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Prathima C Nalam
Assistant Professor
Department of Materials Department and Innovation
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
College of Arts and Science
128 Bell Hall, Buffalo, NY 14260-2000
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Office: 716.645.9193
Email: prathima@buffalo.edu
Website: www.engineering.buffalo.edu/mdi
Education:
Ph.D. 2012, Department of Materials, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH Zürich.
M.Sc. 2007, Department of Materials, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH, Zürich.
B. Tech. 2002, Department of Mechanical Engineering, India.
Academic Appointments:
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA.
NBIC Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, University of Pennsylvania, USA.
SNSF Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, University of Pennsylvania, USA.
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Materials, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich (ETH), Switzerland.
Research Assistant, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, India.
Current Students:
Mruganka Sandip Parasnis
Ph. D. Student
Email: mruganka@buffalo.edu
Research Topic: Mycelium as a filtration membrane
Tashfia Mosharraf Mohona
Ph. D. Student
Email: tashfiam@buffalo.edu
Research Topic: Alternate disinfectants for polyamide membranes
Stephanie Oteme
Ph.D Student
Email: gbasseyo@buffalo.edu
Research Topic: PFAS at interfaces
Graduated PhD Students:
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Behnoosh Sattari Baboukani: Atomic-scale friction mechanisms of two-dimensional materials in non-polar solvents, Graduated: December 2021, Currently at University of California, Berkeley
Graduated Master Students:
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Faemia Zullfikar Chaggan Micromechanical Characterization of Mycelium based Fibrous Networks.
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Eric Oliverio Comprehensive Quantification of the Heterogeneous Structure of Mycelium.
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Michael McCann, Wear Characterization of Electrically Induced Bearing Discharge.
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Thaicia Stona De Almedia Structure-Permeation Relationships for the Development of Mycelium-Based Biodegradable Filtration Membranes
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Adam Nielsen Understanding Surface Interactions of 2D-material coated Water-filter Membranes
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​Mugdha Karsarkar Mechanics of Mycelium-based Networks
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Cristina Cisneros Materials Informatics Approach to Design Hydrogels for Cartilage Replacement
Undergraduate Research Students:
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Anna Lin, REU Student, 2021
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Eliana Kenner, REU Student, 2021
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Walter Zhao, BioXFEL, 2018
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Janhavi Nistane, International Intern, 2018
Group Photos
December 2017, Congrats to Cristina on your graduation​
July 2018, Summer @ Buffalo
Nov 2021, CoVID Party
May 2019, STLE Annual Exhibition
May 2018, Erich Bloch Symposium
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