Dr. Basavaraj Madivala Gurappa


B.E. Chemical Engineering (1999), Bangalore University, India
M.S. Materials Engineering (2003), Indian Institute of Science, India



Ph.D. Chemical Engineering (2008)
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium


Structure and rheology of suspensions of vesicles and anisotropic particles
Curriculum Vitae

office: 049 Colburn Lab
email: basa@udel.edu
phone: 302-831-8919
I find the whole field of soft matter very exciting. I am interested in exploring a number of systems such as particles at interfaces, colloids in bulk, vesicles, colloid-polymer mixtures, and a number of other areas. The vision would be coupling fundamental understanding of these systems to design industrially relevant materials such as emulsions, foams, gels, and other novel materials.

Current research:

  • Vesicle-polymer mixtures: preparation of monodisperse dispersion of vesicles, phase behavior of vesicle-polymer mixtures, their rheology and structure.
  • Rheology and structure of suspensions of ellipsoids.
  • Ellipsoids at interfaces.