Surita Bhatia

Surita Rani Bhatia
Alma materUniversity of Delaware
Princeton University
Scientific career
InstitutionsUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst
Stony Brook University
ThesisStructure and rheology of associative triblocks in microemulsion solutions (2000)
WebsiteBhatia Research Group

Surita Bhatia is an American chemist who is professor and vice provost of faculty affairs at Stony Brook University. Her work considers the structure of soft materials, including polymeric hydrogels and colloidal glasses. She was elected Fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering and the Society of Rheology in 2020.

Early life and education

Bhatia was an undergraduate studied at the University of Delaware. She majored in chemical engineering, and graduated in 1995.[citation needed] She moved to Princeton University for her graduate studies, where she worked with William B. Russel on the rheology of associative polymers.[1] Bhatia completed her doctoral studies in 2000, and moved to the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) Complex Fluids Laboratory as a postdoctoral researcher.[2]

Research and career

Bhatia joined the faculty at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2001, where she was awarded an National Science Foundation CAREER Award to study soft attractive gels.[3]

At UMass, Bhatia developed engineering education programme that taught about equity, diversity and the societal impacts of engineering.[4] Her teaching materials were selected by the National Academy of Engineering as an example of best practise in education.[4] She has led programs to support underrepresented students in the biomedical sciences.[citation needed]

In 2012, Bhatia joined the department of chemistry at Stony Brook University, where she was promoted to professor in 2015.[5] She holds a joint role as a staff scientist at the Center for Functional Nanomaterials at the Brookhaven National Laboratory.[6]

Bhatia has worked to elucidate structure-properties relationships of complex fluids using ultra small-angle X-ray scattering and ultra small-angle neutron scattering.[5][7][8] She combines these techniques with rheology to establish the molecular mechanisms that underpin dynamically arrested states and re-entrant behavior in colloidal systems.[citation needed]

Awards and honors

Selected publications

  • Akhilesh Banerjee; Manish Arha; Soumitra Choudhary; Randolph S Ashton; Surita R Bhatia; David V Schaffer; Ravi S Kane (17 June 2009). "The influence of hydrogel modulus on the proliferation and differentiation of encapsulated neural stem cells". Biomaterials. 30 (27): 4695–4699. doi:10.1016/J.BIOMATERIALS.2009.05.050. ISSN 0142-9612. PMC 2743317. PMID 19539367. Wikidata Q37345194.
  • Khaled A. Aamer; Heidi Sardinha; Surita R. Bhatia; Gregory N. Tew (1 March 2004). "Rheological studies of PLLA-PEO-PLLA triblock copolymer hydrogels". Biomaterials. 25 (6): 1087–1093. doi:10.1016/S0142-9612(03)00632-X. ISSN 0142-9612. PMID 14615174. Wikidata Q44654206.
  • Sarwat F Khattak; Surita R Bhatia; Susan C Roberts (1 May 2005). "Pluronic F127 as a cell encapsulation material: utilization of membrane-stabilizing agents". Tissue Engineering. 11 (5–6): 974–983. doi:10.1089/TEN.2005.11.974. ISSN 1076-3279. PMID 15998236. Wikidata Q40401743.

References

  1. ^ Bhatia, Surita Rani (1999). Structure and rheology of associative triblocks in microemulsion solutions (Thesis). OCLC 80783273.
  2. ^ "Strengthening Your Networks and Responding to Stress and Strain: What Women in STEM Can Learn from Polymeric Hydrogels". Brookhaven National Laboratory. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
  3. ^ "NSF Award Search: Award # 0238873 - CAREER: Structure and Rheology of Soft Attractive Colloids: Interactions Due to Bridging Polymers and Applications to Fluorocarbon Gels". www.nsf.gov. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
  4. ^ a b "UMass Amherst Professor Surita Bhatia's Curriculum Featured in Report by National Academy of Engineering". Office of News & Media Relations | UMass Amherst. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
  5. ^ a b c d "Surita R. Bhatia Named Fellow of Two Prestigious National Organizations |". SBU News. 2020-08-13. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
  6. ^ a b c "Surita R. Bhatia - Fellow, Elected 2020 - The Society of Rheology". www.rheology.org. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
  7. ^ Bhatia, Surita R. (2005). "Ultra-small-angle scattering studies of complex fluids". Current Opinion in Colloid & Interface Science. 9 (6): 404–411. doi:10.1016/j.cocis.2004.10.001. ISSN 1359-0294.
  8. ^ "NSF Award Search: Award # 1905547 - Understanding the Role of Crystalline Junctions in Associative Polymer Gels". www.nsf.gov. Retrieved 2021-05-19.
  9. ^ a b "Women in Chemical Engineering (WIC) Mentorship Excellence Award". www.aiche.org. 2012-03-28. Retrieved 2021-05-19.