2024
02/27 - Checked out the new pre-print by Arkava Ganguly and Souradeep Roychowdhury on a universal approach to calculating mobility of phoretic and self-phoreitc particles. (link to pre-print)
02/27 - We welcome Ethan Coleman to the group. Ethan is a junior in the Chemical and Biological Engineering Department.
02/08 - Ritu Raj is selected as the lead department TA for the next AY. Congratulations, Ritu.
01/04 - We welcome Dr. Siamak Mirfendereski to the group! He is joining the group as a postdoctoral scholar and will be working on a variety of projects.
2023
12/30 - Ben's work on Turing patterns is selected as a top discovery of 2023 at CU Boulder (link to the stories). Check out other exciting science as well.
12/18 - Ritu, Arkava and Cora's paper is out in Frotiners in Physics (link to the paper). The paper is open source, so feel free to share the paper broadly. Congratulations, Ritu, Arkava and Cora.
12/14 - Sajan presented his undergraduate thesis work. Congratulations, Sajan.
12/14 - Arkava is awarded with prestigious The Teets Family Endowment in Nano-Technology Graduate Fellowship. Congratulations, Arkava (link to the story)
11/30 - Arkava and Ben's perspective on Diffusiophoresis is out now in Frontiers in Sensors (link to the paper). The paper is open source, so feel free to share the paper broadly. Congratulations, Arkava and Ben.
11/22 - Our group presented 6 talks and 2 posters at the APS-DFD conference in DC! Thank you to the DFD community for another successful meeting with exciting discussions.
11/08 - Ben's paper Diffusiophoresis-enhanced Turing Patterns is offifically out in Science Advances. The paper is featured in CNN, MSN, World Today, Newsweek, The Conversation, CU Boulder Today, Phys.org, Technology Networks, Yahoo News, Eureka Alert and many others. Congratulations, Ben!
11/08 - Ankur presented three talks at AIChE. Thank you for all the questions and feedback.
11/06 - Zoe won the 3rd best poster award in the materials science section at AIChE. Congratulations Zoe and we are excited for you!!
10/01 - Ankur is selected for AIChE 35 under 35 Award. Congratulations to all the awardees (read the news)
09/30 - Ben's paper on Turing patterns is accepted to Science Advances. Congratulations, Ben!
09/18 - Zoe is selected for Rice University's Gulf Coast Undergraduate Research Symposium. Congratulations, Zoe.
09/08 - Ritu and Arkava engage in an outreach opportunity with OPCOE. Thanks Ritu and Arkava!
09/07 - Ankur delivers the Dream Chemistry Lecture at IChF, Warsaw (read the news article). Thanks Pawel Zuk for the invite.
08/24 - Nathan received the GAANN fellowship for the Fall 2023 semester. Congratulations, Nathan.
08/02 - Nathan and Filipe's paper on asymmetric rectified electric fields (AREFs) from surface reactions is now out in Soft Matter (read the manuscript). Congrats Nathan and Filipe!
07/20 - Ritu's paper in Soft Matter earlier this year has been selected as a "HOT article" by the editors (read the collection here). Free access until Aug-18.
06/25 - Ankur will be delivering the Dream Chemistry Lecture in Warsaw, Poland (read the news article).
06/07 - Our group participated in the ACS Colloids Meeting. We had a total of 11 contributions, including a session keynote. We had a great time with excellent scientific discussions.
06/01 - Undergraduates Rosby and Lucas joined our group to conduct research over the summer. Welcome Rosby and Lucas.
05/24 - Ben's paper on Turing patterns is out on arxiv (link). Congratulations, Ben!
04/03 - Our group received the seed-grant from RIO office at CU to pursue a collaborative research project with the FLOW lab (https://www.flowphysicslab.com/). We are excited to begin this formal collaboration.
03/29 - Ritu and Ben were awarded the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. Congratulations Ritu and Ben!!
03/28 - Zoe has won the prestigious undergraduate research award. Congratulations, Zoe.
03/27 - Ben will be heading to Stanford Mechanical Engineering to pursue graduate school. We are stoked and excited for Ben. Congratulations!
03/14 - Sajan and Filipe are trying to make scientific publications more accesible through interactive blogs. The project aims to make scientific papers more accessible to everyone and is supported through NSF CAREER and CU Next grants (read the blog here)
03/10 - Our group's work, led by Ritu, was profiled in Soft Matter Emerging Investigator Series (link to the blog)
03/01 - Grace Origer and Cora Becker joined our group for research during the Spring semester! Welcome Grace and Cora.
02/15 - Ritu clears his preliminary exam. Congratulations Ritu!
01/10 - Ritu has receive GAANN fellowship for Spring 2023 in the area of Soft Materials. Congratulations Ritu!
01/09 - Our group has received the NSF CAREER Award. Thank to all the mentors, colleagues and students for support. (link to funding, link to news article)
01/06 - Arkava's paper is accepted in Physical Review Fluids (read here). Congratulations Arkava.
01/03 - Ritu's paper is out in Soft Matter (read here). Congratulations Ritu.
2022
12/09 - Zoe Cruse presenter her undergraduate thesis research at the Department poster session.
11/27 - Ritu Raj's first paper is on arxiv (read here). Congratulations Ritu.
11/22 - Several members of our group (Filipe, Nathan, Arkava, Ritu and Ankur) attended the APS-DFD Annual 2022 Meeting in Indianapolis, IN. We gave 4 talks at the meeting and are excited to pursue all the new ideas that came out from the discussions.
11/17 - Ankur attended the AIChE Annual 2022 Meeting in Phoenix, AZ, and presented several talks on behalf of students.
11/08 - Arkava clears his preliminary exam. Congratulations Arkava!
11/08 - The Graduates of the Last Decade (GOLD) award by IIT Delhi for Ankur is covered in ChBE news (link to news).
11/07 - Our ACS Pertroleum Research Fund Doctoral New Investigator award has been covered in ChBE news (link to news).
10/19 - Arkava Ganguly’s first paper is on arxiv (read here). Congratulations Arkava.
10/19 - Filipe Henrique finishes his Advanced TA lecture for graduate transport phenomena.
10/03 - Ankur Gupta is awarded the Graduates of the Last Decade (GOLD) award by IIT Delhi (read here). Congratulations Ankur!
09/18 - Filipe Henrique’s second first-author paper is out in Electrochimica Acta (read here). Congratulations Filipe!
09/07 - Nathan Jarvey’s first first-author paper is out in Journal of Electrochemical Society (read here). Congratulations Nathan!
09/01 - Eliot Rusley joins the group to pursue independent research on desalination. Welcome Eliot!
09/01 - Souradeep Roychowdhury joins the group to pursue independent research on diffusiophoresis. Welcome Souradeep!
08/30 - Ankur Gupta presents our group’s work as a DARPA Riser at the DARPA Forwarded Conference at CSU Fort Collins.
08/19 - Nathan Jarvey wins the ARCS Foundation Scholarship (read here). Congratulations Nathan!
08/09 - LIFE lab participates in the Rocky Mountain Fluid Mechanics Symosium.
07/25 - Ankur Gupta participates in the Chemical Engineering Summer School at Colorado School of Mines.
07/11 - The LIFE lab participates at ACS Colloids 2022 at Colorado School of Mines. Filipe Henrique is selected as the finalist for Langmuir Student Award.
06/20 - Ankur Gupta organizes the “Elecrokinetics for nano- and microfluidics” session with Dr. Aditya Khair and Dr. Henry Chu at USNCTAM in Austin, TX
05/26 - The LIFE lab received funding from the CU Next ward to create teaching simulations (read here)
05/24 - The LIFE lab receives funding to study from ACS Petroleum Research Fund Doctoral New Investigator program (read here)
05/06 - Ankur Gupta is selected as a DARPA Riser for the DARPA Forward Conference at CSU Fort Collins.
05/03 - Ankur Gupta visits Stanford to give the fluid mechanics talk on LIFE’s work on electrolyte transport. Thank you Dr. Eric Shaqfeh for hosting us and for the opportunity to share our work.
05/01 - William Steinfort joins the group for the summer to work on Physics Informed Neutral Network based modeling of electrolyte transport. Welcome Will!
04/26 - Ankur Gupta is awarded the Outstanding Graduate Instructor award for teaching CHEN-5210.
04/26 - Arkava Ganguly receives the Mukopadhyay Graduate Fellowship. Congratulations Arkava!
04/08 - Ankur Gupta gives a virtual talk at National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) about LIFE’s work on electrolyte transport. Thanks to Mark Ruth for the invitation.
03/31 - LIFE’s work is profiled by CU Engineering (link to video)
02/15 - Zoe Cruse and Sajan Williams join the group. Welcome Zoe and Sajan!
02/03 - Ankur Gupta gives a virtual talk at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) about LIFE’s work on electrolyte transport. Thank to Dr. Rohit Kannan for the invitation.
01/03 - Ritu Raj and Arkava Ganguly officially join the LIFE lab. Welcome Ritu and Arkava!
01/03 - Nathan Jarvey is awarded the GAANN fellowship for the semester. Congratulations Nathan!
2021
11/21 - LIFE group attends APS-DFD in Phoenix, AZ.
11/17 - Filipe’s first first-author paper is accepted in Soft Matter (read here). Congratulations Filipe! This is also LIFE’s first paper.
11/07 - Ankur Gupta attends AIChE Annual Meeting in Boston, MA.
10/27 - Congratulations to Filipe Henrique and Nathan Jarvey for clearing the preliminary examination.
10/07 - Ankur Gupta gives a virtual talk at Baylor University Mechanical Engineering Department about LIFE’s work on electrolyte transport. Thanks to Dr. Min Pack for the invitation.
10/04 - Ankur Gupta gives a virtual talk at University of Florida Chemical Engineering Department about LIFE’s work on electrolyte transport. Thanks to Dr. Henry Chu for the invitation.
09/23 - Filipe Henrique wins the Ryland Family Graduate Fellowship. Congratulations Filipe (read here).
08/09 - LIFE lab participates in the Rocky Mountain Fluid Mechanics Symposium.
05/19 - Ankur Gupta is awarded the Outstanding Graduate Instructor award for teaching CHEN-5210.
04/16 - Ankur Gupta gives a virtual talk at Complex Fluids Seminar at Carnegie Mellon University. Thanks to Angela Yang for the invitation.
03/01 - Alex Jimenez joins the group.
01/04 - LIFE lab starts. Welcome Filipe Henqirue and Nathan Jarvey as first graduate students.