Enhancement of the propagation of human embryonic stem cells by modifications in the gel architecture of PMEDSAH polymer coatings.
Qian, X., Villa-Diaz, L. G., Kumar, R., Lahann, J., & Krebsbach, P. H. (2014) Biomaterials, 35(36), 958190.
Education
- Ph.D in Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2018
- M.S.E in Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 2014
- B.E.(Hons.) in Chemical Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Pilani Campus, 2009
Honors and Awards
- Rackham Predoctoral Fellowship, 2017-18, University of Michigan.
- Departmental nominee, 2018, Richard & Eleanor Towner Prize for Outstanding PhD research, College of Engineering, University of Michigan.
- Poster award, Second Place, Material Science & Engineering session, Engineering Graduate Symposium, 2016, University of Michigan.
- Procter & Gamble Team Innovation Award, 2016, 40th Annual Macro Symposium, Department of Macromolecular Science & Engineering, University of Michigan. Presented a poster that was recognized for innovative and collaborative research.
- Richard & Eleanor Towner Prize for outstanding Graduate Student Instructor (GSI), 2016, University of Michigan. For exceptional & innovative teaching.
- Poster award, First Place, Material & Chemical Technology session,Engineering Graduate Symposium, 2014, University of Michigan.
- College of Engineering fellowship for incoming students from Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, September-December 2012.
- Monali Dey Memorial Award, BITS Pilani, December 2008, alumni memorial award for the most outstanding chemical engineering undergraduate in a graduating class
Publications
The Quest to Design Better Experiments.
The quest to design better experiments, Jeffrey Perkel, BioTechniques 2016 61:1, 9-14
Predictive Model for the Design of Zwitterionic Polymer Brushes: A Statistical Design of Experiments Approach.
Kumar, R. & Lahann,J. (2016) ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 8 (26), 16595-16603.
pH-Responsive Aminomethyl Functionalized Poly(p-xylylene) Coatings by Chemical Vapor Deposition Polymerization
Konig, M., Kumar,R., Hussal,C., Biscarat,J., Barner, L.,Schafer, A. & Lahann,J. (2017) Macromolecular Chemistry & Physics, 218, 1600521.
Examining Interfacial Kinetics on Electrostatically Heterogeneous Surfaces using Zeta-potential Measurements.
Kumar,R., Kopyeva,I., Cheng,K.C., Liu,K. & Lahann,J. (2017) Langmuir, 33 (25), pp 6322-6332.
Polylutidines: Multifunctional surfaces via vapor-based polymerization of functional pyridinophanes
Bally-Le Gal, F., Hussal,C., Kramer, J.J.P., Cheng,K.C.,Kumar,R., Eyster,T., Trouillet,V., Nieger,M., Brase,S.,& Lahann,J. (2017) Chemistry: A European Journal, 23, 13342-13350.
Substrate-Independent Micropatterning of Polymer Brushes Based on Photolytic Deactivation of Chemical Vapor Deposition Based Surface-Initiated Atom-Transfer Radical Polymerization Initiator Films.
Kumar, R. & Lahann,J. (2018) ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 10, 38, 31965-31976.
Carbohydrate‐Based Polymer Brushes Prevent Viral Adsorption on Electrostatically Heterogeneous Interfaces
Kumar R., Kratzer D., Cheng K., Prisby J., Sugai J., Giannobile W.V., Lahann J., (2018) Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 1800530.
Block Polymer Micelles Enable CRISPR/Cas9 Ribonucleoprotein Delivery: Physicochemical Properties Affect Packaging Mechanisms and Gene Editing Efficiency.
Tan, Z., Jiang, Y., Ganewatta, M.S., Kumar, R., Keith, A., Twaroski, K., Pengo, T., Tolar, J., Lodge, T.P., Reineke, T.M., (2019) Macromolecules, 52, 21, 8197-8206.
Talks
A Predictive Model for the Design of Polymer Brushes for hESC Culture: A Statistical Design of Experiments Approach
Oral Presentation at 2015 AIChE annual meeting, Salt Lake City, UT
Glycocalyx-Mimetic Surfaces with Tunable Surface Charge - Synthesis, Electrokinetic Investigation and Adsorption Studies
Oral Presentation at 2015 MRS Fall meeting, Boston, MA
Glycocalyx-mimetic interfaces with tunable protein and particulate adsorption characteristics
Oral Presentation at 2016 ACS national meeting (Spring), San Diego, CA
Glycocalyx-mimetic interfaces: Sugar-coating the answers to virus binding
Oral Presentation at 2017 ACS national meeting (Spring), San Francisco CA, USA
Teaching
Service
- Reviewer: Soft matter, IEEE Transactions on NanoBioscience, ACS AMI, Polymer chemistry, RSC Advances.
- Volunteer: Explore Engineering outreach program, organizing exhibits and explaining biomaterials engineering concepts to middle school students.