Former Graduate Students
Dr. Matt Helgeson, Ph.D. 2009
Thesis title: Structure and Rheology of Wormlike Micelle-Nanoparticle Mixtures
Employed by: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
Dr. Monica Branco, Ph.D. 2009
Thesis title: Responsive Peptide Hydrogels for Optimal Production of Monoclonal Antibodies
Dr. Teokor McFarlane, Ph.D. 2009
Thesis title: Selp-assembly of polyelectrolytes and surfactants in complex fluids
Employed by: Merck
Kate Hollabaugh, M.S. 2008
Thesis title: Microstructure and Rheology of Mixed Ionic Surfactants
Employed by: Dow Chemical Company, Texas City, TX
Dr. Armin Opitz, Ph.D. 2007
Thesis title: Structural and Functional Investigations of a Molecular Imaging Nanoparticle for Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Oncogene Expression in the Pancreas
Employed by: University of Delaware, Newark, DE
Dr. Ronald Egres, Ph.D. 2005
Thesis title: The effects of particle anisotropy on the rheology and microstructure of
concentrated colloidal suspensions through the shear thickening transition
Employed by: The DuPont Company, Richmond, VA
Dr. Lakshmi Krishnamurthy, Ph.D. 2005
Thesis title: Microstructure and Rheology of Polymer-Colloid Mixtures
Employed by: The DuPont Company, Wilmington, DE
Vikram Daga, M.S. 2005
Thesis title: Electrospinning and rheology of neat and laponite-filled aqueous poly(ethylene oxide) solutions
Employed by: Unilever, India
Dr. Jan Boshoff, Ph.D. 2004
Thesis title: Configurational Diffusion in Glassy, Amorphous Polymers:
Effects of Polymer Structure and Dynamics on Permeation via Molecular Simulation
Dr. Sudhir Shenoy, Ph.D. 2003
Thesis title: Electric Field Effects on the Rheology of Shear Thickening Colloidal Suspensions
Employed by: Schlumberger, Sugarland, TX
Dr. Beth Shubert, Ph.D. 2003
Thesis title: The Microstructure and Rheology of charged, Wormlike Micelles
Employed by: University of Illinois, Champaign, IL
Dr. Brian Tande, Ph.D. 2002
Thesis title: The Rheology,Microstructure, and Phase Behavior of Dendritic and Hyperbranched Polymers
Employed by: General Electric
Dr. Brent Maranzano, Ph.D. 2001
Thesis title: Rheology and microstructure of concentrated near hard sphere colloidal dispersions at the shear thickening transition
Employed by: Rohm and Haas
Dr. Abe Vaynberg, Ph.D. 1999
Thesis title: Rheology and Shear Aggregation of Gelatin Stabilized Colloids
Employed by: Hercules, DE
Dr. Thomas Cuthbert, Ph.D. 1998
Thesis title: Transport of Small Penetrants in Polymer Glasses: Investigations via Simulations
Employed by: Union Carbide, NJ
Dr. William Kernick III, Ph.D. 1998
Thesis title: Rheology and Morphology of Polymer Blends Containing Liquid Crystalline Polymers
Employed by: GE Plastics
Joseph M. Amante, M.S. 1998
Thesis title: Investigation of Shear Thickening in Charge Stabilized Colloidal Dispersions
Employed by: Procter & Gamble, Norwich, NY
Dr. Maria Van Eijndhoven-Rivera, Ph.D. 1997
Thesis title: Flow Induced Morphological Transitions In Polymer Blends Containing A Liquid Crystalline Polymer
Employed by : The DuPont Company, Wilmington, DE
Prof. Johan Bergenholtz, Ph.D. 1996
Thesis title: Statics and Dynamics of Colloidal Suspensions with Attractive Interactions
Employed by: University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Prof. Jonathan W. Bender, Ph.D. 1995
Thesis title: Rheo-Optical Investigations of the Microstructure of Model Colloidal Suspensions
Employed by: University if South Carolina
Dr. Sanjeev Rastogi, Ph.D. 1995
Thesis title: Nonequilibrium Brownian Dynamics of Colloidal Suspensions
Employed by: Union Carbide Corporation, Bound Brook, NJ
Prof. Lynn M. Walker, Ph.D. 1995
Thesis title: Rheology and Rheo-Optics of Liquid Crystal Polymers Under Flow
Employed by: Carnegie Mellon University
Former Undergraduate Researchers
Kristie Grammatikos, B.S. 2007
Joe Houghton, B.S. 2007
Marielle Newman, B.S. 2007
Matthew Decker, B.S. 2006
Andrew Klein, B.S. 2006
Andrew Marshall, B.S. 2005
Phil Matthews, B.S. 2005
Steve Ramick, B.S. 2005
John Kirkwood, B.S. 2004
Keith Kirkwood, B.S. 2004
Former Postdoctoral Researchers
Dr. Manish Kelkar
Dr. Florian Nettesheim
Dr. Caroline Nam Laufer
Dr. Matthew Liberatore
Dr. Emily Pollauf
Dr. Young Sil Lee
Dr. Raphael Pesche
Dr. Stacey Elliot
Dr. Gerhardt Fritz
Dr. Leo Hanus
Dr. Markus Banerjee
Dr. Igor Bodnar
Visiting Researchers
Dr. Dimitris Vlassopoulos, FORTH Institute, Crete, Greece
Dr. Jan Mewis, K.U. Leuven, Belgium
Dr. Bruno D'Aguanno, CRS4, Sardinia
Dr. Hans Christian Ottinger, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland
Dr. Jan K.G. Dhont, Forschungszentrum Julich
Dr. Jan Vermant, K.U. Leuven, Belgium