Sitaraman Krishnan

Sitaraman Krishnan
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Clarkson University
229, Center for Advanced Materials Processing
Potsdam, NY 13699-5705

Phone: 315-268-6661
Fax: 315-268-6654
Email: skrishna@clarkson.edu

Research Interests

Dr. Krishnan’s research focuses on molecular-scale engineering of surfaces and thin films using polymers. He uses advanced polymerization techniques and novel surface modification approaches to synthesize materials that can interact with biological systems at cellular and molecular levels. The macromolecular design strategies being developed in his research are targeted toward important ecological and medical applications, including environmentally friendly antifouling coatings, biomaterials, tissue engineering, and biosensing. The group’s thin-film research relies on using synchrotron-based techniques such as near-edge X-ray absorption, fine structure spectroscopy, and grazing incidence small-angle X-ray scattering to probe molecular self-assembly in nanostructured thin films. Other experimental techniques such as X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, scanning probe microscopy, fluorescence microscopy, and molecular spectroscopy are also routinely used. In collaboration with research groups at Clarkson, Krishnan is also interested in molecular simulations of polymer self-assembly and biomolecular interactions at surfaces, the design of nanoparticles for biosensing and drug delivery, and improving the energy conversion efficiency of polymer solar cells.