I am Abhiteja Konda from Hyderabad, a metropolitan city in Southern India. I have attended the University of Bergen, Norway and the University of Barcelona, Spain for a Joint European Masters in Quality in Analytical Laboratories focusing mainly in Analytical Methods, Data Analysis and Quality Management; graduated in Mar 2012. I have completed my undergraduate degree in Pharmacy (Bachelor of Pharmacy) from the Vinayaka Missions University, India with a Gold Medal in Aug 2010.
My current research focuses on the use of micro/mill-fluidic soft reactors: (i) to study the effect of fluid flow parameters (e.g., flow velocity, direction) on crystal morphology, and in the synthesis of hierarchical nanoparticles, and (ii) to deposit functional inorganic coatings on substrates of arbitrary chemical composition. The synthesized/deposited inorganic materials will be characterized by optical, scanning electron, transmission electron and scanning probe microscopies, and X-ray diffraction. This work could lead to new knowledge/methods in the synthesis of useful inorganic hybrid materials.
Email: abhiteja(at)huskers.unl.edu
Awards and achievements:
1. Honorable Mention for the 2017-2018 Outstanding Graduate Research Assistant Award by the Dept. of Chemistry, University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
2. Best Poster Award Winner at the 2018 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit, Phoenix, AZ, April 2018.
3. GSA Travel Award, University of Nebraska-Lincoln – Spring 2018.
4. Citation for Excellence in Teaching Chemistry, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Nebraska-Lincoln – Spring 2017.
5. Erasmus Mundus Scholarship for Masters – 2010.
6. Awarded University Gold Medal for all round academic excellence in Bachelors in Pharmacy, Vinayaka Missions University – 2010.
Publications from graduate research:
10. Bowen, J.J.; Rose, M.A.; Konda, A.; Morin, S.A.* Surface Molding of Microscale Hydrogels with Microactuation Functionality.Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2018, 57, 1-6.
9. Perez-Toralla, K.; Konda, A.; Bowen, J.J.; Jennings, E.E.; Argyropoulos, C.; Morin, S.A.* Rational Synthesis of Large-Area Periodic Chemical Gradients for the Manipulation of Liquid Droplets and Gas Bubbles.Adv. Funct. Mater., 2018, 1705564.
8. Konda, A.; Morin, S. A.* Flow-directed Synthesis of Spatially Variant Arrays of Branched Zinc Oxide Mesostructures. Nanoscale. 2017, 9, 8393-8400.
7. Vinod, T.P.; Taylor, J. M.; Konda, A.; Morin, S. A.* Stretchable substrates for the assembly of polymeric microstructures. Small. 2017, 13, 1603350.
6. Stoller, M. A.; Konda, A.; Kottwitz, M. A.; Morin, S. A.* Thermoplastic Building Blocks for the Fabrication of Microfluidic Masters. RSC Adv. 2015, 5, 97934-97943.
5. Konda, A.; Taylor, J. M.; Stoller, M. A.; Morin, S. A.* Reconfigurable microfluidic systems with reversible seals compatible with 2D and 3D surfaces of arbitrary chemical composition. Lab Chip. 2015, 15, 2009-2017.
Publications from undergraduate research:
4. Balasundaram, J;* Kumudhavalli, M.V.; Koteswara Rao, V.P.V.S.; Saravanan, C.; Chandira, M.; Konda, A.; Method development and validation for simulataneous estimation of emtricitabine and tenofovir disoproxil fumerate in pharmaceutical dosage form. Annals of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences 2010, 1(2), 152-154.
3. Kumudhavalli, M.V.; Sandeep Sahu; Konda, A.; Balasundaram, J.* Development and validation of RP-HPLC method for simultaneous determination of cefixime and potassium clavulanate in tablet dosage form. International Journal of Pharma Recent Research 2010, 2(2), 57-60.
2. Kumudhavalli, M.V.; Margret, C.R.; Goswami, S.; Konda, A.; Balasundaram, J.* Formulation, and evaluation of fast dissolving tablets of tizanidine. The Pharmacist 2010, 5(1), 47-53.
1. Margret, C.R.; Kumudhavalli, M.V.; Konda, A.; Balasundaram, J.* RP-HPLC determination of cefdinir in bulk drug and solid dosage form. Journal of Pharmacy Research 2009, 2(6), 1141-1143.
