Dr. Shekhar Garde

Elaine and Jack S. Parker Career Development Professor
Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering
Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY 12180
Contact info:
  Biotech Building, Room# 3244D, gardes@rpi.edu  
ph: 518-276-6048   fax: 518-276-4030
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Education:
University of Bombay                         B. Chem. Eng.          1992
University of Delaware                       Ph.D.                        1997
Los Alamos National Laboratory        Director's Fellow      1997-99

Awards & Honors:
Elaine and Jack S. Parker Career Development Professor, 2006.
Rensselaer Faculty Early Career Award, 2004.
School of Engineering Excellence in Research Award, 2003.
American Chemical Society, PRF new faculty grant, 2001.
National Science Foundation's CAREER award, 2001
Sigma-Xi @ Rensselaer, inducted 2001.
Director's Fellow, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 1997.
W. R. Grace Fellowship, Johns Hopkins University, 1996.
Lubrizol India Fellowship,University of Bombay, 1990.

Research Interests:
Molecular Modeling & Simulation of Biological Systems: Development and application of molecular theory, modeling, and simulation techniques to biological systems (e.g., proteins, DNA) to gain a fundamental understanding of biological structure and function in aqueous as well as non-aqueous media.
Nanotechnology: Fundamental understanding of “small” (nanometer scale) systems (e.g., nanoscale transport, thermodynamics).
Water and aqueous solutions: Molecular level studies of water structure and water-mediated interactions relevant to biological and colloidal self-assembly.
Polymeric Systems: Development of coarse-graining (multi-scale linking) methods to access multiple time and length scales for applications in structure-property relations in polymeric systems.

Affiliations:
Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies
NSF Nanoscale Science & Engineering Center for Directed Assembly of Nanostructures
Bioinformatics center at RPI
NY Center for Polymer Synthesis

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