SANAT K. KUMAR Office Address: Home Address: Department of Chemical Engineering 241 W 108th St, #7A Columbia University New York, NY 10025. New York, NY 10027 Phone:(347)351-5314 E-mail:sk2794@columbia.edu EDUCATION MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Doctor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering, February, 1987. GPA = 5.0/5.0. Additional Graduate Courses taken in the areas of Properties of Polymers, Applied Mathematics, Numerical Methods, Statistical Physics and Critical Phenomena.

Thesis topic: "Precipitation Polymerizations and Partitioning in Supercritical Fluids." Supervisors: Profs. R.C.Reid and U.W.Suter. Minor programs in Statistical Physics and Modern Greek.

S.M. degree in Chemical Engineering, January 1984. Thesis topic: "Equations of State in Modelling Supercritical Extraction." Thesis Supervisor: Prof. R.C.Reid.

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, MADRAS, INDIA. Bachelor of Technology (First Class with distinction) in Chemical Engineering, June 1981. Thesis with Prof. M.S. Ananth on "Computer Modelling of Blast Furnaces." Additional courses in Operations Research, Electronics and Economics.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2006- COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, NEW YORK, NY. 2016- Bykhovsky Professor of Chemical Engineering 2010-2016 Chair, Chemical Engineering 2006- Professor of Chemical Engineering 2002 -2006 RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, TROY, NY Professor of Chemical Engineering 1988-2002 PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY, UNIVERSITY PARK, PA. 1988-1993 Assistant Professor of Materials Science. 1993-1997 Associate Professor of Materials Science. 1997-2002 Professor of Materials Science. 2001-2002 Professor of Chemical Engineering 1987-1988 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES SAN JOSE, CA. Visiting Scientist at IBM's Almaden Research Center with Dr. Do. Yoon. Worked on the theoretical

aspects of polymer interfaces, and semi-crystalline polymers.

1981-1987 MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 1986-1987 Post Doctoral fellow with Prof Ulrich Suter on the molecular simulation of polymeric systems. 1981-1986 Teaching assistant for four semesters, in subjects on graduate and undergraduate

thermodynamics, separation processes and properties of macromolecules. PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES American Chemical Society. American Institute of Chemical Engineers. American Physical Society. AWARDS Bykhovsky Professor of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, 2016- Wilson Research Award, Penn State University, 2002 Fellow, American Physical Society, 1998 – only 2% of members are fellows Dow Lectureship, Dept. Materials Science, Northwestern University, 1994- Invited lectureship Philip L. Walker Jr. Distinguished University Fellow, Pennsylvania State University, 1990-1993. NSF Research Initiation Award, 1989-1992. Chevron Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1982 – competitive award Certificate of Merit, Indian Institute of Technology, 1979 – awarded to best student GPA for the first three years of BS degree. Less than 0.01% of candidates applying to IIT get in. AWARDS FOR STUDENTS Frank Padden Award Finalist, American Physical Society, Dan Zhao, 2016 – National Competition Xerox Award, Penn State, Awarded to Ken Strawhecker, 2000—based on MS thesis. Frank Padden Award Finalist, American Physical Society, Ron Jones, 2000—National competition Frank Padden Award Finalist, American Physical Society, James Sands, 1998 – National competition MEMBERSHIPS Soft Matter, Associate Editor, 2017- Elected Chair, Gordon Research Conference, Polymer Physics, 2020 Advisory Committee, Department of Chemical Engineering, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NY, 2016- Advisory Committee, Center for Nanofunctional Materials, Brookhaven National Laboratories, Upton, NY, 2016- Elected DPOLY Vice-Chair, American Physical Society (will be Division Chair in 2017-2018) Editor, New Nature Publishing Group journal on “Computational Materials”, 2015-2017 Visiting Professor, CNRS, Saclay (Summer 2015) Editorial Board, Macromolecules and ACS-Macro Letters, Jan. 2013- Dec. 2015 Executive Committee Member, NSF-NSEC, RPI and University of Illinois, 2004-2010 Editor, Journal of Polymer Science B. Polymer Physics, 2002-2007 Editorial Board, Journal of Polymer Science B. Polymer Physics, 2000-2002; 2007- Chair, Program advisory committee, National Institutes of Standards ad Technology, 1997-2004 Executive Committee, American Physical Society, Div. of High Polymer Physics, 1997-2000 Area 1a Committee, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1997-2003 Visiting Professor, Oak Ridge National Laboratories, Summer,1996. Adjunct Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Cornell University, 1995-1999. Editorial Board, Molecular Simulation, 1993- 1999.

PATENTS 1. Kysar, J.W., Kumar, S.K., Fragneaud, B. and Maillard, D. Thin glassy polymer films including spherical

nanoparticles, US Patent 8,889,766(2014) 2. Akcora, P. and Kumar, S.K. Anisotropic self-assembly of nanoparticles in composites, US Patent

9,133,314(2015). 3. Kumar, S.K., Durning, C., Buenning, E., Bilchak, C. Grafted Polymer Nanocomposite Materials, Systems,

And Methods, US Patent App. 14/878,115, (2015).

PUBLICATIONS (Google Scholar H index – 62) 4. Panagiotopoulos A.Z. and Kumar S.K. "A Generalized Technique for obtaining Pure Component

Parameters for Two-Parameter Equations of State." Flu. Phase Equil. 22, 77(1985). 5. Kumar S.K., Reid R.C. and Suter U.W. "A Statistical-Mechanics Based Lattice Model Equation of

State: Applications to Mixtures with Supercritical Fluids." ACS Division of Fuel Chemistry Preprints 30, 66(1985).

6. Kumar S.K. and Reid R.C. "Derivation of the Relationships Between Partial Derivatives of Legendre Transforms." AIChE J 32, 1224(1986).

7. Debenedetti P.G. and Kumar S.K. "Infinite Dilution Fugacity Coefficients and the General Behavior of Dilute Binary Systems." AIChE J 32, 1253(1986).

8. Kumar S.K., Suter U.W. and Reid R.C. "Fractionation of Polymers with Supercritical Fluids." Flu. Phase Equil. 29, 373(1986).

9. Kumar S.K., Suter U.W. and Reid R.C. "A Statistical-Mechanics Based Lattice Model Equation of State." Ind. & Eng. Chem. 26, 2532(1987).

10. Kumar S.K., Chhabria S.P., Reid R.C. and Suter U.W. "Solubility of Polymers in Supercritical Fluids." Macromolecules. 20, 2550(1987).

11. Kumar S.K. and Johnston K.P. "A Quantitative Theory to Model Supercritical Fluid Extractions: Density as an Independent Variable." J. Supercritical Fluids, 1, 15(1988).

12. Debenedetti P.G. and Kumar S.K. "The Molecular Basis of Temperature Effects in Supercritical Extractions." AIChE J 34, 645(1988).

13. Bamberger T., Erickson J.C., Cooney C.L. and Kumar S.K. "Measurement and Model Prediction of the Solubilities of Pure Fatty Acids, Pure Triglycerides and Mixtures of Triglycerides in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide." J. Chem. Eng. Data. 33, 327(1988).

14. Kumar S.K., Vacatello M. and Yoon D.Y. "Off-Lattice Monte Carlo Simulations of Polymer Melts Confined Between Plates." J. Chem. Phys. 89, 5206(1988).

15. Kumar S.K. and Yoon D.Y. "A Lattice Model for Crystal-Amorphous Interphases in Lamellar Semicrystalline Polymers: Effects of Tight Fold Energy and Chain Incidence Density." Macromolecules, 22, 3458(1989).

16. Kumar S.K. and Yoon D.Y. "A Lattice Model for Binary Crystal/Amorphous Polymer Blends." Macromolecules, 22, 4089(1989).

17. Kumar S.K., Vacatello M. and Yoon D.Y. "Off-Lattice Monte Carlo Simulations of Polymer Melts Confined Between Plates. II. Effects of Chain Length and Plate Separation." Macromolecules, 23, 2189(1990).

18. Hariharan A., Kumar S.K. and Russell, T.P. "Surface Segregation of Polymer Chains Due to Molecular Weight Effects." Macromolecules, 23, 3584(1990).

19. Runt J.P., Barron C.A., Zhang X.F. and Kumar S.K. "Crystal/Amorphous Interphases in Binary Polymer Blends." Macromolecules, 24, 3466(1991).

20. Kumar S.K., Szleifer I. and Panagiotopoulos A.Z. "Determination of Chemical Potentials of Polymeric Systems from Monte Carlo Simulation." Phys. Rev. Lett., 66, 2935(1991).

21. Kumar S.K. and Russell T.P. "The Behavior of Istopic, Binary Polymer Blends in the Vicinity of Neutral Surfaces." Macromolecules, 24, 3816(1991).

22. Hariharan A., Kumar S.K. and Russell T.P. "The Behavior of Binary Polymer Blends in the Vicinity of Neutral Surfaces." Macromolecules, 24, 4909(1991).

23. Kumar S.K. and Yoon D.Y. "A Lattice Model for Binary Semicrystalline/Amorphous Polymer Blends: Effects of Tight-Fold Energy." Macromolecules, 24, 5414(1991).

24. Zhao X., Zhao W., Rafailovich M., Sokolov J., Russell T.P., Kumar S.K., Schwartz S., and Wilkens B.J. "Conformation of Grafted Polystyrene Chains in a Melt." Europhys. Lett., 15, 725(1991).

25. Yoon D.Y., Ando Y., Rojstaczer S., Kumar S.K., Alfonso G. "Crystal-Amorphous Interphases in Binary Semicrystalline/Amorphous Polymer Blends." Makromol. Chemie Makromol. Symp., 50, 183(1991).

26. Kumar S.K. "The Chain Length Dependence of The Chemical Potentials of Macromolecular Systems At Zero Density: Exact Calculations and Monte Carlo Simulations." J. Chem. Phys., 96, 1490(1992).

27. Kumar S.K., Szleifer I. and Panagiotopoulos A.Z. "Reply to Comments on Determination of the Chemical Potentials of Polymeric Systems from Simulations." Phys. Rev. Lett., 68, 3658(1992).

28. Zhao X., Zhao W., Zheng X., Rafailovich M., Sokolov J., Schwarz S.A., Pudensi M.A.A., Russell T.P., Kumar S.K. and Fetters L.J. "Kinetics of Grafted Polystyrene Chains in a Melt." Phys. Rev. Lett., 69, 776(1992).

29. Kumar S.K. "A Modified Real Particle Method for the Calculation of the Chemical Potentials of Molecular Systems." J. Chem. Phys., 97, 3550(1992).

30. Kumar S.K. "A Comparison of Different Methods for the Calculation of the Chemical Potentials of Polymer Systems." Makromol. Chemie Makromol. Symp., 65, 39(1993).

31. Kumar S.K., Hariharan A. and Russell T.P. "The Reversal of the Isotopic Effect in the Surface Behavior of Binary Polymer Blends." J. Chem. Phys., 98, 4163(1993).

32. Kumar S.K. "The Chemical Potentials of Polymer Systems from Computer Simulations." Fluid Ph. Equil., 83, 333(1993).

33. Hariharan A., Kumar S.K. and Russell T.P. "Free Surfaces of Polymer Blends. I. Theory and Applications to Model Systems." J. Chem. Phys., 98, 6516(1993).

34. Hariharan A., Kumar S.K., Rafailovich M.H., Sokolov J., Schwarz S. and Russell T.P. "The Effects of Finite Film Thickness on the Surface Segregation from Binary Symmetric Polymer Blends." J. Chem. Phys., 99, 656(1993).

35. Hariharan A., Kumar S.K. and Russell T.P. "Free Surfaces of Polymer Blends. II. Reversal of Isotopic Effect for Asymmetric Polymer Blends." J. Chem. Phys., 99, 4041(1993).

36. Kumar S.K. "Chemical Potentials of Polymer Blends from Monte Carlo Simulations: Consequences on SANS Determined χ Parameters." Macromolecules, 27, 260(1994).

37. Kumar S.K., "Monte Carlo Simulations of the Free Energies and Phase Diagrams of Macromolecular Systems.", Chapter 7 in Computer Simulations of Polymers, Ed. E.A. Colbourn, Longman Press, UK, 1994.

38. Yethiraj A., Kumar S.K., Hariharan A. and Schweizer K.S. "Surface Segregation in Polymer Blends Due to Stiffness Disparity." J. Chem. Phys., 100, 4691(1994).

39. Kumar S.K., Tang H. and Szleifer I. "Phase Transitions in Thin Films of Symmetric Binary Polymer Mixtures." Mol. Phys, 81, 867(1994).

40. Sheng, Y.-J., Panagiotopoulos, A.Z., Kumar, S.K. and Szleifer, I. "Monte-Carlo Calculation of the Phase Coexistence Envelope for a Bead-Spring Polymeric Model." Macromolecules, 27, 400(1994).

41. Tang H., Szleifer I. and Kumar S.K. "Critical Temperature Shifts in Thin Polymer Blend Films." J. Chem. Phys., 100, 5367(1994).

42. Runt J., Miley D.M., Gallagher K.P., Barron, C.A. and Kumar S.K. "Poly(butylene terephthalate)-Polyarylate Blends." Polym. Adv. Tech., in press, 1994.

43. Weinhold J.D. and Kumar S.K. "Monte Carlo Simulations of End Grafted Polymer Matrices." J. Chem. Phys., 101, 4312(1994).

44. Kumar S.K., Russell T.P. and Hariharan A. "Monte Carlo Simulations of the Free Surface of Polymer Melts." Chem. Eng. Sci., 49, 2899(1994).

45. Mackie A., Panagiotopoulos A.Z., Frenkel D. and Kumar S.K. "Constant-Pressure Monte Carlo Simulations for Lattice Models." Europhys. Lett., 27, 549(1994).

46. Mackie A., Panagiotopoulos A.Z. and Kumar S.K. “Gibbs Ensemble Simulations of Lattice Polymer systems.” J. Chem. Phys., 102, 1014(1995).

47. Toney M.F., Russell T.P., Logan T.; Kikuchi H., Sands J. and Kumar S.K. “Near-surface Alignment of Polymers in Rubbed Films.” Nature, 374, 709(1995).

48. Kumar S.K., Sharp K., Rossky P, Friedman R. and Honig B. “Size Dependence of Transfer Free Energies. I. A Flory Huggins Approach.” J. Phys. Chem., 99, 8382(1995).

49. Kacker N., Weinhold J.D. and Kumar S.K. “Thermodynamic Properties of a Coarse-grained Model of Hydrocarbon Polymers. Computer Simulations on Articulated Chain Structures.” J. Chem. Soc. Faraday Transactions, 91, 2457(1995).

50. Weinhold J.D., Kumar S.K., Singh C. and Schweizer K.S. “Athermal Stiffness Blends. Comparison of Monte Carlo Simulations and Integral Equation Theory.” J. Chem. Phys., 103, 9460(1995).

51. Kumar S.K., Yethiraj A., Schweizer K.S. and Leermakers F.A.M. “The Effects of Local Stiffness Disparity on the Surface Segregation from Binary Polymer Blends.” J. Chem. Phys., 103, 10332(1995).

52. Sheng Y.-J., Panagiotopoulos A.Z. and Kumar S.K. “Mixing Properties of Model Polymer Solvent Systems.” J. Chem. Phys., 103, 10315(1995).

53. Taylor J.K., Debenedetti P.G., Graessley W.W and Kumar S.K. “Compressibility Effects on the Analysis and Interpretation of SANS data from Polymer Blends.” Macromolecules, 29, 764(1996).

54. Keblinski P., Kumar S.K., Maritan A., Koplik J. and Banavar J. “Roughening of Vapor-Liquid Interface Due to Phase Separation.” Phys. Rev. Lett., 76, 1106(1996).

55. Sheng Y.-J., Panagiotopoulos A.Z and Kumar S.K. “Effects of Chain Stiffness on Polymer Phase Behavior.” Macromolecules, 29, 4444(1996).

56. Kumar S.K., Szleifer I., Hall C.K. and Wichert J. “Computer Simulation Study of the Approximations Associated with the Generalized Flory Theories.” J. Chem. Phys., 104, 9100(1996).

57. Kumar S.K., Anastasiadis S.H. and Fytas G. “Concentration Fluctuation Induced Dynamic Heterogeneities in Polymer Blends and Copolymers.” J. Chem. Phys., 105, 3777(1996).

58. Kumar S.K. and Weinhold J.D. Phase Separation in Nearly Symmetric Polymer Mixtures. Phys. Rev. Lett., 77,1512(1996).

59. Sharp K., Kumar S.K., Rossky P., Friedman R. and Honig B. “Size Dependence of Transfer Free Energies. II Hard Sphere Fluids.” J. Phys. Chem., 100, 10416(1996).

60. Weinhold J.D., Kumar S.K. and Szleifer I. “Effects of Chain Conformations on the Thermodynamics of Polymeric Systems. A Single Chain Mean-Field Theory.” Europhys. Lett., 35,696(1996).

61. Samanth M., Stohr J., Brown H.R., Russell T.P., Sands J.M. and Kumar S.K. “NEXAFS Studies on the Surface Orientation of Buffed Polyimides” Macromolecules, 29, 8334(1997).

62. Petekidis G., Vlassopoulos, D., Fytas G., Kountourakis N. and Kumar S.K. “Association Dynamics in Solutions of Hairy-Rod Polymers.” Macromolecules, 30, 919(1997).

63. Painter P.C., Veytsman B., Kumar S.K., Shenoy S., Graf J.F., Xu Y. and Coleman M.M. “Intramolecular Screening Effects in Polymer Mixtures. 1. Hydrogen-Bonded Polymer Blends.” Macromolecules, 30, 932(1997).

64. Russell T.P. and Kumar S.K. “The One that Got Away.”, Nature, 368, 711(1997). 65. Cui S.T., Cochran H.D., Cummings P.T. and Kumar S.K. “Structural and Mixing Properties of Polymer

Blends from Molecular Dynamics Simulations.” Macromolecules, 30, 3375(1997). 66. Kumar S.K. “Computer Simulations on the Free Energies and Phase Diagrams of Asymmetrically

Interacting Blends.” Macromolecules, 30, 5085(1997). 67. Jalbert C., Koberstein J.T., Hariharan A. and Kumar S.K. “End Group Effects on Surface Properties of

Polymers: Semi-Empirical Calculations and Comparison to Experimental Surface Tensions for α,ω-Functional Poly(dimethylsoloxanes).” Macromolecules, 30, 4481(1997).

68. Kumar S.K., Veytsman B., Taylor J. and Crist B. “Is Compressibility Important in Determining the Scattering from Polymer Mixtures.” Phys. Rev. Lett.,79, 2265(1997).

69. Taylor-Maranas J.K., Debenedetti P.G., Graessley W.W. and Kumar S.K. "Compressibility Effects in Neutron Scatering from Polymer Mixtures." Macromolecules, 30, 6943(1997).

70. Kacker N., Kumar S.K. and Allara D.L. "Wetting-Induced Reconstruction in Molecular Surfaces." Langmuir, 13, 6366(1997).

71. Kotelyanskii M. and Kumar S.K. "Surface Transitions in Confined Associating Fluids." Phys. Rev. Lett., 80, 1252(1998).

72. Karim A., Slawecki T.M., Kumar S.K., Douglas J.F., Satija S.K., Han C.C., Russell T.P., Overney R., Sokolov J. and Rafailovich M.H. “Phase-Separation-Induced Surface Patterns in Thin Polymer Blend Films.” Macromolecules, 31, 857(1998).

73. Kotelyanskii M., Veytsman B. and Kumar S.K. “Phase Behavior of Associating Liquid Mixtures.” Phys. Rev. E. , 58, 12(1998).

74. Beiner M., Meier G., Fytas G. and Kumar S.K. “Pressure Induced Compatibilization in Model Polymer Mixtures."”Phys. Rev. Lett., 81, 594(1998).

75. Maranas J.K., Mondello M., Grest G.S., Kumar S.K., Debenedetti P.G. and Graessley W.W. “Liquid Structure, Thermodynamics and Mixing Behavior of Saturated Hydrocarbon Polymers. I Cohesive Energy Density and Internal Pressure.” Macromolecules, 31, 6991(1998).

76. Maranas J.K., Kumar S.K., Debenedetti P.G., Graessley W.W., Mondello M. and Grest G.S., “Liquid Structure, Thermodynamics and Mixing Behavior of Saturated Hydrocarbon Polymers. II Pair Distribution Functions and Regularity of Mixing.” Macromolecules, 31, 6998(1998).

77. Londono J.D., Taylor J.K., Mondelo M., Habenschuss A., Grest G.S., Debenedetti P.G., Graessley W.W. and Kumar S.K. “Chain-Packing Effects in the Thermodynamics of Polymers.” J. Polym. Sci. Polym. Phys., 36, 3001(1998)

78. Pathak J.A., Colby R.H., Kamath S.Y., Kumar S.K. and Stadler R. “Rheology of Miscible Blends: SAN and PMMA.” Macromolecules, 31, 8988(1998).

79. Ho D.L., Briber R.M., Jones R.L., Kumar S.K. and Russell T.P. “Small Angle Neutron Scattering Studies on Thin Films of Isotopic Polystyrene Blends.” Macromolecules, 31, 9247(1998).

80. Jones R.L., Kumar S.K., Ho D.L., Briber R.M. and Russell T.P. “Chain Conformation in Ultrathin Polymer Films.” Nature, 400, 146(1999).

81. Kumar S.K. and Panagiotopoulos A.Z. “Thermodynamics of Reversibly Associating Polymers.” Phys. Rev. Lett., 82, 5060(1999).

82. Lefebvre A.A., Lee J.H., Balsara N.P., Hammouda B., Krishnamoorti R. and Kumar S. “Relationship between Internal Energy and Volume Change of Mixing in Pressurized Blends.” Macromolecules, 32, 5460(1999).

83. Kamath S., Colby R.H., Kumar S.K., Karatasos K., Floudas G., Fytas G. and Roovers J.E.L. “Segmental Dynamics of Miscible PI/PVE Blends: Comparison of the Predictions of a Concentration Fluctuation Model to Experiment.” J. Chem. Phys., 111, 6121(1999).

84. Panagiotopoulos A.Z. and Kumar S.K. “Large Lattice Discretization Effects on the Phase Behavior of Lattice Ionic Fluids.” Phys. Rev. Lett., 83, 2981(1999).

85. Kumar S.K. “Pressure Effects on the Thermodynamics of Polymer Blends.” Macromolecules, 33, 5285(2000).

86. Karim A. and Kumar S.K. “Polymer Surfaces, Interfaces and Thin Films.” World Scientific Press, 2000. 87. Melenkevitz J., Crist B. and Kumar S.K. “A Theoretical of Isotope Blends: No Concentration Dependence

of SANS χ Parameter.” Macromolecules, 33, 6869(2000). 88. Indrakanthi A., Maranas J.K. and Kumar S.K. “Intramolecular Effects on the Thermodynamics of

Polymers.”, Macromolecules, 33, 8865(2000). 89. Jones R.L., Kumar S.K., Ho D.L., Briber R. M. and Russell T.P. “Chain Conformation in Ultrathin Polymer

Films.” Macromolecules, 34, 559(2001).

90. Strawhecker K., Kumar S.K., Douglas J. and Karim A. “The critical role of solvent evaporation rate on the roughness of spin-cast polymer coatings ?“ Macromolecules, 34, 4669(2001).

91. Kumar S.K. and Jones R.L. “Comment on “Interfacial tension of polymer liquids” by Aubouy et al.” Phys. Rev. Lett., 87, 179601(2001).

92. Kumar S.K., Floriano M. and Panagiotopoulos A.Z. “Nanostructure formation and phase separation in surfactant solutions.” Adv. Chem Eng., 28, 260(2001).

93. Kumar S.K. and R.L. Jones “Dominance of density variations in determining the molecular weight dependence of the surface tensions of polymer melts.” Adv. In Coll. Interf. Sci., 94, 33(2001).

94. Kumar S.K. and J.F. Douglas “Gelation in Physically Associating Polymer Solutions.” Phys. Rev. Lett., 87, 188301(2001).

95. Indrakanti A., Maranas J.K., Panagiotopoulos A.Z. and Kumar S.K. “Quantitative Lattice Simulations of the Structure and Thermodynamics of Polymers.” Macromolecules, 34, 8596(2001).

96. Beiner M., Meier G., Fytas G. and Kumar S.K. “Strong Isotope Labeling Effects on the Pressure Dependence of Polymer Miscibility.” J. Chem. Phys., 116, 1185(2002).

97. Kamath S., Colby R.H., Kumar S.K. and Baschnagel J. “Thermodynamic Signature of the Onset of Caged Dynamics in Glass-forming Liquids.” J. Chem. Phys., 116, 865(2002).

98. Xu G., Clancy T.C., Mattice W.L. and Kumar S.K. “Increase in the Chemical Potential of Syndiotactic Polypropylene uon Mixing with Atactic or Isotactic Polypropylene.” Macromolecules, 35, 3309(2002).

99. Panagiotopoulos A.Z., Floriano M. and Kumar S.K. “Micellization and Phase Separation of Diblock and Triblock Model Surfactants.” Langmuir, 18, 2940(2002).

100. Nieh M.-P., Kumar S.K., Ho D.L. and Briber R.M. “Neutron Scattering Study of Chain Confromations in the Energetically Neutral Pores of Vycor Glass .” Macromolecules, 35, 6384(2002).

101. Salaniwal S., Colby R.H. and Kumar S.K. “Computer Simulations of Local Concentration Variations in Miscible Polymer Blends.” Macromolecules, 35, 9211(2002).

102. Salaniwal S., Kumar S.K. and Douglas J.F. “Amorphous Solidification in Polymer-Platelet Nanocomposites.” Phys. Rev. Lett., 89, 258301(2002).

103. Orkulas G., Kumar S.K. and Panagiotopoulos A.Z. “Monte Carlo Study of Coulombic Criticality in Polyelectrolytes.” Phys. Rev. Lett.., 90, 048303(2003).

104. Kamath S.K., Colby R.H. and Kumar S.K. “Evidence for Dynamic Heterogeneities in Computer Simulations of Miscible Polymer Blends.” Phys. Rev. E., 67, 010801(2003).

105. O’Rourke-Muisner P.A.V., Koberstein J.T. and Kumar S. “Optimal Chain Architectures for the Molecular Design of Functional Polymer Surfaces.” Macromolecules, 36, 771(2003).

106. Salaniwal S., Kumar S.K. and Panagiotopoulos A.Z. “Competing Ranges of Attractive and Repulsive Interactions in the Micellization of Model Surfactants.” Langmuir, 19, 5164(2003).

107. Kevrikidis P.G., Kumar S.K. and Kevrikidis I.G. “An Exploding Glass ?” Phys. Lett. A, 318, 364(2003). 108. Kamath S.K., Colby R.H. and Kumar S.K. “Dynamic Heterogeneity in Miscible Polymer Blends with

Stiffness Disparity: A Computer Simulation Study.” Macromolecules, 36, 8567(2003). 109. Granick S., Kumar S.K., Amis E.J., Antoinetti M., Balazs A.C., Chakraborty A.C., Grest G.S., Hawker C.,

Janmey P.A., Kramer E.J., Nuzzo R., Russell T.P. and Safinya C. “Polymers at Surfaces: Research Challenges and Opportunities from Tribology to Biology.” J. Polym. Sci. Polym. Phys., 41, 2755(2003).

110. Kant R., Colby R.H. and Kumar S.K. “What Length Scales Control the Dynamics of Miscible Polymer Blends ?” Macromolecules, 36, 10087(2003).

111. Indrakanti A., Jones R.L. and Kumar S.K. “Do Non-Equilibrium Effects Control the Strong Surface Segregation from Miscible Polymer Blends ?” Macromolecules, 37, 9(2004).

112. Indrakanti A., Ramesh N., Duda J.L. and Kumar S.K “Modeling Diffusion in Miscible Polymer Blend Flms.” J. Chem. Phys., 121, 546(2004).

113. Jones R.L., Indrakanti I., Briber R.M., Muller M. and Kumar S.K. “Phase Transitions in Thin Polymer Blends.” Macromolecules, 37, 6676(2004)

114. Pathak J.A., Kumar S.K. and Colby R.H “Miscible Polymer Blend Dynamics: Double Reptation Predictions of the Linear Viscoelasticity in Miscible Blends of Polyisoprene and Poly(Vinylethylene).” Macromolecules, 37, 6994(2004).

115. Nieh M.-P., Kumar S.K., Fernando R., Colby R.H. and Katsaras J. “Effect of Hydrophilic Size on the Structural Phases of Aqueous Nonionic Gemini Surfactant Solutions.” Langmuir, 20, 9061(2004).

116. Adhikari N., Peng X., Alizadeh A., Ganti S., Nayak S. and Kumar S.K. “Multiscale Modeling of the Surfactant Mediated Synthesis of Cobalt Nanodots.” Phys. Rev. Lett., 93, 01883011(2004).

117. Sen, S., Kumar S.K. and Keblinski P. “Viscoelastic Properties of Polymer Melts from Equilibrium Molecular Dynamics Simulations”, Macromolecules, 38, 650(2005)

118. Ashbaugh, H.S., Patel, H.A., Kumar, S.K. and Garde S. “Mesoscale Modeling of Polymer Melt Structure: Self-Consistent Mapping of Molecular Correlations to Coarse-Grained Potentials.” J. Chem. Phys. 122, 104908(2005).

119. Desai, T., Keblinski, P.and Kumar, S.K. “Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Polymer Transport in Nanocomposites.” J. Chem. Phys. 122, 134910 (2005).

120. Ozmusul, M.S., Picu, C.R., Sternstein, S.S. and Kumar S.K. “Lattice Monte Carlo Simulations of Chain Conformations in Nanocomposites.” Macromolecules 38, 4495 (2005).

121. Reister, E., Muller, M. and Kumar, S.K. “equilibrium Phase Behavior of Polybutadiene/Polyisoprene Films: Binodals and Spinodals.” Macromolecules 38, 5158 (2005).

122. Bansal, A., Yang, H., Li, C., Cho, K., Benicewicz, B.C., Kumar, S.K. and Schadler L.S. “Quantitative Equivalence between Polymer Nanocomposites and Thin Polymer Films.” Nature Materials, 4, 693(2005).

123. Krieger , E., Lin, G.X., Mendes, J., Mukandela, G., Azar, D., Jones, A. A., Pathak, J. A., Colby, R. H., Kumar, S. K., Floudas, G., Krishnamoorti, R., Faust, R. “Segmental Dynamics of head-to-head polypropylene and Polyisobutylene in Their Blends and Pure Components.” Macromolecules, 38, 7721(2005).

124. Desai, T., Keblinski, P., Kumar S.K. “Computer Simulations of Polymer Chains Adsorbed at the Solid-Liquid Interface.” Polymer, 47, 722(2006).

125. Desai, T.G., Keblinski, P., Kumar, S.K., Granick, S. “Molecular Dynamics Simulations of the Transport Properties of a Single Polymer in Two Dimensions.” J. Chem. Phys., 124, 084904(2206)

126. Sen, S., Kumar, S. K., Keblinski, P. “Analysis of Uncertainties in Polymer Viscoelastic Properties Obtained from Equilibrium Computer Simulations.” J. Chem. Phys. 124, 144909(2006).

127. Kumar, S.K., Szamel, G., Douglas, J.F. “Nature of the Breakdown of the Stokes-Einstein Relationship in a Hard Sphere Fluid.” J. Chem. Phys., 124, 214501(2006).

128. Jain, S., Garde S., Kumar, S.K. “Do Inverse Monte Carlo Algorithms Yield Thermodynamically Consistent Interaction Potentials ?” I&EC Res., 45, 5614(2006).

129. Peng, X.H., Ganti, S., Alizadeh, A., Kumar, S.K., Nayak, S. “Strain-engineering Photoluminescence of Silicon Nanoclusters.” Phys. Rev. B, 74, 035339(2006).

130. Chen, X.F., Kumar, S.K. and Ozisik, R “Monte Carlo simulations of the crystallization of isotactic polypropylene”, J. Poly. Sci. Poly. Phys., 44, 3453(2006).

131. Bansal, A., Yang, H.C., Li, C.Z., Benicewicz, B., Kumar, S.K. and Scadler, L.S. “Controlling the thermornechanical properties of polymer nanocomposites by tailoring the polymer-particle interface”, J. Poly. Sci. Poly. Phys., 44, 2944(2006).

132. De, S., Fish, J., Shephard, M.S., Keblinski P. and Kumar, S.K. “Multiscale modeling of polymer rheology”, Phys. Rev. E, 74, Art. No. 030801(2006).

133. Chen, X. F., Kumar, S.K. and Ozisik R. “Monte Carlo simulations of the crystallization of isotactic polypropylene.” J. Poly. Sci. B. Poly. Phys., 44, 3453(2006).

134. Peng X.H., Nayak S., Alizadeh A., Varanasi K.K., Bhate N., Rowland L.B. and Kumar S.K. “First-principles study of the effects of polytype and size on energy gaps in SiC nanoclusters.” J. Appl. Phys., 102, 024304(2007).

135. Goswami, M, Kumar, S.K., Bhattacharya, A and Douglas, J.F. “Computer simulations of lonomer self-assembly and dynamics.” Macromolecules, 40, 4113(2007).

136. Kumar S.K., Shenogin S. and Colby R.H. “Dynamics of miscible polymer blends: Role of concentration fluctuations on characteristic segmental relaxation times.” Macromolecules, 40, 5759 (2007).

137. Sen S., Xie Y.P., Kumar S.K., Yang H.C., Bansal A., Ho D.L., Hall L., Hooper J.B. and Schweizer K.S. “Chain conformations and bound-layer correlations in polymer nanocomposites.” Phys. Rev. Lett., 98, 128302(2007).

138. Schadler L.S., Kumar S.K., Benicewicz B.C., Lewis S.L., Harton S.E. “Designed interfaces in polymer nanocomposites: A fundamental viewpoint.” MRS Bull., 32, 335(2007).

139. Sen S., Xie Y., Bansal A., Yang. H, Cho K., Kumar S.K. and Schadler L.S. “Equivalence between polymer nanocomposites and thin polymer films: Effect of processing conditions and molecular origins of observed behavior.” Eur. Phys. J- Spec. Top., 161, 102(2007).

140. Sen S., Thomin J.D., Kumar S.K. and Keblinski P. “Molecular underpinnings of the mechanical reinforcement in polymer nanocomposites.” Macromol., 40, 4059(2007).

141. Shenogin S., Kant R., Colby R.H. and Kumar S.K. “Dynamics of miscible polymer blends: Predicting the dielectric response.” Macromol., 40, 5767(2007).

142. Narayanan R.A., Zhu A.J., Thiyagarajan P., Ash B.J., Shofner M.L., Schadler L.S., Kumar S.K. and Sternstein S.S. “Nanostructural features in silica-polyvinyl acetate nanocomposites characterized by small-angle scattering.” Polymer, 48, 5734(2007).

143. Desai T.G.,. Keblinski P. and Granick S. “Modeling diffusion of adsorbed polymer with explicit solvent.” Phys. Rev. Lett., 98, 218301(2007).

144. Kumar S.K. and Szleifer I. “The role of intefacial diffuseness on surface segregation from polymer blends.” Soft. Mat., 5, 75(2007).

145. Chen X.F., Ozisik R., Kumar S.K. and Choi P. “Influence of stereoerrors on the formation of helices during early stage crystallization of isotactic polyproyplene.” J. Poly. Sci. Poly. Phys, 45, 3349(2007).

146. Liu H., Kumar S.K. and Sciortino F. “Vapor-liquid coexistence of patchy models: Relevance to protein phase behavior.” J. Chem. Phys., 127, 084902(2007).

147. Desai, T.G., Keblinski, P. and Kumar, S.K. Polymer chain dynamics at interfaces: Role of boundary conditions at solid interface. Journal of Chemical Physics 128(2008).

148. Harton, S.E. and Kumar, S.K. Mean-field theoretical analysis of brush-coated nanoparticle dispersion in polymer matrices. Journal of Polymer Science Part B-Polymer Physics 46, 351-358 (2008).

149. Lacks, D.J., Duff, N. and Kumar, S.K. Nonequilibrium accumulation of surface species and triboelectric charging in single component particulate systems. Physical Review Letters 100(2008).

150. Padmanabhan, V., Kumar, S.K. and Yethiraj, A. Phase behavior of semiflexible polymer chains. Journal of Chemical Physics 128(2008).

151. Sharma, S. and Kumar, S.K. Finite size effects on locating conformational transitions for macromolecules. Journal of Chemical Physics 129(2008).

152. Tambasco, M., Kumar, S.K. and Szleifer, I. Quantitatively modeling the equilibrium properties of thiol-decorated gold nanoparticles. Langmuir 24, 8448-8451 (2008).

153. Thomin, J.D., Keblinski, P. and Kumar, S.K. Network effects on the nonlinear rheology of polymer nanocomposites. Macromolecules 41, 5988-5991 (2008).

154. Liu, H., Kumar, S.K., Sciortino, F. and Evans, G.T. Vapor-liquid coexistence of fluids with attractive patches: An application of Wertheim’s theory of association. J. Chem. Phys., 130, 044902(2009).

155. Litt, J., Padala, C., Asuri, P., Vutukuru, S., Athmakuri, K., Kumar, S., Dordick, J. and Kane, R.S. Enhancing protein stability by adsorption onto raft-like domains. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 131, 7107-7111 (2009).

156. Anand, G., Sharma, S., Kumar, S.K. and Belfort, G. Stability of Tethered Proteins. Langmuir, 25, 4998-5005 (2009).

157. Akcora, P., Liu, H., Kumar, S.K., Moll, J., Li, Y., Benicewicz, B.C., Schadler, L.S., Acehan, D., Panagiotopoulos, A.Z., Pryamitsyn, V., Ganesan, V., Ilavsky, J., Thiyagarajan, P., Colby, R.H. and Douglas, J.F. Anisotropic self-assembly of spherical polymer-grafted nanoparticles. Nat. Mat., 8, 354 (2009).

158. Khan, J., Harton, S.E., Akcora, P., Benicewicz, B.C. and Kumar, S.K. Polymer crystallization in nanocomposites: Spatial reorganization of nanoparticles. Macromolecules, 42, 5741-5744 (2009).

159. Liu, H.J., Kumar, S.K. and Douglas, J.F. Self-assembly-induced protein crystallization. Phys. Rev. Lett., 103, 018101 (2009).

160. Liu, W.J., Bedrov, D., Kumar, S.K., Veytsman, B. and Colby, R.H. Role of distributions of intramolecular concentrations on the dynamics of miscible polymer blends probed by molecular dynamics simulation. Phys. Rev. Lett., 103, 037801 (2009).

161. Anyfantakis, M., Bourlinos, A., Vlassopoulos, D., Fytas, G., Giannelis, E. and Kumar, S.K. Solvent-mediated Pathways to Gelation and Phase Separation in Suspensions of Grafted Nanoparticles. Soft Matter, 21, 4256(2009).

162. Akcora, P., Kumar, S.K., Moll, J., Lewis, S., Schadler, L.S., Li, Y., Benicewicz, B.C., Sandy, A., Narayanan, S., Ilavsky, J., Thiyagarajan, P., Colby, R.H. and Douglas, J.F. "Gel-like" Mechanical Reinforcement in Polymer Nanocomposite Melts. Macromolecules, 43, 1003(2010).

163. Dukes, D., Li, Y., Lewis, S., Benicewicz, B., Schadler, L and Kumar, S.K. Conformational Transitions of Spherical Polymer Brushes:Synthesis,Characterization, and Theory. Macromolecules, 43, 1564(2010).

164. Singh, M., Liu, H.J., Kumar, S.K., Ganguly, A. and Chakravarty, C. Excess entropy and structural transitions in a two-dimensional square-shoulder fluid. J. Chem. Phys., 132 074503(2010).

165. Harton, S.E., Kumar, S.K., Yang, H.C., Koga, T., Hicks, K., Lee, E., Mijovic, J., Liu, M., Vallery, R.S. and Gidley, D.W. Immobilized polymer layers on nanoparticles. Macromolecules, 43, 3415(2010).

166. Viswanatha, R., Amenitsch, H., Santra, S., Sapra, S., Datar, S.S., Zhou, Y., Nayak, S.K., Kumar, S.K. and Sarma, D.D. Growth mechanism of cadmium sulfide nanocrystals. J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 1, 304(2010).

167. Anand, G., Sharma, S., Dutta, A.K., Kumar, S.K. and Belfort, G. Conformational transitions of adsorbed proteins on surfaces of varying polarity. Langmuir, 26, 10803(2010).

168. Jancar, J., Douglas, J.F., Starr, F.W., Kumar, S.K., Cassagnau, P., Lesser, A.J., Sternstein, S.S. and Buehler, M.J. Current issues in research on structure-property relationships in polymer nanocomposites. Polymer, 15, 3321(2010).

169. Sharma, S., Berne, B.J. and Kumar, S.K. Thermal and Structural Stability of Adsorbed Proteins. Biophys. J., 99, 1157(2010).

170. Kumar, S.K. and Krishnamoorti, R. Nanocomposites: Structure, Thermodynamics and Properties. Ann. Rev. Chem. Bio. Eng., 1, 37(2010).

171. Akcora, P., Kumar, S.K., Sakai, V.G., Li, Y., Benicewicz, B.C. and Schadler, L.S. Segmental Dynamics in PMMA-Grafted Nanoparticle Composites. Macromolecules, 43, 8275(2010).

172. Moll, J.F., Akcora, P., Rungta, A., Gong, S. S., Colby, R. H., Benicewicz, B. C. and Kumar, S.K. Mechanical Reinforcement in Polymer Melts Filled with Polymer Grafted Nanoparticles. Macromolecules, 44, pp. 7473(2011).

173. Clark, M.D., Kumar, S.K., Owen, J.S. and Chan, E.M. Focusing Nanocrystal Size Distributions via Production Control. Nano Letters, 11, 1976(2011).

174. Felsovalyi, F., Mangiagalli, P., Bureau, C., Kumar, S.K. and Banta, S. Reversibility of the Adsorption of Lysozyme on Silica. Langmuir, 27, 11873(2011).

175. Kalb, J., Dukes, D., Kumar, S.K., Hoy, R.S. and Grest, G.S.. End grafted polymer nanoparticles in a polymeric matrix: Effect of coverage and curvature. Soft Matter, 7, 1418(2011).

176. Lin, Y.L., Chiou, C.S., Kumar, S.K., Lin, J.J., Sheng, Y.J. and Tsao, H.K. Self-Assembled Superstructures of Polymer-Grafted Nanoparticles: Effects of Particle Shape and Matrix Polymer. Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 115, 5566(2011).

177. Maillard, D., Kumar, S.K., Rungta, A., Benicewicz, B.C. and Prud'homme, R.E. Polymer-Grafted-Nanoparticle Surfactants. Nano Letters, 11, 4569(2011).

178. Meng, D., Kumar, S.K., Lane, J.M. and Grest, G.S. Effective interactions between grafted nanoparticles in a polymer matrix. Soft Matter, 8, 5002(2012).

179. Moll, J. and Kumar S.K. Glass transitions in highly attractive highle filled polymer nanocomposites. Macromolecules, 45, 1131(2012).

180. Radhakrishna, M., Sharma, S. and Kumar, S.K. Enhanced Wang-Landau sampling of adsorbed protein conformations. J. Chem. Phys., 136, 114114(2012).

181. Chipara, M., Ajayan, P.M., Meyer, H., and Kumar, S.K. Crystallization Processes in Polymer-Based Materials, J Mat. Res., 27, 1325(2012).

182. Felsovalyi, F., Patel, T., Mangiagalli, P., Kumar, S.K. and Banta, S. Effect of thermal stability on protein adsorption to silica using homologous aldo-keto reductases. Prot. Sci., 21, 1113(2012).

183. Maillard, D., Kumar, S.K., Fragneaud, B., Kysar, J.W., Rungta, A., Benicewicz, B.C., Deng, H., Brinson, L. C. and Douglas, J.F. Mechanical Properties of Thin Glassy Polymer Films Filled with Spherical Polymer-Grafted Nanoparticles, Nanoletters, 12, 3909(2012).

184. Kalathi, J.T., Grest, G.S. and Kumar, S.K. Universal Viscosity Behavior of Polymer Nanocomposites, Phys. Rev. Lett., 109, 198301(2012).

185. Meng, D., Kumar, S.K., Cheng, S.F. and Grest, G.S. Simulating the miscibility of nanoparticles and polymer melts, Soft Matter, 9, 5417(2013).

186. Kramer, T.J., Kumar, S.K., Steigerwald, M.L. and Herman, I.P. Reducing Strain and Fracture of Electrophoretically Deposited CdSe Nanocrystal Films. II. Postdeposition Infusion of Monomers, J. Phys. Chem. B, 117, 1544(2013).

187. Kramer, T.J., Kumar, S.K., Steigerwald, M.L. and Herman, I.P. Reducing Strain and Fracture of Electrophoretically Deposited CdSe Nanocrystal Films. I. Postdeposition Infusion of Capping Ligands J. Phys. Chem. B, 117, 1520(2013).

188. Jouault, N., Moll, J.F., Meng, D., Windsor, K., Ramcharan, S., Kearney, C. and Kumar, S.K. Bound Polymer Layer in Nanocomposites ACS Macro Lett., 2, 371(2013).

189. Crawford, M.K., Smalley, R.J., Cohen, G., Hogan, B., Wood, B., Kumar, S.K., Melnichenko, Y.B., He, L., Guise, W. and Hammouda, B. Chain Conformation in Polymer Nanocomposites with Uniformly Dispersed Nanoparticles, Phys. Rev. Lett, 110, 196001(2013).

190. Sharma, S., Kumar, S.K., Buldyrev, S.V., Debenedetti, P.G., Rossky, P.J. and Stanley, H.E. A Coarse-Grained Protein Model in a Water-like Solvent, Sci. Rep., 3, 1841(2013).

191. Kumar, S.K., Jouault, N., Benicewicz, B. and Neely, T. Nanocomposites with Polymer Grafted Nanoparticles, Macromol., 46, 3199(2013).

192. Bozorgui, B., Meng, D., Kumar, S. K., Chakravarty, C. and Cacciuto, A. Fluctuation-Driven Anisotropic Assembly in Nanoscale Systems, Nanolett., 13, 2732(2013).

193. C. C. Wang, G. Pilania, R. Ramprasad, M. Agarwal, M. Misra, S. Kumar, X. P. Yuan, T. C. M. Chung. "Dielectric permittivity enhancement in hydroxyl functionalized polyolefins via cooperative interactions with water". Applied Physics Letters v. 102, pp. 2013

194. B. Srinivasan, T. Vo, Y. G. Zhang, O. Gang, S. Kumar, V. Venkatasubramanian. "Designing DNA-grafted particles that self-assemble into desired crystalline structures using the genetic algorithm". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America v. 110, pp. 18431-35, 2013

195. M. Radhakrishna, J. Grimaldi, G. Belfort, S. K. Kumar. "Stability of Proteins Inside a Hydrophobic Cavity". Langmuir v. 29, pp. 8922-28, 2013

196. J. Moll, S. K. Kumar, F. Snijkers, D. Vlassopoulos, A. Rungta, B. C. Benicewicz, E. Gomez, J. Ilavsky, R. H. Colby. "Dispersing Grafted Nanoparticle Assemblies into Polymer Melts through Flow Fields". Acs Macro Letters v. 2, pp. 1051-55, 2013

197. M. Misra, M. Agarwal, D. W. Sinkovits, S. K. Kumar, C. C. Wang, G. Pilania, R. Ramprasad, R. A. Weiss, X. P. Yuan, T. C. M. Chung. "Enhanced Polymeric Dielectrics through Incorporation of Hydroxyl Groups". Macromolecules v. 47, pp. 1122-29, 2014

198. T. Lafitte, S. K. Kumar, A. Z. Panagiotopoulos. "Self-assembly of polymer-grafted nanoparticles in thin films". Soft Matter v. 10, pp. 786-94, 2014

199. N. Jouault, J. F. Moll, D. Meng, K. Windsor, S. Ramcharan, C. Kearney, S. K. Kumar. "Bound Polymer Layer in Nanocomposites". Acs Macro Letters v. 2, pp. 371-74, 2013

200. S. Gupta, X. P. Yuan, T. C. M. Chung, S. Kumar, M. Cakmak, R. A. Weiss. "Effect of Hydroxyl-Functionalization on the Structure and Properties of Polypropylene". Macromolecules v. 46, pp. 5455-63, 2013

201. J. T. Kalathi, U. Yamamoto, K. S. Schweizer, G. S. Grest, S. K. Kumar. "Diffusion in Polymer Nanocomposites". Physical Review Letters v. 112, pp. 108301, 2014

202. M. Radhakrishna, S. K. Kumar. "Surface-Mediated Protein Disaggregation". Langmuir v. ASAP, pp. 2014 203. N. Jouault, D. Lee, D. Zhao, S. K. Kumar. Block Copolymer Mediated Dispersion of Nanoparticles in a

Polymer Melt. Advanced Materials v. ASAP, pp. 2014 204. C. C. Wang, G. Pilania, S. A. Boggs, S. Kumar, C. M. Breneman, R. Ramprasad. "Computational

Strategies for polymer dielectrics design". Polymer v. 55, pp. 979-88, 2014. 205. Jabes, B. S., Yadav, H. O., Kumar, S. K. & Chakravarty, C. Fluctuation-driven anisotropy in effective pair

interactions between nanoparticles: Thiolated gold nanoparticles in ethane. The Journal of chemical physics 141, 154904 (2014).

206. Jalarvo, N. et al. Structure and dynamics of octamethyl-POSS nanoparticles. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 118, 5579-5592 (2014).

207. Kalathi, J. T., Kumar, S. K., Rubinstein, M. & Grest, G. S. Rouse Mode Analysis of Chain Relaxation in Homopolymer Melts. Macromolecules 47, 6925-6931 (2014).

208. Mahynski, N. A., Panagiotopoulos, A. Z., Meng, D. & Kumar, S. K. Stabilizing colloidal crystals by leveraging void distributions. Nature communications 5 (2014).

209. Sharma, V. et al. Rational design of all organic polymer dielectrics. Nature communications 5 (2014). 210. Wang, C. et al. Computational strategies for polymer dielectrics design. Polymer 55, 979-988 (2014). 211. Zhao, D., Schneider, D., Fytas, G. and Kumar, S. K. Controlling the thermomechanical behavior of

nanoparticle/polymer films. ACS Nano 8, 8163-8173 (2014). 212. Mahynski, N. A., Kumar, S. K. and Panagiotopoulos, A. Z. Relative stability of the FCC and HCP

polymorphs with interacting polymers. Soft Matter 11, 280-289 (2015). 213. Asai, M., Cacciuto, A. & Kumar, S. K. Quantitative analogy between polymer-grafted nanoparticles and

patchy particles. Soft Matter 11, 793-797 (2015). 214. Kalathi, J.T., Kumar, S.K., Rubinstein, M. and Grest, G.S. Rouse Mode Analysis of Chain Relaxation in

Polymer Nanocomposites. Soft Matter, 11, 4023-4032(2015). 215. Grimaldi, J., Radhakrishna, M., Kumar, S.K. and Grest, G.S. Stability of Proteins on Hydrophilic Surfaces.

Langmuir, 31, 1005-1010(2015). 216. Pal, S., Zang, Y., Kumar, S.K. and Gang, O. Dynamic Tuning of DNA-Nanoparticle Superlattices by DNA

Intercalation. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 137, 4030-4033(2015). 217. Chen, Q., Gong, S., Moll, J., Zhao, D., Kumar, S.K. and Colby, R.H. Mechanical Reinforcement of

Polymer Nanocomposites from Percolation of a Polymer Network. ACS Macro. Lett., 4, 398-402(2015). 218. Zhang, Y., Pal, S., Srinivasan, B., Vo, T., Kumar, S.K. and Gang O. Selective Transformation Between

Superlattices via the Reprogamming of DNA Interactions. Nat. Mat., 14, 840-847(2015). 219. Hashemi, A., Jouault, N., Williams, G.A., Zhao, D., Cheng, K.J., Kysar, J.A., Guan, Z.B. and Kumar S.K.

Enhanced Glassy State Mechanical Properties via Supramolecular Interactions. Nano. Lett., 15, 5465-5471(2015).

220. Zhao, D., Ge, S., Senses, E., Akcora, P., Jestin, J. and Kumar, S.K. Role of Filler Shape and Connectivity on the Viscoelastic Behavior of Polymer Nanocomposites. Macromolecules, 48, 5433-5438(2015).

221. Jouault, N., Crawford, M.K., Chi, C., Smalley, R.J., Wood, B., Jestin, J., Melnichenko, M., He, L., Guise, W.E. and Kumar S.K. Polymer Chain Behavior in Polymer Nanocomposites with Attractive Interactions, ACS Macro Letters, 5, 523(2016).

222. Zhao, D., Di Nicola, M., Khani M.M., Jestin, J., Benicewicz, B. and Kumar, S.K. Self-assembly of monodisperse versus bidisperse polymer-grafted nanoparticles, ACS Macro Letters, 5,790(2016).

223. Misra, M., Mannodi-Kanakkithodi, A., Chung, T.C., Ramprasad, R. and Kumar, S.K., Critical role of morphology on the dielectric constant of semicrystalline polyolefins, J. Chem. Phys., 144, 234905(2016).

224. Zhao, D., Di Nicola, M., Khani, M.M., Jestin, J., Benicewicz, B.C. and Kumar, S.K. Role of block copolymer adsorption versus bimodal grafting on nanoparticle self-assembly in polymer nanocomposites, Soft Matter, 12,7241(2016).

225. Baeza, G.P., Dessi, C., Costanzo, S., Zhao, D., Gong, S., Alegria A., Colby, R.H., Rubinstein, M., Vlassopoulos, D. and Kumar, S.K. Network dynamics in nanofilled polymers, Nature communications, 7, (2016)

226. Zhang, R.; Lee, B., Bockstaller, M.R., Kumar, S.K., Stafford, C.M., Douglas, J.F., Raghavan, D. and Karim, A. Pattern-Directed Phase Separation of Polymer-Grafted Nanoparticles in a Homopolymer Matrix, Macromolecules, 49, 3965(2016).

227. Starr, F., Douglas, J.F., Meng, D. and Kumar, S.K. Bound Layers “Cloak" Nanoparticles in Strongly Interacting Polymer Nanocomposites, ACS Nano, 10, 10960(2016).

228. Tessema, A., Zhao, D., Kidane, A. and Kumar, S.K. Effect of micro-cracks on the thermal conductivity of particulate nanocomposite, Fracture, Fatigue, Failure and Damage Evolution, 8,89(2016).

229. Meng, D., Kumar, S.K., Ge, T., Robbins, M.O. and Grest, G.S. Crazing of nanocomposites with polymer-tethered nanoparticles, J. Chem. Phys., 145, 094902(2016).

230. Huan, T.D., Boggs, S., Teyssedre, G., Laurent, C., Cakmak, M., Kumar, S.K. and Ramprasad, R. Advanced polymeric dielectrics for high energy density applications, Progress in Materials Science, 83, 236(2016).

231. Tessema, A., Zhao, D., Moll, J., Xu, S., Yang, R., Li, C., Kumar, S.K. and Kidane, A. Effect of filler loading, geometry, dispersion and temperature on thermal conductivity of polymer nanocomposites, Polymer Testing, 57, 101(2017).

232. Kumar, S.K., Benicewicz, B., Vaia, R.A. and Winey, K.I. 50th Anniversary Perspective: Are Polymer Nanocomposites Practical for Applications? Macromolecules, 50, 714(2017).

233. Meng, D., Kumar, S.K., Grest, G.S., Mahynski, N.A. and Panagiotopoulos, A.Z. Reentrant equilibrium disordering in nanoparticle--polymer mixtures, NPJ Computational Materials, 3, 3(2017).

234. Misra. M. and Kumar, S.K. Using time-Temperature Superposition for Determining Dielectric Loss in Functionalized Polyethylenes, ACS Macr. Lett., 6, 200(2017).

235. Zhao, D., Gimenez-Pinto, V., Jimenez, A.M., Zhao, L., Jestin, J., Kumar, S.K., Kuei, B., Gome, E.D., Prasad, A.S., Schadler, L.S, Khani, M.S. and Benicewicz, B.C. Tunable Multiscale Nanoparticle Ordering by Polymer Crystallization, ACS Central Science, 3, 751(2017).

236. Chen, F., Takatsuji, K., Zhao, D., Yu, X., Kumar, S.K. and Tsui O.K.C. Unexpected thermal annealing effects on the viscosity of polymer nanocomposites, Soft Matter, 13, 5341(2017).

237. Liu, W., Mahynski, N.A., Gang, O., Panagiotopoulos, A.Z. and Kumar, S.K. Directionally Interacting Spheres and Rods Form Ordered Phases, ACS Nano, 11, 4950(2017).

238. Kumar, S.K., Kumaraswamy, G., Prasad, B.L.V., Bandyopadhyaya R., Granick, S., Gang, O., Manoharan, V., Frenkel, D. and Kotov, N. Nanoparticle assembly: a perspective and some unanswered questions, Curr. Sci., 112, 1635(2017).

239. Asai, M., Zhao, D. and Kumar, S.K. Role of Grafting Mechanism on the Polymer Coverage and Self-Assembly of Hairy Nanoparticles, ACS Nano, 11, 7028(2017).

240. Zhang, K. and Kumar, S.K. Molecular Simulations of Solute Transport in Polymer Melts, ACS Macro Letters, 6, 864(2017).

STUDENTS AND POST-DOCTORAL ASSOCIATES Current Graduate Students and Expected Graduation Dates T. Vo 2017 E. Bunning 2018 C. Bilchak 2019 S. Russell 2019 A. Jimenez 2020 T. Cao 2021 M. Jhalaria 2021 C. Koh 2021 A. Krauskopf 2022 S. Chan 2022 Current Post-Doctoral Associates W. Barnett K. Zhang Previous Graduate Students and Current Location

1. M. Mishra “Modeling the Dielectric Behavior of Non-Polar Polymers” 2017 (Cornell) 2. D. Zhao “Polymer Nanocomposites” PhD 2016 (Univ. Minnesota) 3. M. Radhakrishna “Modeling the Adsorption of Proteins” PhD 2014 (IIT Gandhinagar) 4. J. Moll, “Polymer-Grafted Nanoparticle Based Nanocomposites” Ph.D. 2012 (NYC – High School) 5. M. Clark, “Modeling the Growth of Quantum Dots” Ph D 2012 (Bloomberg) 6. F. Felsovalyi, “Adsorption/Desorption Kinetics of Proteins from Surfaces.” Ph D, 2012 (BD Chemical) 7. S. Sharma “Modeling the Adsorption of Proteins on Surfaces” Ph. D 2010 (Ohio U) 8. H. Liu “Modeling the Phase Behavior and Assembly of Nanoparticles and Proteins”, PhD, 2008

[ORNL] 9. V. Padmanabhan “Phase Behavior and Self-Assembly of Semiflexible Polymers”, PhD 2008

[Tennessee Tech] 10. X. Chen “Modeling Semicrystalline Polymers and their Composites.” PhD 2007 [AMD] 11. J. Thomin “Modeling the Behavior of Polymer Nanocomposites.” PhD 2007 [self employed] 12. S.C. Padala “Polymer Transport on Soft Interfaces.”, PhD 2007 [Amgen] 13. Y. Xie “Polymer Nanocompsites with Gols Nanoparticles”, M.S. 2006 [current post-doc] 14. S. Sen “Computer Simulations of the Mechanical behavior of Nanocomposites.” Ph D. 2005, [IIT,

Gandhinagar, co-advised with P. Keblinski] 15. T. Desai “Simulations of Polymers Adsorbed at the Solid-Liquid Interface”, Ph. D 2005 [Argonne

National Labs.] 16. M. Mazumder “Simulating the Surfactant Mediated Structure of Nanodots and their Assemblies”, M.S.

2005 [unknown] 17. A. Bansal “Experimental Studies of Nanocomposites”, PhD 2004 [GE Research. Co-advised with L.

Schadler] 18. R. Godlaski “Experimental Studies of Polymer Nanocomposites”, MS 2004 [Employed in Ohio] 19. A. Indrakanti “Phase Transitions in Thin Polymer Blend Films”, PhD 2004 [Lam Corp, California] 20. T. Xie “Simulations of Elastomeric Networks”, PhD 2004 [Unknown] 21. S. Kamath, “Simulation of Miscible Blend Dynamics”, PhD, 2002 [University of Tennessee]. 22. R. Jones “Phase Behavior of Thin Polymer Mixtures”, PhD, 2002 [NIST] 23. J. Pathak, PhD, 2001, ”Miscible Blend Dynamics” [FDA, co-advised with R. Colby] 24. K. Strawhecker, MS, 1999 “What controls the gloss of coatings ?” [Digital Instuments, CA] 25. J. Pathak, MS, 1998 “Miscible Blend Dynamics” [NIST] 26. J. Sands, PhD, 1998 “Buffed Polymer Layers: Templates for Thin Film Displays” [ARL] 27. J. Maranas, PhD, 1997, [Princeton] “Miscibility of Polyolefin Blends” [Prof., ChemE, PSU]

28. J. Weinhold PhD, 1996 “Computer Simulations of Polymer Blend Miscibility” [DOW Chemicals] 29. T. Slawecki, PhD, 1996 “Phase Separation in Thin Polymer Blends” [Current: Faculty, PSU] 30. C. Barron, PhD, 1993 “Crystal-Amorphous Interphases in Semicrystalline Polymer Blends” [Boeing] 31. A. Hariharan, PhD, 1992 “Reversing the Isotopic Effect in the Surface Behavior of Polymer Mixtures”

[First Boston] FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR RESEARCH 1. Theoretical and Experimental Behavior of Polymer Blends in the Vicinity of the Surfaces, NSF Research

Initiation Award, $70,000, 9 ’90-1’93. 2. Polymer Behavior Near Surfaces, IBM Corporation, $60,000, 9 ’89-9 ‘91 3. Polymer Thin Film Behavior, ACS PRF, $50,000, 9 ’89-8 ‘91 4. Tailoring of Polymer-Surface Interactions, NSF-DMR, $210,000, 9 ’91-10 ‘94A Massively Parallel

Computational Bench Top Capabaility, NSF Major Research Equipment, $500,000, one of 8 PIs 5. Computer Simulations of the Thermodynamics of Polymer Systems, NSF-CTS, $382,018, 9 ’94- 9 ‘97 6. Rubbed Polymer Films, IBM SUR grant, $450,000 9 ’94-8 ‘95 7. The Behavior of Polymers Near Surfaces, ACS PRF, $50,000, 9 ’94-8 ‘96 8. Rubbed Polymer Films: Templates for Display Devices, NSF-GOALI, 9’96 – 8’98, $50,000 [joint with D.

Allara] 9. Phase Transitions in Thin Polymer Mixtures, ACS, PRF, 9’96 – 8’99, $60,000 10. Free Energies and Phase Diagrams of Polymer Systems from Computer Simulations, NSF-CTS, 9 ’97-

9’99, $170,000 11. Chain Behavior in Porous Media, NIST, 9 ’98-8 ’00, $20,000 12. Novel Application of Scattering Probes to Polymers, NSF-DMR, 9 ’98-8 ’01, $255,000 13. Novel Application of Scattering Probes to Polymers, DOE, 9 ’98-8 ’01, $255,000 [declined by Kumar due

to overlap with previous grant] 14. International Travel Grant, NSF, 9 ’98-8 ’01, $32,000 [joint with R. Colby] 15. Nanolithography and Polymers, NIST, 8’00 – 9’02, $150,000 16. NER: Surfactant Mediated Nanostructure Assembly , NSF, ’02-’03, $75,000. 17. Self-Organized Nanostructure Formation in Polymer Systems. NSF-CTS, ’99-’02, $255,000. 18. Gelation in Associating Polymer Solutions, ACS-PRF, ’99-’02, $60,000. 19. Physical Aging in Polymer Networks, Sandia, ’99-’02, $195,000. 20. Dynamics of Miscible Polymer Blends, NSF-DMR, ’99-’04, $551,000 [joint with R. Colby, Kumar- co, PI]. 21. Phase Transitions in Thin Polymer Films, NSF-DMR, ’01-’04, $276,000. 22. Nanostructure formation in Surfynol Solutions, Air Products and Chemicals, ’01-’03, $120,000. 23. Center for Education in Many Body Applications, NSF-IGERT, 9 PI’s – 19 graduate students for 5 years,

’00-‘05 24. Material Behavior in Porous Hosts, NSF-MRSEC, ’00-’05, 1 of 10 PI’s, $4,400,000. 25. Combinatoral Physics of Biological Systems, NIST, ’01-’04, $660,000 26. ITR: Coarse Grained Modeling of the Phase Behavior of Hydrocarbon Polymer Blends, NSF, Kumar –PI,

Garde – coPI, ’03-’06, $390,000 27. GOALI: Multiscale Modeling of the Surfactant Mediated Assembly of Magnetic Nanodots, NSF, Kumar –

PI, Nayak [RPI], Alizadeh [GE], Ganti [GE] – coPIs, NSF, ’03-’06, $300,000. 28. Mechanical Behavior of Polymer Nanocomposites, ONR, ’01-’04, $1,000,000, Schadler –PI. 29. Multiscale Modeling of Polymer Nanocomposites, NSF, ’02-’05, $1,650,000, Shephard –PI, Kumar –coPI

[one of 13] 30. Experiments and Modeling of Nanocomposites, Proctor and Gamble, ’03-, $120,000, Picu- PI, Kumar

one of 5 PIs. 31. Modeling the Mechanical Behavior of Polymer-Nanotube Composites, NSF-NIRT, ’04-’08, $1,500,000

Brinson – Northwestern- PI, Schadler, Kumar – RPI – co PIs

32. The Role of Non-Equilibrium Pinned Layers on the Thermodynamic Properties of Filled Polymers, NSF-DMR, ’04-’07, $276,000.

33. Collaborative: Polymer Blend Dynamics. NSF-DMR, ’04-’07, $60,000 [collaborative grant with R. Colby, PSU – Colby gets $325,000 from NSF].

34. Directed Assembly of Nanostructures, NSF-NSEC, ’01-’06, Siegel – PI (Kumar is one of 12 PIs, and serves on the Executive Committee)

35. Role of Bulk Folding Thermodynamics on the Adsorption of Model Proteins. DOE, ’05-’08, $495,000, Kumar – PI, Belfort- co PI

36. A New Polymer Material For Use in Hydrogen Pumping Devices. DOE, ’05-’08, $ ???, Benicewicz – PI, Kumar, Eisman – co PIs

37. Active Nanostructured Lipid Layers for Separating DNA, NSF-NIRT, ’06-’10, $1,000,000, Kumar-co-PI 38. Modeling the Surfactant Mediated Assembly of Nanodots and their Superstructures, ’06-’07, NSF-GOALI,

$95,985, Kumar –PI, Nayak, Alizadeh- co PIs. 39. Collaborative: The Polyelectrolyte-Ionomer Transition in Polymers, ’07-’10, NSF-DMR, $100,000 Kumar

–PI. 40. Oxide Nanostructures, NSF-MRSEC, ’03-’08, Kumar –co-PI. 41. Self Assembly of Particles in Polymer Nanocomposites, ’08-’11, NSF-DMR, $330,000, Kumar – PI 42. Modeling the synthesis of nanodots, AFRL, ’08-’09,$75000 43. Modeling the synthesis of nanodots, ’09-’12,NSF-CBET, $300,000, Kumar-PI 44. Large scale computations of grafted nanoparticles in polymer melts, Sandia National Labs, ’09-’12,

$165,000, Kumar-PI 45. Computer simulations of the self-assembly of polymer grafted nanoparticles, NSF-CBET, ’10-’13, Kumar-

co-PI, his award- $153,000 46. Collaborative: The Role of nanoparticle size on the properties of nanocomposites, NSF-DMR, ’09-’13,

Kumar-co PI, his award - $120,000 47. CDI: Designing Grafted Nanoparticle Based Composites NSF-CBET, ’10-’14, Kumar-co PI, his award-

$570,000 48. MURI: Synthesizing the next generation high capacity dielectrics, ONR, ’10-’15, Kumar-co PI, his award-

$918,000 49. Designing DNA grafted colllids for assembly into designed superstructures, DOE, ’12-’15, Kumar – PI,

co-PIs – Venkatasubramanian, Collins, Gang, $1,400,000 50. Modeling the Permeability of Gases Through Polymeric Membranes, NSF-DMR, ’15-’18, $330,000 51. The Use of DNA Frames to Assemble Nanoparticles into Desired Arrays, DOE, ’16-’19, $1,200,000- PI,

co-PI: Gang, Douglas (UCSF) 52. The Role of Grafting Mechanism on the Self-Assembly and Properties of Polymer Nanocomposites,

NSF, ’17-’21, $592,000. 53. Designing Optimal Nanoparticle Shapes and Ligand Parameters for Polymer-Grafted Nanoparticle

Membranes, NSF-DMREF, ’16-’20, $1,185,066- PI. Co-PI: Billinge. 54. Controlling Nanoparticle Dispersion by Polymer Crystallization and Vice Versa, DOE, BES, ’17-’20,

$445,621. 55. Role of Grafting Mechanism on the Structure and Properties of Polymer Nanocomposites, NSF, DMR,

’17-’21, $592,000. Invited Seminars (2016- to date)

1. CalTech, Chemical Engineering Department Seminar, April ’18 - “Polymer Nanocomposites” 2. St Stephens College, New Delhi, India – Memorial Lecture for Prof. Chakravarty (IIT Delhi), March ‘18 3. Chemical Society, IIT, New Delhi, India – Memorial Lecture for Prof. Chakravarty (IIT Delhi), March ‘18 4. San Sebastian, Spain meeting on “Functionalized Polymers” – “Polymer Membranes”, March ‘18 5. Clemson University, Chemical Engineering, “Polymer Nanocomposites”, Feb. ‘18

6. Northwestern University, Materials Science and Engineering, “Polymer Nanocomposites”, Jan ‘18 7. Soft Matter Meeting, Columbia University, Jan. ’18 – “Block Copolyelectrolyte Phase Behavior”, Jan ‘18 8. Compflu Meeting, IIT Madras, Dec. ’17 – “Nanoparticle Organization by Polymer Crystallization” 9. Technical University, Darmstadt, Nov. ’17 – “Polymer Nanocomposites” 10. BASF, Ann Arbor, MI, Oct. ’17 – “Polymer Nanocomposites” 11. FORTH, Crete, “Polymer Grafted Nanoparticle Membranes”, Sept. ‘17 12. SUPOLEN Meeting, Crete, “Role of the Bound Polymer Layer on the Structure and Dynamics of Polymer

Nanocomposites”, Sept. ‘17 13. Solvay Corporation, “Grafted Polymer Nanocomposites”, Sept. ‘17 14. Poland, Relaxation Phenomena in Condensed Phase Systems, July ’17 – “Polymer Nanocomposites” 15. Oak Ridge National Labs, July ’17 - “Gas Separation by Polymers Grafted Nanoparticles” 16. Telluride Meeting, Polymer Theory vs. Experiment, June ’17 – “Modeling Dielectric Failure in Nonpolar

polymers” 17. Eurofiller Conference, Crete April ’17- “Polymer Grafted Nanoparticles” 18. American Chemical Society April ’17- “Semicrystalline Polymers with Nanoparticles” 19. American Physical Society March ’17 - “Semicrystalline Polymers with Nanoparticles” 20. Rutgers University, Mat Sci Dept, Feb. ’17 – “Polymer Grafted Nanoparticles” 21. MRS Boston, Dec. ’16 – “Reverse Modeling Tools for Designing DNA-grafted Nanoparticles to Assemble

into Desired Structures” 22. Michelin/Institute Curie Meeting Paris, Nov. ’16 – “Gas Transport in Polymer Membranes” 23. CNR- Paris, Oct. ’16 – “The Role of Neutron Scattering in Polymer Nanoparticles” 24. Pennsylvania State University, Mat. Sci. Department, Oct. ’16- “Polymer Grafted Nanoparticles” 25. American Institute of Chemical Engineers, San Francisco, 2016 National Meeting - “Gas Transport

through Polymer Membranes” 26. State University of New York, Bufalo, Chemical Eng. Dept., Dec. ’16 – “Polymer Grafted Nanoparticles” 27. Case Western Reserve University, Sept. ’16 – “Polymer-Grafted Nanoparticles” 28. Gordon Research Conferences, Polymer Physics, July ’16 – “Semicrystalline Polymers with

Nanoparticles” 29. ICT, Mumbai, India, Jan ’16 – “Polymer-Grafted Nanoparticle Based Nanocomposites”

Invited Seminars (2010- 2015) 1. Boston University, Physics Dept., Dec. ’15 - “Polymer-Grafted Nanoparticle based Nanocomposites” 2. Polymer Meeting, Kyoto, Japan, Nov. ’15 – “Polymer-Grafted Nanoparticle based Nanocomposites” 3. University of Washington, Seattle, Nov. 15 - “Polymer-Grafted Nanoparticle based Nanocomposites” 4. ExxonMobil Research, Oct. ’15 - “Polymer-Grafted Nanoparticle based Nanocomposites” 5. Yale University, Oct. ’15 - “Polymer-Grafted Nanoparticle based Nanocomposites” 6. Notre Dame University, Sept. ’15 - “Polymer-Grafted Nanoparticle based Nanocomposites” 7. Telluride Meeting Polymer Expt vs. Theory, June 2015- “Nanoparticle based Gas Separation

Membranes” 8. Workshop on Self-Assembling Materials, Capri, July 2015 – “Analogy between Nanoparticles and

Associating Polymers” 9. ACS Meeting, August 2015 – “Polydispersity Effects on Nanoparticle Assembly” 10. APS, March meeting, March, 2015 – “Tuning Nanoparticle Dispersion in Semicrystalline Polymers” 11. ACS, Spring Meeting, Denver, March, 2015 – “Nanoparticle Diffusion in Polymer Nanocomposites” 12. IUSSTF, Bangalore, India, March 2015 – “Nanoparticle Self-Assembly” 13. IIT Bombay, ChemE department, Invited Colloquium, March 2015 – “Polymer Grafted Nanoparticles” 14. CompFlu Meeting, Bangalore, Dec. 2014- “Nanoparticle Diffusion in Polymer Nanocomposites” 15. IISc Bangalore, Physics Colloquium, Dec. 2014 - “Polymer Grafted Nanoparticles”

16. AIChE Meeting (Materials Plenary), Nov. 2014 – “Polymer-Grafted Nanoparticle Based Gas Separation Membranes”

17. SUNY, Albany, Nanosciences Departmental Seminar, Nov. 2014 – “Polymer Grafted Nanoparticles” 18. UC Riverside, Chem, Eng. Dept. Seminar, Oct., 2014- “Polymer Grafted Nanoparticles” 19. ACS meeting, Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Aug. 2014 - “Polymer Grafted Nanoparticles” 20. ACS Colloids Meeting, U Penn, Philadelphia, June 2014 - “Polymer Grafted Nanoparticles” 21. University of Pennsylvania, ChemE Department Seminar, Apr. ’14. - “Polymer Grafted Nanoparticles” 22. University of Crete/FORTH – two invited seminars – “Polymer nanocomposites”; “Using Nanoparticle

Self-Assembly to control Nanocomposite Properties”, Aug. ‘13 23. Relaxation Processes in Soft Matter, Symposium in honor of D. Richter, June ’13 – “Dynamics of Polymer

Nanocomposites” 24. Telluride Meeting on Polymers, June ’13, “Structure and Dynamics of Polymer Nanocomposites” 25. ACS, Indianapolis, Sept. ’13, “Mock Hairy Nanoparticle Based Polymer Nanocomposites” 26. ACS, Indianapolis, Sept. ’13, “Fluctutation Driven Nanoparticle Self-Assembly” 27. Ohio State, Sept. ’13 “Polymer Nanocomposites” 28. University of Montpellier, Oct. ’13, “Polymer Nanocomposites with Self-Assembled Nanoparticles” 29. Michelin Research, Oct. ’13, “Polymer Nanocomposites with Self-Assembled Nanoparticles” 30. AIChE meeting, San Francisco, Plenary Talk, Nov. ’13, “Polymer Nanocomposites with Self-Assembled

Nanoparticles” 31. University of Massachusetts, Nov. ’13, “Polymer Nanocomposites” 32. Materials Research Society, Dec. ’13, “Designing DNA-grafted Nanoparticles” 33. Soft Matter Meeting, Hyderabad, Jan. ’14, “Some topics in the Dynamics of Polymer Nanocomposites” 34. University of Pennsylvania, Apr. ’14, “Self-Assembly in Polymer Nanocomposites” 35. Theoretical Understanding of Nanoparticle Assemblies, CECAM Meeting, Vienna, Sept. ‘12 36. Dynamics of Nanocomposites, ACS Meeting, Philadelphia, Aug. ‘12 37. Static and Dynamic Properties of Nanocompites, NSF-Polish Academy Meeting, Poznan, Poland, June

‘12 38. Dynamics of Nanocomposites, IUPAC meeting, Blacksburg, VA, June ‘12 39. Tailoring Nanoparticle Assemblies, Gordon Conference, Polymer Physics, July’12 40. Tailoring Nanoparticle Assemblies, University of Houston, April ‘12 41. Tailoring Nanoparticle Assemblies, Rice University, April ‘12 42. Tailoring Nanoparticle Assemblies, ACS Meeting, San Diego, CA, March ‘12 43. Tailoring the properties of polymer nanocomposites, Gordon Conference on Colloids, Polyelectrolytes

and Ionomers, March ‘12 44. Tailoring the properties of polymer nanocomposites, University of South Carolina, Feb ‘12 45. Tailoring the properties of polymer nanocomposites, Rutgers University, Oct ‘11 46. Tailoring the properties of polymer nanocomposites, Lehigh University, Oct ‘11 47. Tailoring the properties of polymer nanocomposites, U. Conn., Oct ‘11 48. Tailoring the properties of polymer nanocomposites, ACS Ruckenstein Symposium. Aug. ‘11 49. Tailoring the properties of polymer nanocomposites, APS meeting, University of Rome, July ‘11 50. Protein adsorption, Telluride meeting on polymer theory vs. experiment, June ‘11 51. Tailoring the properties of polymer nanocomposites, APS meeting, Mar ‘11 52. Protein Adsorption, IIT Madras, Dec ‘10 Invited Seminars (2003-2010) 1. Nanoparticle amphiphiles, IUCR meeting, Washington, DC, Nov. ‘10 2. Nanoparticle amphiphiles, University of Virginia, Oct. ‘10 3. Polymeric Amphiphiles, Soft matter meeting, Granada, Spain, July’10 4. Polymeric Amphiphiles, 3M corporation, March ‘10

5. Polymeric amphiphiles, Goodrich company, Dec ‘09 6. Anisotropic Self-Assembly in Polymer Nanostructures Late Nite Show on Nanocomposites, Brno Institute

of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic, May ‘09 7. Anisotropic Self-Assembly in Polymer Nanostructures University of Rochestor, April ‘09 8. Anisotropic Self-Assembly in Polymer Nanostructures APS March Meeting, Granick Symposium, March

‘09 9. Anisotropic Self-Assembly in Polymer Nanostructures Princeton University, Chemical Engineering

Department, March ‘09 10. Anisotropic Self-Assembly in Polymer Nanostructures UC Santa Barbara, Chemical Engineering, Feb.

‘09 11. Anisotropic Self-Assembly in Polymer Nanostructures IIT Delhi, Dec. ‘08 12. Anisotropic Self-Assembly in Polymer Nanostructures MRS, Boston, Dec ‘08 13. Anisotropic Self-Assembly in Polymer Nanostructures Wesleyan University, Physics Dept., Dec ‘08 14. Anisotropic Self-Assembly in Polymer Nanostructures University of Illinois, Materials Dept., Oct. ‘08 15. Anisotropic Self-Assembly in Polymer Nanostructures Vanderbilt University, Dept of Chemical

Engineering, Sept. ‘08 16. Modeling the growth of quantum nanocrystals, Vanderbilt University, Nanoscale Institute, Sept. ‘08 17. Anisotropic Self-Assembly in Polymer Nanostructures Liquids Meeting, Lund, Sweden, July ‘08 18. The glass transition in nanocompositesFORTH, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, June ‘08 19. Anisotropic Self-Assembly in Polymer Nanostructures “Soft Matter Symposium”, IFPRI Meeting, Greece,

June ‘08 20. Anisotropic Self-Assembly in Polymer Nanostructures, ACS Meeting, April ‘08 21. Modeling the Self-Assembly if Quantum Dots, ACS Meeting, April ‘08 22. Anisotropic Self-Assembly in Polymer Nanostructures, Soft Matter Workshop, Yale University, March ‘08 23. Anisotropic Self-Assembly in Polymer Nanostructures, Soft Matter Workshop, IIT Bombay, India, Feb.

‘08 24. Anisotropic Self-Assembly in Polymer Nanostructures, Interfacial Systems Workshop, Telluride, Feb ‘08 25. Anisotropic Self-Assembly in Polymer Nanostructures, NYU Appl. Math Department, Dec. ‘07 26. Protein Crystallization, Symposium in honor of Prof. Panagiotopoulos, AIChE Meeting, Salt lake City,

Nov ‘07 27. Protein Adsorption on Surfaces, DOE Contractors Meeting, Washingto, DC, Nov ‘07 28. Anisotropic Self-Assembly in Polymer Nanostructures. University of Akron, Nov. ‘07 29. Anisotropic Self-Assembly in Polymer Nanostructures, Rutgers, Nov. ‘07 30. Anisotropic Self-Assembly in Polymer Nanostructures, Univ. of Michigan, Polymer Conference, Oct. ‘07 31. Anisotropic Self-Assembly in Polymer Nanostructures, Univ. of Connecticut, Oct. ‘07 32. Anisotropic Self-Assembly in Polymer Nanostructures, Polymer Theory conference, Telluride, Co, Aug.

‘07 33. Anisotropic Self-Assembly in Polymer Nanostructures, National Chem. Labs., Pune, India, Aug. ‘07 34. Surface Diffusion of Polymers, APS Meeting, Denver, CO, March ‘07 35. Protein Crystallization, NAG Workshop, IISc, Bangalore, Feb. ‘07 36. Modeling the Surfactant Mediated Synthesis of Nanodots, US-China NSF Workshop, Nashua, NH, Aug

‘06 37. Modeling the Crystallization of Proteins, US-China NSF Workshop, Nashua NH, Aug. ’06; Reid

Symposim, Oct ’06 ; International Conference on Nucleatrion, Aggregation and Growth, Banglaore, Feb. ‘07

38. Understanding Polymer Nanocomposites, NIST Boulder Meeting, Boulder, CO, July ‘06 39. Modeling Protein Crystallization, CECAM Meeting on Patchy Colloids, July ‘06 40. Modeling Protein Crystallization, University of Wisconsin, April ‘06 41. Modeling Protein Crystallization, Tulane University, Feb. ‘06

42. Polymer Transport on Surfaces, CCNY, Dec.‘05 43. Polymer Transport on Surfaces, North Carolina State Univ, Oct. ‘05 44. Ionomers, Gels, Glasses and Nanocomposites, Telluride Meeting, July ‘05 45. Glass transition behavior in nanocomposites, International relaxation meeting, Lille, France, June ‘05 46. Modeling the dynamics of miscible polymer blends, International meeting of the Spanish Polymer Society,

San Sebastian, June ‘05 47. Modeling the reinforcement behavior of polymer nanocomposites, University of Vermont, April ‘05 48. Polymer Nanocomposites: Theory and Experiment, Wayne State University, April, ‘05 49. Polymer Nanocomposites: Theory and Experiment, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, April ‘05 50. Modeling the reinforcement behavior of polymer nanocomposites, ACS Meeting, San Diego, March ‘05 51. Glass Transition Phenomena in Nanocomposites, MRS Meeting, Boston, Nov. ‘04 52. “Phase Transitions in Thin Polymer Films”, MRS Meeting, Nov ‘04 53. “Surfactant Mediated Synthesis of nanodots and their Assemblies: Multiscale Modeling”, Joint China-US

conference on Multiscale Modeling, Dalian, Sept. ‘04 54. “Phase Transitions in Thin Polymer Films”, Gordon Conference on Adhesion, Aug ’04 55. “Glass Transition Phenomena in Nanocomposites”, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, July ’04 56. “Glass Transition Phenomena in Nanocomposites”, International Polymer Physics Meeting, Dali, China,

June ’04 57. “Phase Transitions in Thin Polymer Films”, International Conference on Fluid Properties and Phase

Equilibrium, May ’04 58. “Phase Transitions in Thin Polymer Films”, ACS Workshop on Modeling, Hilton Head, SC, April ’04 59. “Phase Transitions in Thin Polymer Films”, University of Maryland,April ’04 60. “Phase Transitions in Thin Polymer Films”, Drexel University, Feb ’04 61. “Phase Transitions in Thin Polymer Films”, UC Davis, Jan ‘04 62. “Phase Transitions in Thin Polymer Films”, Georgia Tech University, Atlanta, GA, Oct. ‘03. 63. “Phase Transitions in Thin Polymer Films”, University of Texas, Austin, TX, Oct. ’03. 64. “Multiscale Modeling of the Surfactant Mediated Synthesis of Nanodots”, Applied Statistical Physics

Conference, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, Aug. ‘03. 65. “Phase Transitions in Thin Polymer Films”, Telluride Conference on Polymer Theory vs. Experiment,

Telluride, CO, July ’03 66. “Phase Transitions in Ultrathin Polymer Films”, International Conference on Non-equilibrium Phenomena,

Princeton, NJ, July ‘03. 67. . “Slow Dynamics of Polymers Near Surfaces”, Conference in honor of Richard Boyd, May ‘03. 68. “Miscible Polymer Blend Dynamics”, APS Meeting, Austin TX, March ‘03. 69. “Gelation in Physically Associating Polymer Solutions”, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, January

‘03. Invited Seminars (1997-2002)

Thermodynamics of Reversibly Associating Polymers 70. Dartmouth College, Nov. ‘02 71. University of Massachusetts, Sept ‘02 72. Gordon Research Conference, Polymer Physics, Aug ‘02 73. Academy of Science, Mexico, July ‘02 74. College of Staten Island, Feb. ‘02 75. SUNY Stonybrook, Feb ‘02 76. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Feb. ‘02 77. University of Notre Dame, Feb ‘02 78. Internatioanl Workshop on the Glass Transition, Bangalore, India, Jan ‘02 79. University of California, Berkeley, Oct ‘01

80. SUNY Buffalo, April ‘01 81. American Physical Society, March ‘01 82. Society of Rheology, Hilton Head, SC, Feb ‘01 83. Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, NY, April ‘00 84. University of Connecticut, Storrs, March ‘00 85. University of Illinois, Urbana, March ‘00 86. CECAM conference, Lyon, France, Sept ‘99 87. Telluride Conference on Polymer Theory vs. Experiment, Aug ‘99 88. Princeton University, March ‘99 89. University of Maryland, March ‘99 90. Rutgers University, April ‘99 91. Gordon Research Conference, Polymers West, Jan. ‘99

What Controls the Gloss of Coating Films ? 92. MRS Meeting, Dec ‘02 93. du Pont Company, May ‘02 94. MRS Meeting, April ‘00 95. ACS Meeting, March ‘00 96. Conference of Polymer Surfaces and Interfaces,. Crete, Greece, Sept ‘99 97. Army Research Labs, May ‘99 Polymer Thin Film Behavior 98. SUNY Stonybrook, April ‘01 99. MRS Meeting, Dec ‘01 100. Adhesion Society conference, New Jersey, Sept ‘00 101. Neutron Scattering Society of North America, Summer ‘00 102. European Science Foundation, May ‘99 103. University of Maryland, April ‘99 104. University of Delaware, April ‘99 105. Michigan State University, Dec. ‘98 106. ACS Meeting, Sept. ‘98 107. University of Munich, International Conference on Wetting and Self-Assembly, March ‘98 108. Cornell University, Feb. ‘98 109. Purdue University, Feb ‘98 110. Northwestern University, Feb ‘98 111. Argonne National Labs, Aug. ‘98 112. Polymer Surfaces and Interfaces Meeting, Durham, England, July ‘97 Glass Transition Phenomena 113. University of Wisconsin, Madison, Oct ‘02 114. ACS, Aug. ‘01 115. International Meeting on Relaxation Processes in Complex Systems, Crete, June ‘01 116. Brandeis University, May ‘01 117. University of California, Berkeley, March ‘01 Nanostructure Formation in Surfactant Solutions 118. Air Products and Chemicals, May ‘02 119. Air Products and Chemicals, Nov ‘01

Thermodynamics of Polymer Systems 120. 3rd International Chinese-American Chemical Engineers Meeting, Sept. ‘00 121. MRS meeting, April ‘00 122. Alloy Meeting, Sweden, April ‘00 123. Louisiana State University, Sept. ‘97 124. University of Akron, Sept. ‘97 SERVICE TO THE INSITUTION/ EXTERNAL COMMUNITY Columbia University 1. Chair, Department of Chemical Engineering, ’10-‘16 2. Organized a “New York area Chemical Engineering Forum” under the auspices of the New York

Academy of Sciences, ‘11 3. Organized sessions on nanoparticle assembly, APS meetings, ’10, ’11, ’12, ‘13 4. Program advisory committee, Spallation neutron source, ’09-‘12 5. Editor, Journal of polymer science, polymer physics, ’06-‘08 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1. Organizer, Pacifichem Conference, Dec ‘05 2. Executive Committee, NSF Nanoscale Science Engineering Center, ’04- 3. Editor, Journal of Polymer Science (Physics), 2002- 06 4. Chair, Faculty Search Committee, 2004- 5. Department head Search Committee, ’02-‘04 6. Department Curriculum Committee, -’02- 7. School of Engineering, Curriculum Committee, ’02-‘04 8. School of Engineering Space Committee, ’02-‘04 9. American Physical Society, Nominating Committee, Polymer Physics Division, ’04-‘06 10. National Institutes of Standards and Technology, reactor Division, Program Advisory Committee, Chair,

’97-‘04 11. School of Engineering, Compensation Committee, ’02-‘03 Pennsylvania State University 12. College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, Tenure Committee, ‘02 13. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Tenure Committee, ’00-’02 (head of committee, ’02) 14. Executive Committee, Materials Research Science and Engineering Center, ’00-‘02 15. PI on NSF IGERT program. 16. Department Head Search Committee, ’00-‘01 17. Computer Committee, ’00-‘01 18. American Physical Society, Executive Committee, Polymer Physics Division, ’97-‘00 19. American Chemical Society, Polymer Chemistry Division, Program Committee, ’97-‘99 20. American Institute of Chemical Engineering, Area 1a Committee, ’96-‘99 21. Have helped to organize multiple graduate student visits to PSU, graduate polymer conference at PSU,

Open houses for Graduate Students and Undergraduate students. TEACHING (COLUMBIA) Over the last 4 years Kumar has taught the Thermodynamics course to Chemical Engineering juniors. Evaluations available on request. TEACHING (RENSSELAER)

1. Engineering Thermodynamics, Freshman Class, Spring ’03 (No evaluation)

2. Materials, Energy and Entropy Balances, Sophomores, Chemical Engineering, Fall ’03 (Instructor Grade – 3.8/5.0, Course grade – 3.4/5.0)

3. Introduction to Nanomaterials – Senior undergraduate class, taught with Linda Schadler – Spring ’04 (Instructor Grade- 4.8/5.0, Course – 4.4/5)

4. Materials Energy and Entropy Balance, Sophomores, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Fall ’04 (Instructor grade – 4.2/5.0, Course – 3.4/5.0)

5. Chemical Engineering Design, Seniors, Chemical and Biological Engineering, co-taught with Lealon Martin (Instructor grade – 2.5/4.0)

6. Materials Energy and Entropy Balance, Sophomores, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Fall ’04 (Instructor grade – 4.2/5.0, Course – 3.4/5.0)

7. Chemical Engineering Design, Seniors, Chemical and Biological Engineering, co-taught with Lealon Martin (Unavailable)

TEACHING EVALUATION at Penn State Unavailable in hard copy form. Could be requested from PSU.