1. Purba Chatterjee
106, 14th
Street, 3rd
Floor
Troy, NY 12180
Emails: chattp@rpi.edu
purbachatt@gmail.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/purba-chatterjee-06274a24
Phone: (518) 248-8112
Objective Working towards developing a career in fields utilizing the technical know-how of a chemical
engineer. A hard-working and self-motivated graduate student, I have completed and am part
of advanced projects and have trained undergraduates in the process.
Education Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY, USA
Ph.D.,Chemical and Biological Engineering Aug 2012 - May 2017(Expected)
Advisor: Prof. Patrick T. Underhill
Research area: Engineering colloidal particles in fluids and fluid-interfaces: From the synthe-
sis, properties and applications of Micro-Emulsions, Janus particles to Antibody Rheology
GPA : 3.80/4
Birla Institute of Technology and Sciences (BITS) Pilani, India
B.E. (Hons.),Chemical Engineering July 2008 - May 2012
GPA : 8.55/10, Rank-14/78
Experience Graduate Research Assistant, Dynamics of Complex Fluid Lab, Rensselaer Poly-
technic Institute, Troy, NY, USA Aug 2012 - Present
• Self-propelling particles: Working with micron and sub-micron particles to fabricate
smart materials called “Janus Motors” which have potential applications in nanomedicine
and chemotaxis.
• Rheology of micro-emulsions: Making a variety of particle-stabilized emulsions (Pickering
emulsions) to understand the role of temperature and the shape/geometry of stabilizing
particles in their flow properties and viscoelasticity.
• Microrheology of complex fluids: Using tracer particles in complex fluids such as protein
solutions to understand their viscoelasticity, protein-protein interactions (PPI) and how
these are affected by pH and ionic strength.
Graduate Research Intern, Genetics and Molecular Biology Lab, North Eastern
Hill University, Shillong, Meghalaya, India Dec 2015 - Jan 2016
• Analyzed the anti-cancer property of Russel viper venom Ruviprase, a 50 kDa protein,
on cancer cell lines (MCF-7 cell line) by estimating cell glutathione levels, checking
for proapoptotic proteins and analyzing the expression of genes regulating proapoptotic
proteins.
• Gained first-hand experience in cell culture, glutathione estimation, Western blot, Re-
verse transcription PCR and real-time PCR techniques.
Undergrad Intern, CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL), Bangalore, Kar-
nataka, India Jan-June 2012
• Performed electroless deposition and characterization of duplex coatings of Ni-P/Ni-P-W
on Mg alloy AZ31B, commonly used in aircraft parts and pairs for their good weight-to-
strength ratio.
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Chemical and Biological Engg., Rens-
selaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA Fall 2013, Spring 2015 & 2016
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2. • Served as a teaching assistant to undergraduate level courses: Chemical Reactor Design
and Transport Phenomena II.
• Duties included conducting office hours, preparing and presenting materials for exam
review sessions and working out solutions to homeworks.
Technical Skillset • Experimental Tools: Optical, Epifluorescence, Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence
Microscopy (TIRF), Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) and Scanning Electron Microscopy
(SEM), Sputtering and Ebeam Evaporation, stress and/or strain-controlled Rheometers,
Cell culture, Western Blot, Reverse transcription PCR, real-time PCR.
• Experimental Synthesis: Synthesis of spherical and non-spherical micro-, nano-particles;
Synthesis of oil/water and water/oil emulsions for rheology; Particle-Tracking Microrhol-
ogy of complex fluids.
• Softwares: MATLAB, IDL, ImageJ, COMSOL, ASPEN
• Programming Languages: C-programming
• Languages: English, Hindi, Bengali, German
Publications • V. Ezhil Selvi, Purba Chatterjee, S. Subramanian, J.N. Balaraju, “Autocatalytic du-
plex NiP/NiWP coatings on AZ31B magnesium alloy”, Surface & Coatings Technology,
240 (2014), 103-109; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.surfcoat.2013.12.022
• Rupamoni Thakur, Sudarshan Kini, Sillarine Kurkalang, Atanu Banerjee, Purba Chat-
terjee, Abhishek Chanda, Anupam Chatterjee, Dulal Panda, Ashis K. Mukherjee, “Mech-
anism of apoptosis induction in human breast cancer MCF-7 cell by Ruviprase, a small
peptide from Daboia russelii russelii venom”, Chemico-Biological Interactions, 258 (2016),
297-304; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cbi.2016.09.004
• Purba Chatterjee, Greg Sowaik, Patrick T. Underhill, “Effect of phase change on the
rheology and stability of paraffin wax-in-water Pickering emulsions”, (Submitted)
• Purba Chatterjee, Edmund Tang, Patrick T. Underhill, “Effect of viscosity on the
propulsion of Platinum-coated Janus microspheres”, (In preparation)
Conference
Presentations
• Paper: 14-16 June 2012, “Electroless Ni-P/Ni-W-P duplex coatings on AZ31B Magne-
sium alloy”, National Science and Technical Seminar ‘Ansh-2012’, National Aerospace
Laboratories (CSIR), Bangalore,India
• Poster: 10-15 October 2015, “Rheological Characterization of Pickering Emulsions with
a non-Newtonian dispersed phase”, The Society of Rheology 87th
Annual Meeting, Bal-
timore, Maryland, USA
• Paper: 5-8 June 2016, “Role of phase change in the rheological characterization and
shear stability analysis of silica-stabilized paraffin wax-in-water Pickering emulsions”,
90th
ACS Colloid & Surface Science Symposium, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA,
USA
Honors and
Awards
• Howard P. Isermann Fellowship at Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering,
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY. (2012-2013)
• Awarded the SOR Travel Grant to attend the 87th
Annual Meeting of the Society of
Rheology. Oct 2015
• A member of the Omega Chi Epsilon honor society.
Professional
Associations
• New England Complex Fluids (NECF), Student member
• Society of Rheology (SOR), Student member
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