Surya K. Mallapragada
Program Director & Senior Scientist, Materials Chemistry & Biomolecular Materials, Ames Laboratory
Professor, Dept. of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Iowa State University
Professor, Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering, Iowa State University
144 Spedding Hall
Iowa State University
Ames, IA 50011
phone 515.294.3645, fax 515.294.4709, email: surya@ameslab.gov
Education
| Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN | 1996 |
| B. Tech. Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India | 1993 |
Professional Appointments
| Professor, Dept. of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Iowa State University | 2006 - Present |
| Professor, Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering, Iowa State University | 2006 - Present |
| Program Director & Senior Scientist, Materials Chemistry & Biomolecular Materials, Ames Laboratory | 2004 - Present |
| Associate Professor, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Iowa State University | 2001 - 2006 |
| Associate Professor, Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering, Iowa State University | 2001 - 2006 |
| Affiliate, Neuroscience Program, Iowa State University | 1999 - Present |
| Assistant Professor, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Iowa State University | 1996 - 2001 |
| Postdoctoral Researcher, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, MIT | 1996 |
Honors, Awards and Professional Activities
| Member, NIH Biomaterials & Biointerfaces Study Section | 2006 - 2008 |
| Member, Defense Sciences Study Group, Institute for Defense Analyses | 2006 - 2007 |
| Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering | 2006 |
| Invited Participant, National Academy of Engineering Frontiers of Eng. Symp. | 2006 |
| Editorial Board, Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology | 2004 - Present |
| Named to MIT's Technology Review's "Top 100 Young Innovators" list | 2002 |
| 3M Non-tenured Faculty Award | 2001 |
| ISU Foundation Early Excellence in Research Award, Iowa State University | 2001 |
| NSF Faculty Early Career Award | 2000 |
| Review Panelist, NSF-BES, CTS, DMII, EEC | 1999 - 2005 |
| Andrews Graduate Fellowship, Purdue University | 1993 - 1995 |
Selected Publications
Enlow, D., Rawal, A., Kanapathipillai, M., Schmidt-Rohr, K., Mallapragada, S.K., Lo, C.T., Thiyagarajan, P., and Akinc, A., “Synthesis and Characterization of Self-Assembled Block Copolymer Templated Calcium Phosphate Nanocomposite Gels”, J. Mater. Chem. (submitted).
Determan, M.D., Lo, C.-T., Guo, L., Thiyagarajan, P. and Mallapragada, S.K., “Temperature and pH-Dependent Phase Behavior of Pentablock Copolymers by Small Angle Neutron Scattering”, Langmuir (submitted).
Prozorov, T., Mallapragada, S.K., Narasimhan, B., Nilsen-Hamilton, M., Williams, T. J., Bazylinski, D., Prozorov, R., and Canfield, P.C., “Protein-Mediated Synthesis of Superparamagnetic Magnetite Nanocrystals”, Adv. Func. Mater. (in press).
Peleshanko, S., Anderson, K. D., Goodman, M., Determan, M. D., Mallapragada, S.K., and Tsukruk, V., “Thermoresponsive Behavior of Multistimuli Pluronic®-based Pentablock Copolymers at the Air-Water Interface”, Langmuir (in press).
Determan, M. D., Thiyagarajan, P. and Mallapragada, S.K., “Supramolecular Self-assembly of Multiblock Copolymers in Solution”, Langmuir, 22, 1469-1473 (2006).
Determan, M.D., Cox, J. P. and Mallapragada, S.K., “Drug Release from pH-Responsive Thermogelling Pentablock Copolymers”, J. Biomed. Mater. Res. (in press).
Agarwal, A., Unfer, R. C., and Mallapragada, S. K., “Complexation of Novel Cationic Pentablock Copolymers with DNA”, J. Control. Rel. 103, 245-258 (2005).
Determan, M., Seifert, S., Thiyagarajan, P., and Mallapragada, S. K. “Synthesis and Characterization of Temperature and pH Sensitive Self-Assembling Amphiphilic Pentablock Copolymers”, Polymer, 46, 6933-46 (2005).
Anderson, B. C., Cox, S. M., Bloom, P.D, Sheares, V. V., and Mallapragada, S.K., “Synthesis and Characterization of Diblock and Gel Forming Pentablock Copolymers of Tertiary Amine Methacrylates, Poly(Ethylene Glycol) and Poly(Propylene Glycol)”, Macromolecules, 36, 1670-76 (2003).
Anderson, B.C, and Mallapragada, S.K., “Synthesis and Characterization of Injectable, Water-soluble Copolymers of Tertiary Amine Methacrylates and Poly(Ethylene Glycol) Containing Methacrylates”, Biomaterials, 23, 4345-59 (2002).
Materials Chemistry and
Biomolecular Materials Program
Ames Laboratory
Iowa State University
142 Spedding Hall
Ames, IA 50011 USA
Phone: 1.515.294.7568
FAX: 1.515.294.4709
