Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering
Sampath Research Group
Led by Janani Sampath · Chemical Engineering
What we study
The Sampath Lab uses computer simulations to design soft materials like polymers and proteins for clean energy and health. They study how these materials behave in solutions and membranes to improve gas separation, 3D printing, and drug delivery.
What working here is like
- Computational
- No organisms (data only)
- Coding required
- Projects
- 3
- Papers
- 5
Current projects
Engineering polymer membranes for gas separation and water purification
They model how polymer chemistry and structure affect membrane performance for separations.
Developing Bio-ink for 3D Printing
They simulate how polymers and proteins interact to improve 3D printing materials.
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Designing Polymer-Protein Conjugates for Therapeutics
They study how polymers attached to proteins like insulin affect drug stability and function.
Summaries are written by AI in plain language from public symposium abstracts and may be imperfect.
Recent papers, explained
- AI-Assisted Physics-Informed Predictions of Degradation Behavior of Polymeric Anion Exchange Membranes
2026 · The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
Uses AI and physics to predict how different anion exchange membranes degrade over time in alkaline conditions.
- Effect of Dispersity on the Behavior of Entangled Polymer Melts under Extensional Flow: Insights from Nonequilibrium Molecular Dynamics Simulations
2026 · Macromolecules
Tests how varying polymer chain lengths change how melts stretch under stress, finding dispersity affects stress buildup differently at low and high rates.
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- Impact of dispersity on the welding of polymer interfaces: Structure, dynamics, and interfacial entanglements from coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations
2026 · The Journal of Chemical Physics
Simulates how different polymer chain lengths affect welding at interfaces, showing short chains speed up long chain movement.
- Insights into Protein Unfolding under pH, Temperature, and Shear Using Molecular Dynamics Simulations
2025 · Biomacromolecules
Simulates how temperature, acidity, and shear stress unfold proteins, finding each stressor causes unique unfolding patterns.
- Exploring the temperature stability of CRISPR-Cas12b using molecular dynamics simulations
2025 · Molecular Systems Design & Engineering
Simulates how a modified CRISPR protein behaves at high temperatures, showing slight structural changes in key domains.
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