- IIT Jodhpur
- Temple University
- Projects: Force field development, fiber formation of Kevlar®/UHMWPE complexes and nanocomposites.
- Coarse-grained potential model development and large-scale MD simulations of Kevlar® fiber formation.
- Density Functional Theory (DFT) & first principle MD simulations for organic molecules and liquids.
- Extensive collaboration with experimental groups for composites, organic molecules, batteries and NMR.
- Presented research results in national and international conferences.
- The University of Texas at Austin
- Projects: Polymer nanocomposites, ternary electrolytes, ionic liquids and polymerized ionic liquids.
- Developed force fields using DFT and conducted atomistic MD simulations. Developed kMC tool.
- Designed and mentored multiple undergraduate and graduate research projects for Li-ion batteries.
- Presented research results in national and international conferences.
- The University of Rome
- Developed a hybrid simulation model consisting GCMC, reaction MC and Brownian Dynamics
- Designed and mentored an undergraduate research project.
- Technical University Munich
- Indian Institute of Science
- Projects: Elasticity of boron nitride nanotubes, carbon nanotubes, DNA, RNA and Dendrimers; Interaction of nanomaterials with soft matter systems.
- DFT calculations for electrostatic charge assignment and binding energies.
- Atomistic MD simulations of nanomaterials and bio-polymers.
- Teaching assistant for Molecular Simulations course for two semesters.
- Delivered (oral and poster format) numerous presentations within India and abroad.
- University of Hyderabad (M. Sc. in Physics)
Academic Profile
- SERB International Research Experience (SIRE) fellowship in 2022. Visted Prof. Roland R. Netz at the Freie Universität Berlin for three months from 01 September 2022 to 30 November 2022
- My research article was picked as Editor’s Suggestion by the Physical Review Materials, American Physical Society, 2019
- Hot Article of Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics for the year 2017, Royal Society of Chemistry, 2018
- My research article was picked as Cover Article by the Journal of Chemical Physics, American Institute of Physics, 2013
- My research article was picked as Editor’s Choice by the Journal of Chemical Physics, American Institute of Physics, 2012
- Erasmus Mundas WILL Power Fellowship, European Commission, 2010
- Best Poster Award, Department of Physics, IISc, 2009
- Qualified Junior Research Fellowship (CSIR-JRF), Graduate Aptitude Test for Engineering (GATE), and Joint Entrance Screening Test (JEST) in 2006
Recognitions/ Fellowships/ Awards
- Santosh Mogurampelly, Christopher M. MacDermaid, Simona Percec, Giacomo Fiorin and Michael L. Klein, “Aggregation of poly(p-phenylene terephthalamide) chains: emergence of fiber defects”, Phys. Rev. Mater. 3(1), 015602, 2019
- Santosh Mogurampelly and Venkat Ganesan, “Ion Transport in Polymerized Ionic Liquid-Ionic Liquid Blends”, Macromolecules, 51(23), 9471-9483, 2018
- Zhuolei Zhang, Santosh Mogurampelly (Equal First Author), Simona Percec, Giacomo Fiorin, Shenqiang Ren and Michael L. Klein, “Mechanically Strong Polymer Sheets From Aligned Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene Nanocomposites”, J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 9, 2652-2658, 2018
- Santosh Mogurampelly, Jordan R. Keith and Venkat Ganesan, “Mechanisms Underlying Ion Transport in Polymerized Ionic Liquid Electrolytes”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 139(28), 9511-9514, 2017
- Santosh Mogurampelly, Oleg Borodin and Venkat Ganesan, “Computer Simulations of Ion Transport in Polymer Electrolyte Membranes”, Annu. Rev. Chem. Biomol. Eng., 7, 349-371, 2016