Venkataraman N V

Dr. N. V. Venkataraman is an Associate Professor with MEC in the Inorganic and Physical Chemistry department. His research primarily focuses on micro and nano-scale physicochemical modification of surfaces towards controlling and understanding interfacial processes and to evolve better structure-property correlations.

Dr. Venkataraman holds a Ph.D. from the Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, (IISc) Bangalore, India

• Education
  • Ph.D.: Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, (IISc) Bangalore, India.
  • M.Sc.: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Mumbai, India.
  • B.Sc.: Chemistry, University of Madras.
• Research

  RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:

  • Jan. 2013 - Senior Scientist (Oberassistent): Laboratory for Surface Science and Technology, Department of Materials, ETH-Zurich, Switzerland.
  • Apr. 2010 - Mar. 2012: Senior Scientist (Oberassistent): Laboratory for Surface Science and Technology, Department of Materials, ETH-Zurich, Switzerland.
  • Jan. 2003 - Mar. 2010: Post-Doctoral Assistant: Laboratory for Surface Science and Technology, Department of Materials, ETH-Zurich, Switzerland.
  • Nov. 2002 - Jan. 2003: Academic Guest: Laboratory for Surface Science and Technology, Department of Materials, ETH-Zurich, Switzerland.
  • Aug.1998 - Jul. 2001: Senior Research Fellow: Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.
  • Aug. 1996 - Jul.1998: Junior Research Fellow: Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.
  • 1996: Project Scientist: Department of Metallurgy and Material Science, Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, India

   

  HONORS AND AWARDS:

  • Dr. A. Nagaraja Rao Medal for the best Ph. D. thesis in the Division of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (2002).
  • Dr. J. C. Ghosh Medal for the best Ph. D. thesis in the Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute Science, Bangalore (2002).
  • CSIR-UGC National Eligibility Test (NET) for junior research fellowship and lectureship (1994-95).

   

  PUBLICATIONS:

  BOOK CHAPTERS:

  • Chapter titled "Patterning gradients" in the book "Micro-patterning in Cell Biology" - N. V.Venkataraman, C. Cremmel, C. Zink, R. Huber, N. D. Spencer (Submitted).

  JOURNAL ARTICLES:

  • Naik, V; Crobu, M; Venkataraman, N. V; Spencer, N. D. "Multiple Transmission-Reflection IR Spectroscopy Shows that Surface Hydroxyls Play only a Minor Role in Alkylsilane Monolayer Formation on Silica" J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2013, 4, 2745.
  • Venkataraman, N. V; Pei, J; Rossi, A; Spencer, N. D. "Template-Stripped, Ultraflat Gold Surfaces with Coplanar, Embedded Titanium Micro-Patterns" Langmuir, 2013, 29, 9935.
  • Beurer, E; Venkataraman, N. V; Sommer, M; Spencer, N. D. "Protein and Nanoparticle Adsorption on Orthogonal,Charge-Density-Versus-Net-Charge Surface-Chemical Gradients", Langmuir, 2012, 28, 3159.
  • Amstad, E; Gehring, A. U; Fischer, H; Venkataraman V. N; Hahner, G; Textor, M;Reimhult, E. "Influence of Electronegative Substituents on the Binding Affinity of Catechol-Derived Anchors to Fe3O4 Nanoparticles" J. Phys. Chem. C, 2011,115, 683.
  • Beurer, E; Venkataraman, N. V.; Rossi, A; Bachmann, F; Engeli, R; Spencer, N. D."Orthogonal, Three-component, Alkanethiol-based, Surface-Chemical Gradients on Gold" Langmuir, 2010, 26, 8392.
• Experience

  Assistant for laboratory course for bachelor and master students (2003-2004).