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                EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE 
                 
                Postdoctoral Fellow, Chemical Engineering Dept., University of Delaware, 1998-2001 
                  Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 1998 
                  B.Tech., Chemical Engineering, IIT Madras, India, 1992 
                                     
                   
                 
                SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (2013-2014) (for full list, see here) 
                  
                                
                  
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                    J. C. Athas, K. Jun, C. McCafferty, O. Owoseni, V. T. John and  S. R. Raghavan 
                         An effective dispersant for oil spills based on food-grade amphiphiles. 
                        Langmuir, 30, 9285 (2014)  
                      Areas of Research: Environmental Remediation (Oil Spill Cleanup)  | 
                   
                  
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                    B. H. Cipriano, S. J. Banik, R. Sharma, D. Rumore, W. Hwang, R. M. Briber and S. R. Raghavan 
                         Superabsorbent hydrogels that are robust and highly stretchable. 
                        Macromolecules, 47, 4445 (2014) 
                      Areas of Research: Materials for Consumer Products, Polymer Gels  | 
                   
                  
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                    V. Javvaji, M. B. Dowling, H. Oh, I. M. White  and S. R. Raghavan 
                         Reversible gelation of cells using self-assembling biopolymers: Towards self-assembly of tissue. 
                        Biomaterials Sceince, 2, 1016 (2014) 
                      Areas of Research: Biomaterials for Wound Healing, Self-Assembled Systems | 
                   
                  
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                    M. B. Dowling, A. S. Bagal and  S. R. Raghavan 
                       Self-destructing “mothership” capsules for timed release of encapsulated contents. 
                      Langmuir, 29, 7993 (2013) 
                      Areas of Research: Containers for Drug Delivery, Smart Materials, Polymer Capsules  | 
                   
                  
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                    H. Oh, A. M. Ketner, R. Heymann, E. Kesselman, D. Danino, D. Falvey and S. R. Raghavan 
                       A simple route to fluids with photo-switchable viscosities based on vesicle-micelle transitions. 
                      Soft Matter, 9, 5025 (2013) 
                      Areas of Research: Smart Fluids for Sensors and Actuators, Self-Assembled Systems  | 
                   
                  
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                    V. R. Basrur, J. Guo, C. S. Wang and S. R. Raghavan 
                       Synergistic gelation of nanoparticles and molecules to yield conductive free-standing electrolytes. 
                      ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 5, 262 (2013) 
                      Areas of Research: Materials for Energy Storage (Lithium-Ion Batteries) | 
                   
                                 
                
                   
                  Last updated: September 7, 2014  
                     
                 
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