 Debasish Kuila
Professor and Chair
Department of Chemistry
Greensboro, NC 27411
Phone: (336) 433-6740
Fax: (336) 334-7124
dkuila@ncat.edu
Education
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL - Research Associate - 1988-1992
Los Alamos Nat’l Lab,Los Alamos, NM - Staff/Postdoctoral Fellow - 1985-1987
The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI - Research Fellow - 1984-1985
The City University of New York, NY - Ph. D. in Inorganic Chemistry - 1984
The City University of New York, NY - M. Phil. in Chemistry - 1982
Indian Inst. of Technology, Madras, India - M. Sc. in Synthetic Organic Chemistry - 1979
University of Calcutta, India - B. Sc. (Honors in Chemistry) - 1976
Research Interests
My research interests are focused on biomaterials/materials, catalysis, surface science, microfluidics, micro- and nanoscience, self-assembly and cell biology that complements inorganic, physical, polymer/organic, biological, and analytical chemistry.
Professional Organizations
American Chemical Society
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Current Research Projects
Drug toxicity screening and development of biosensors using cell culture studies on self-assembled monolayer modified ITO and micro/nano porous-Si.
Development of non-noble metal nanocatalysts for hydrogen production.
Drug delivery/development using micromixers in collaboration with Pfizer Corporation.
Selected Most Recent Publications
D. S. Patel, K. R. Aithal, G. Krishna, Y. Lvov, M. Tien, and D. Kuila. 2005. “Nano-assembly of Manganese Peroxidase and Lignin Peroxidase from P. chrysosporium for Biocatalysis in Aqueous and Non-aqueous Media”, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 43:13-19.
V. S. Nagineni, S. Zhao, A. Potluri, Y. Liang, U. Siriwardane, S. Naidu, J. Fang, J. Palmer, and D. Kuila. 2005. “Microreactors for Syn-gas Conversion to Higher Alkanes: Characterization of Sol-gel Encapsulated Nanoscale Fe-Co Catalysts Fabricated in the Microchannels” Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 44: 5602-5607.
S. Zhao, V. S. Nagineni, Y. Liang, J. Hu, R. K. Aithal, N. Seetala, J. Fang, U. Siriwardane, R. Besser, K. Varahramyan, J. Palmer, R. Nassar, D. Kuila. 2005. “Microreactor Research and Development at Louisiana Tech University: Fabrication of Silicon Microchannel Reactors for Catalyst Studies on Conversion of Cyclohexene and Syngas to Alkanes”, Book Chapter, ACS Symposium Series 914, Chapter 5: 84-101.
S. Kolipaka, R. Aithal, D. Kuila. 2006. “Development of an ITO-Octadecanethiol-Aluminum
Junction for Molecular Electronics”, Appl. Phys. Lett, 88(23): 233104/1-233104/3
K. Shetty, W. Cao, S. Zhao, N. V. Seetala, U. Siriwardane and D. Kuila. “Synthesis and Characterization of Non-noble Nano-catalysts for Hydrogen Production” J. Power Sources, in press.
Most Recent Presentations
D Kuila, K. Shetty, W. Cao, S. Zhao, D. Mainardi, and N. V. Seetala. November 28-December 2, 2005. “Non-Noble Nano-Catalysts for Hydrogen Production Using Microreactors” 2005 MRS Fall Meeting, --Boston, MA, A10.9.
D. Kuila, S. Bala, R. Aithal, K. Varahramyan, D. Janes, and P. Derosa. November 28-December 2, 2005. “Molecular Rectifying Diodes based on Aluminum /4’-hydroxy-4-biphenyl carboxylic acid / p+-silicon Junction” 2005 MRS FALL MEETING. --Boston, MA, I8.8.
S. Mehta, S. Zhao, W. Cao, J. Fang, N. V. Seetala, and D. Kuila. March 26-30, 2006. “Nano-catalyst Screening for heterogeneous reactions using an array of Microreactors,” 231st ACS National Meeting, Atlanta, GA,PETR 76.
D. Kuila, A. Potluri, P. Sukul, N. Bolden, R. K. Aithal, J. Benford, D. P. Kumaraswamy, V. Shanigaram, D. K. Mills, S. A. Kavuri, and M. Sahin. March 26-30, 2006. “Porous Silicon for Biocatalysis and Cell Culture Studies” 231st ACS National Meeting, Atlanta, GA, INOR-451.
K. Shetty, S. Zhao, C. Marshall and D. Kuila. November 27-December 1, 2006. “Characterization of Nickel and Cobalt catalysts for Steam Reforming of Methanol in Microreactors.” 2005 MRS Fall Meeting, --Boston, MA,” BB3.5.
S. Mehta, S. Zhao, N. V. Seetala, and D. Kuila. November 27-December 1, 2006. “Nanocatalysts for Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis to Higher Alkanes Using an Array of Microreactors.” MRS Fall Meeting, --Boston, MA BB4.13.
Collaborations
Purdue University: Professors S. Datta, D. Janes, and R. Reifenberger
Purdue University North Central: Professor P. Das
Louisiana Tech University: Professors D. Mills, B. Ramachandran, Y. Lvov, M. McShane, K. Varahramyan and D. Mainardi; J. Fang
Penn State University: Professor M. Tien
Grambling State University: Professor N. Seetala
Argonne National Laboratory: Dr. C. Marshall
North Carolina A & T State University: Professor Alex Williamson
Inspiration/Motivation
I thoroughly enjoy working with students and helping them to reach their goals. That is my motivation.
Vision
My vision is to establish a strong interdisciplinary research program that involves chemistry, physics, biology, materials and engineering. Ultimately, this program will allow Ph.D. students to be in the chemistry department. |
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