Overview
My research leverages the intersection between i) in-situ metrology, ii)
process engineering and iii) material science to enable bottom-up novel
materials design and synthesis for energy, novel membrane, electronics,
catalysis, metrology and healthcare applications. The key scientific questions
in my field relate to understanding mechanisms for atomistic control during
nanomaterial synthesis, while the engineering challenges center around
developing scalable production processes and interfacing nanomaterials into
functional systems to realize applications.
Awards
-Elected as Chair of the User Executive Committee, Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 2024
-AIChE, Nanoscale Science and Engineering (NSEF) Young Investigator Award, 2023
-Institute of Physics, Materials Research Express, Emerging Investigators in Materials Science 2021, 2023
-Royal Society of Chemistry Materials Advances - Early Stage Investigator Honorees of the ACS Polymeric Materials: Science & Engineering Division, 2023
-Elected as Vice Chair of the User Executive Committee, Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 2023
-DOE Early Career Award, 2022
-Emerging Investigators - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2022
-ACS PMSE Young Investigator Awardee, 2022
-Chair-elect Nashville section of ACS, 2022
-Junior Faculty Teaching Fellowship, Vanderbilt University, 2021-2022
-ChBE Award for Excellence in Teaching, Vanderbilt University, 2021
-Member Early Career Editorial Board, Chemical Engineering Journal Advances, 2021
-Elected to The User Executive Committee, Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 2020
-Future Application Award, NanoScientific Symposium, 2020
-ECS Toyota Young Investigator Fellowship, 2020
-NSF CAREER Award, 2020
-Member, Graphene Academic Council, National Graphene Association, USA, 2019
-Hamilton Company Syringe Grant Program Award, 2019
-ACS PRF Doctoral New Investigator Award, 2018
-ORAU Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award, 2018
-Lindemann Trust Fellowship, UK, 2014 - 2015
-Elizabeth Mabel Burnett prize, Hughes Hall College, University of Cambridge, 2014
-1st prize in ABTA 2014 Doctoral Research Award, Engineering Sciences, 2014
-Cambridge Commonwealth Trust Award, 2010 - 2014
-Willi Studer prize, MAVT, ETH Zurich, 2008 - 2009
-1st prize Poster presentation, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, 2005
Selected Publications
High Performance Hemofiltration via Molecular Sieving and Ultra Low Friction in Carbon Nanotube Capillary Membranes. Cheng P, Ferrell N, Öberg CM, Buchsbaum SF, Jue ML, Park SJ, Wang D, Roy S, Fornasiero F, Fissell WH, Kidambi PR, Advanced Functional Materials, 33, 2304672, (2023) View Abstract
Deconstructing proton transport through atomically thin monolayer CVD graphene membranes. Chaturvedi P, Moehring NK, Cheng P, Vlassiouk I, Boutilier MS, Kidambi PR, Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 10, 19797-19810, (2022) View Abstract
Differences in water and vapor transport through angstrom-scale pores in atomically thin membranes. Cheng P, Fornasiero F, Jue ML, Ko W, Li AP, Idrobo JC, Boutilier MS, Kidambi PR, Nature Communications, 13, 6709, (2022) View Abstract
Kinetic control of angstrom-scale porosity in 2D lattices for direct scalable synthesis of atomically thin proton exchange membranes. Moehring NK, Chaturvedi P, Cheng P, Ko W, Li AP, Boutilier MS, Kidambi PR, ACS Nano, 16, 16003-16018, (2022) View Abstract
Sub-atomic Species Transport Through Atomically Thin Membranes: Present and Future Applications. Kidambi PR, Chaturvedi P, Moehring NK, Science, 374, 6568, (2021) View Abstract
Education
Ph.D, Engineering, University of CambridgeM.S., Process Engineering, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich)
B.Tech., Chemical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli