Ben Yavitt
Rheology of polylmers, nanocomposites, X-ray scattering.
2025 Awardee of the Procter & Gamble Soft Matter Lectureship
Sanat Kumar
Bykhovsky Professor of Chemical Engineering
Department of Cheimcal Engineering
Columbia University
Biography Abstract
About the P&G Soft Matter Lectureship
Location and Time
Friday April 11, 2025
4:00 pm - 7:30 pm
LOCATION
Clifton Court Hall 1170 - Auditorium
University of Cincinnati
Directions
Poster Session Awards
Funded by the Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
University of Cincinnati
(1) best technical (novelty) $200
(2) best presentation (design/Q&A) $200
Itinerary
4pm Introduction
4:10 P&G Lectureship in Soft Matter Award 2025:
Sanat Kumar
Columbia University
Machine Learning for Developing Understanding in Soft Matter Systems
5:10 Research Presentation by P&G representative:
Ajay Muralidharan & Matt Barker
Leveraging Deep Learning and Large Language Models for Chemical Discovery at P&G
5:35 Research Presentation by UC representative:
George Stan
Probing protein remodeling mechanisms of AAA+ motors using molecular dynamics simulations and machine learning approaches
6:00-7:30 Reception and Poster Session
Presenter, Poster Title, Organization
- Briana L. Simms Simms Lab of Functional Biomaterials Simms Group
- Ben Yavitt Amine Functionalized Polyolefins: Dynamic Self Healing Adhesives Yavitt Group
- Mingming Lu TBD Lu Group
- Hong-Sik Eom Tire Wear Particles Beaucage Group
- Luoxi Tan TBD Nickels Group
- Kyujin Ko Spreading dynamics of transiently-crosslinked PDMS Pham Group
- Kyujin Ko Self-gelation of PDMS on metal substrates for self-healing coatings Pham Group
- Yoonjee Park Hollow Fiber Membranes Yoonjee Park Group
- Md Sazzadul Alam Rahat How swelling affects microscale creasing and stick-slip friction of soft elastomers Pham Group
- Andrew Bryan Development of a piezoelectric scaffold with integrated bioactivity for traumatic injury Harris Lab
- Mahmoud Shobair Integrating Machine Learning and Conformal Prediction: A Quantitative Structure-Confidence Activity Relationship (QSCAR) Framework for Refined in vitro Clastogenicity Predictions Procter & Gamble Group/Division: R&D - Corporate Function - Human Safety
- Bingxin Liu To be determined Donglu Shi Group
- Chloe Constantinides Anionic Inorganic Nanosheet-Polymer Composite Membranes for Electrochemical Cells Junhang Dong Group
- Lindsey Marquez Evaluating Immune-Mediated ECM Remodeling to Reduce Foreign Body Response of Implanted Biomaterials Harris Group
- Cara Luallen Intermediate-scale method for measuring hair friction to understand detangling Harris Group
- Ejajul Hoque Controlled rheology platform for understanding the printability of nanoparticle suspensions Yavitt Group
- Tharushi Rajaguru Using Machine Learning to Explore ClpP driven mechanisms of Protein Degradation Stan Group
- Farhana Islam Muna Dependency of Consistency on Tackiness of Grease Pham Group Pham Group
- Precious Akinnusi Synthetic lipid nanoparticles for drug delivery Simms Group
- James Kelly Croconium-dye modified liposomes for controllable long-term drug release Park Group
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Soft Matter Research at the University of Cincinnati
Jon Nickels
Biomaterials, biomedical research, dynamic and static neutron scattering.
Jon Pham
Surfaces, gels and adhesion. Rheology of polylmers ang gels.
Yoonjee Park
Biomedical materials, drug delivery devices, studies of skin.
Neil Ayres
Neil Ayres current research interests include preparing stimulit responsive hydrogels and synthesizing porous polymers. Neil Ayres received his Ph. D. in chemistry from The University of Warwick in 2003 where he worked with Prof. David Haddleton. After a post-doc with Charles McCormick at The University of Southern Mississippi he worked with William Brittain at The University of Akron studying stimuli-responsive polymer brushes. From there he spent two years as a post-doc at The University of Utah with Prof. David Grainger before becoming an assistant professor at The University of Cincinnati in 2008.
Greg Beaucage
Beaucage is studying the formation of tire wear microplastics and nanoparticles, supercritical alkanes (propane and butane) for plastics recyling especially in the developing world, dispersion of fillers and additives in multihierarchical materials such as tires, structure/property relationships in hierarchcial materials specifically Li+ anodes, modeling of X-ray, neutron and light scattering.
Briana Simms
Dr. Briana Simms is a synthetic polymer chemist who specializes in the design, synthesis, and characterization of novel biomaterials with the goal of addressing challenges related to public health. Currently, she is focused on the development of soft biomaterials such as lipid nanoparticles and hydrogels for applications in therapeutic delivery and wound healing, respectively.
Jude Iroh
Polymer nanocomposites, Li+ cathode research.
Donglu Shi
Dr. Donglu Shi is a professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Cincinnati. His research focuses on polymer drug/gene delivery systems for medical diagnostics and therapeutics, and plasma polymerization of nanoparticles for biological molecule conjugation. Dr. Shi's group has created a range of polymeric nanoparticles for treating pulmonary vascular diseases, such as lipid nanoparticles, Poly(beta-amino ester)s (PBAEs), and PEI-based polymeric nanoparticles. Through collaboration with Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Dr. Shi has spearheaded the development of non-toxic poly(β-amino) ester (PBAE) nanoparticles, showcasing their efficiency in delivering nucleic acids to pulmonary endothelial cells. In addition, Dr. Shi explores the electronic structures, photonic behaviors, and magnetic properties of nanomaterials, with a focus on efficient solar harvesting and energy generation.
Vesco Shanov
Issued 5 joint US patents with P&G and Shanov’s group related to: 1. Fabrication and characterization of films including a water-soluble layer and a vapor-deposited inorganic coatings; 2. Beauty care films including a water-soluble layer and a vapor-deposited coatings; 3. Apparatus and method for mixing by producing shear and cavitation; 4. Apparatus and method for treating a workpiece using plasma generated from microwave radiation to produce protective polymer films; 5. Portable apparatus and method for treating a workpiece for their protection with plasma-deposited polymer films. Prof. Shanov’s current research is focused on graphene and carbon nanotubes, synthesis, processing, and advanced applications for energy storage, sensors, composites, etc.
Taso Angelopoulos
Novel platinum structure syntheses to investigate structure sensitivity in fuel cell electrocatalysis at the atomic cluster to single crystal transition. · Understanding confinement effects in polymer-supported heterogeneous catalysts for ambient chemical hazard detection, capture, and conversion. · Investigate mechanisms of inorganic ligand attachment for complex fluid stabilization during the formation of layered nanoparticle assembles. · Understanding electrical conduction mechanisms in layered assemblies of heterogeneous nanoparticles for sustainable energy applications.
Carlos Co
Syhtnetic polymer and soft matter chemistry.
Junhang Dong
Membranes
George Stan
Softmatter and ML/AI.
Greg Harris
Biomaterials