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Education
Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, United States 2014-2019
B.Tech in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirapalli, India 2010-2014
Research Interests
- Polymer Upcycling
- Drug discovery
- Bio-based polymers and nanocomposites
- Biofuels
Current Research
“My research focuses on molecular dynamics simulations to investigate the structure–property relationships in bio-based and synthetic polymers, with applications in polymer upcycling, high-performance composites, and biofuel production. I also work on computational drug discovery, using molecular docking and cheminformatics to design small-molecule ligands targeting RNA receptors, as well as to identify inhibitors to overcome antibiotic resistance. My interdisciplinary research allows me to address key challenges in both sustainable materials development and therapeutic design.”
Publications
- Rukmani, S. J.; Kim, S.; Rahman, M. A.; Zhao, X.; Sokolov, A. P.; Saito, T.; Petridis, L.; Carrillo, J.-M.; Savara, A. Source of Processable Vitrimer Viscosities: Swap Frequencies and Steric Factors. Macromolecules 2024. DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.4c01943
- De, S.*; Rukmani, S. J.*; Zhao, X.; Clarkson, C.; Vautard, F.; Bhagia, S.; Goswami, M.; Zhang, S.; Elyas, S. F.; Zhao, W.; Smith, J. C.; Ragauskas, A. J.; Ozcan, S.; Tekinalp, H.; Si, M.; Huang, J.; He, X. Additive Manufacturing with Cellulose‐based Composites: Materials, Modeling, and Applications. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2024. DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202414222
- Rukmani, S. J.; Anstine, D. M.; Munasinghe, A.; Colina, C. M. An Insight into Structural and Mechanical Properties of Ideal‐networked Poly(ethylene Glycol)–peptide Hydrogels from Molecular Dynamics Simulations. Macromol. Chem. Phys. 2020, 221 (3), 1900326. DOI: 10.1002/macp.201900326
- Rukmani, S. J.; Kupgan, G.; Anstine, D. M.; Colina, C. M. A Molecular Dynamics Study of Water-Soluble Polymers: Analysis of Force Fields from Atomistic Simulations. Mol. Simul. 2019, 45 (4-5), 310–321. DOI:10.1080/08927022.2018.1531401
- Rukmani, S. J.; Liyana-Arachchi, T. P.; Hart, K. E.; Colina, C. M. Ionic-Functionalized Polymers of Intrinsic Microporosity for Gas Separation Applications. Langmuir 2018, 34 (13), 3949–3960. DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b04320
