Arthi Jayaraman is an Indian-American scientist who is the Centennial Term Professor for Excellence in Research and Education at the University of Delaware. Her research considers the development of computational models to better understand polymer nanocomposites and biomaterials. Jayaraman was elected Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2020.
Arthi Jayaraman | |
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| Alma mater | North Carolina State University Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign University of Colorado at Boulder University of Delaware |
| Thesis | Computer simulation studies of pattern recognition in biomimetic polymers (2006) |
| Website | Jayaraman Research Group |
Early life and education
editJayaraman earned her undergraduate degree at the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani.[1][2] She moved to the United States for her graduate studies, where she majored in chemical engineering.[1] For her doctoral research Jayaraman studied biomimetic polymers and pattern recognition. She moved to the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign for a postdoctoral position, where she worked in the Department of Materials Science.[1]
Research and career
editJayaraman was appointed to the faculty at the University of Colorado Boulder, where she was made Patten Assistant Professor. Her early academic research was supported by the United States Department of Energy (DOE), and considered the use of polymer nanocomposites for electronic devices. In an effort to manipulate their optical and electronic properties, Jayaraman makes use of computational design. She created a comprehensive molecular model that allows her to simulate the (semi-)conducting properties of molecular systems, making use of graphics processing units to inform the design of polymers and additives. These computational models allow Jayaraman to better understand the dispersal of additives through the nanocomposite system, which allows for better control of the mechanical properties.[3]
Amongst the molecular models considered by Jayaraman, she has primarily focussed on coarse-grained modeling. Coarse-grained models incorporate the anisotropic, directional and specific interactions (for example, hydrogen bonding etc.[4][5]) of soft materials, including nanocomposites and biomaterials.[6] In 2014 Jayaraman moved to the University of Delaware.[7] Here she oversaw the graduate program in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (CBE).[8] She serves on the editorial boards of the American Chemical Society journals Macromolecules[9] (as Associate Editor) and ACS Polymers Au (Deputy Editor). She currently directs an NSF-funded NRT interdisciplinary graduate traineeship on computing and data science for materials innovation, design, and analytics ([1] .
Awards and honours
edit- 2010 Department of Energy Early Career Research Award[3][10]
- 2011 University of Colorado Boulder Faculty Achievement Award[11]
- 2013 American Institute of Chemical Engineers COMSEF Division Young Investigator Award[12]
- 2014 American Chemical Society PMSE Young Investigator Award[13]
- 2014 University of Colorado Boulder Teaching Award[11]
- 2016 Princeton University Saville Lectureship at Princeton University[14]
- 2020 Elected Fellow of the American Physical Society[15]
- 2021 American Institute of Chemical Engineers COMSEF Impact Award [2]
Selected publications
edit- Ganesan, Venkat; Jayaraman, Arthi (2014). "Theory and simulation studies of effective interactions, phase behavior and morphology in polymer nanocomposites". Soft Matter. 10 (1): 13–38. Bibcode:2014SMat...10...13G. doi:10.1039/C3SM51864G. PMID 24651842.
- Jayaraman, Arthi; Schweizer, Kenneth S. (2009-11-10). "Effective Interactions and Self-Assembly of Hybrid Polymer Grafted Nanoparticles in a Homopolymer Matrix". Macromolecules. 42 (21): 8423–8434. Bibcode:2009MaMol..42.8423J. doi:10.1021/ma901631x. ISSN 0024-9297.
References
edit- ^ a b c "Arthi Jayaraman". Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at University of Delaware. Retrieved 2020-11-06.
- ^ "Arthi Jayaraman". Materials Science & Engineering. Retrieved 2020-11-06.
- ^ a b "Arthi Jayaraman: Then and Now / 2010 Early Career Award Winner". Energy.gov. Retrieved 2020-11-06.
- ^ Wu, Zijie; Beltran-Villegas, Daniel J.; Jayaraman, Arthi (2020-07-14). "Development of a New Coarse-Grained Model to Simulate Assembly of Cellulose Chains Due to Hydrogen Bonding". Journal of Chemical Theory and Computation. 16 (7): 4599–4614. doi:10.1021/acs.jctc.0c00225. ISSN 1549-9618. PMID 32484347. S2CID 219172871.
- ^ "Arthi Jayaraman". engineering.buffalo.edu. Retrieved 2020-11-06.
- ^ "APS -APS March Meeting 2019 - Event - Coarse-Grained Models for Predicting Structure and Thermodynamics in Polymer Systems with Specific and Directional Intermolecular Interactions". Bulletin of the American Physical Society. 64 (2). American Physical Society.
- ^ "Materials Matter". Issuu. Retrieved 2020-11-06.
- ^ "High-level researcher on teaching introductory classes". www.udel.edu. Retrieved 2020-11-06.
- ^ "New Associate Editor at Macromolecules". Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at University of Delaware. 2019-08-13. Retrieved 2020-11-06.
- ^ jon (2010-01-19). "University leads nation in awards from new program for researchers". CU Connections. Retrieved 2020-11-06.
- ^ a b "Will Medlin and Arthi Jayaraman Win Provost Faculty Achievement Awards". Chemical and Biological Engineering. 2013-07-22. Retrieved 2020-11-06.
- ^ "2013 Young Investigator Award for Modeling & Simulation". www.aiche.org. 2013-12-10. Retrieved 2020-11-06.
- ^ "Arthi Jayaraman Wins 2013 AIChE CoMSEF and 2014 ACS PMSE Young Investigator Awards". Chemical and Biological Engineering. 2013-07-15. Retrieved 2020-11-06.
- ^ "Saville Lectures | Chemical and Biological Engineering". cbe.princeton.edu. Retrieved 2020-11-06.
- ^ "APS Fellow Archive". www.aps.org. Retrieved 2022-09-14.