in Chemistry, Yale 2013
Project: Impact of co-solvent interactions on self-assembly of deep cavity cavitands
• Amy Goodson (co-advised with Julie Albert)
B.S. in Chemical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines 20XX
Project: Simulation and modeling of homopolymer/block copolymer blends
• Du Tang
B.S. in Chemical Engineering, XXXX 20XX
Project: Molecular simulations of deep cavity cavitand host/guest assembly in aqueous solution
• Yang Wang
B.S. in Chemical Engineering, XXXX 20XX
Project: Molecular simulation and assembly of stimuli responsive polymers in water and organic solvents
Former Graduate Students
• Ashish Sanwai
Ph.D. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, 2010
Project: Investigation of solvent-mediated molecular interactions driving self-assembly
Current: Intel
• Amit Jain
Ph.D. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, 2010
Project: Solvent and biomolecular interactions guiding assembly and recognition
Current: Shell
• Pradeep Venkatraman (co-advised with Vijay John)
Ph.D. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, 2012
Project: Investigation of molecular hydrophobicity for energy and environmental applications: Simulation and experiments
Current: Baker Hughes
• Piyush Wanjari
Ph.D. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, 2012
Project:Investigation of solvent-mediated host-guest interactions and conformational changes in n-alkanes trapped under hydrophobic confinement
Current: Professor at VNIT
• Lixin Xu
Ph.D. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, 2014
Project: Molecular dynamics simulation studies of tailored nanostructured polymers
Current: Honeywell
• Lalit Surampudi
Ph.D. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, 2014
Project: Probing hydrophobic hydration of non-ionic chains and micellar assemblies using molecular dynamics simulations
Current: Luxotica
• Bin Meng
Ph.D. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, 2015
Project: Molecular simulations of micellar assemblies under temperature and pressure extremes
Current: Looking
• Wes Barnett
Ph.D. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, 2017
Project: Supramoleular assemblies of deep-cavity cavitands stabilized by the hydrophobic effect
Current: Post-doc at Columbia University
