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CURRICULUM VITAE
DEBASISH KUILA

PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION (Including postdoctoral training):
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL - Research Associate - 1988-1992
Los Alamos National Lab, Los Alamos, NM - Staff/Postdoctoral Fellow - 1985-1987
The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI - Research Fellow - 1984-1985
The City University of New York, NY - Ph. D. in Inorganic (Phy. Org.) Chemistry – 1984
The City University of New York, NY - M. Phil. in Chemistry – 1982
Indian Inst. of Technology, Madras, India - M. Sc. in Synthetic Organic Chemistry – 1979
University of Calcutta, India - B. Sc. (Honors in Chemistry) – 1976.

AWARDS and HONORS
• Invited to present a Plenary Lecture at the International Workshop on Defining Issues in Biofuels R&D”, Cetraro (Calabria), Italy, August 3-7, 2008. • Gordon Research Conference on Biomaterials 2005 and 2007 • Gordon Research Conference on Biophysical Aspects of Photosynthesis 1991 • Mina S. Rees Scholarship in Sciences and Mathematics of CUNY, Hunter College, for outstanding performances in teaching and research, 1983. • University Fellowship of CUNY, New York, NY, 1981-83 • Merit Scholarship in M. Sc. at I.I.T., Madras, India, 1977-79
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (In Short)
2011-
Professor of Chemistry, North Carolina A&T State Univ., Greensboro, NC Professor/Chair of Chemistry, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC Co-Chair of PhD Nanoscience Establishment Committee, Joint School of Nanoscience & Nanoengineering (with UNC-Greensboro), Greensboro, NC Associate Professor of Chemistry & IfM, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston Adjunct Professor of Indiana U-Purdue U, Indianapolis, IN Principal Research Scientist, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN Research Chemist II /Project Leader, Great Lakes Chemical Corporation Senior Research Chemist, Hoechst Celanese Corp., Corpus Christi, TX Research Chemist II, Hoechst Celanese Corp., Corpus Christi, TX Research Associate, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL Fellow, Los Alamos Nat’l Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM Research Fellow, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
EXPERIENCE (Details):
2006- Present
North Carolina A & T (NCAT) State University, Greensboro, NC
Professor and Chair of Chemistry(2006-2010) Administrative duties of the department, teaching undergraduate and graduate courses and interdisciplinary research on modified surfaces- such as, micro-/nano-porous Si, and nano-assembly of self-assembled monolayers (SAMs)- for cell culture studies including human cells for drug toxicity screening, catalysts for H2 production, and drug delivery/development including supervision of undergraduate and graduate students and two postdoctoral scholars.
• Performed administrative and service duties as the chairperson of the department of 13 full-
time and over 10 adjunct faculty members, four staff members, 106 chemistry undergraduate majors, and 15 graduate students (13 M.S. and 2 Ph.D.- interdisciplinary). • Taught CHEM106- General Chemistry and CHEM736- Bionanoscienec (interdisciplinary). • Submitted a successful pre-proposal and three proposals (PI) - one pending and one funded. • Synthesized and characterized highly ordered hexagonal mesoporous silica materials (MCM-41 and Nano MCM-41) containing Pd-Co nano catalysts for steam reforming of methanol (SRM) to produce H2 in collaboration with Interdisciplinary Research Center (IRC) of NCAT. • Screening of Pd-Co-nano-catalysts for SRM using a tubular reactor in collaboration with Professor S. Ilias of Engineering in progress. • Acquired surface characterization equipment and set-up cell culture lab for studies on modified surfaces with a goal towards drug toxicity screening and development of biosensors. • Characterized SAMs on ITO using newly acquired contact angle set-up. • Impedance characterization of SAM-modified ITO and micro/nano-porous Si in collaboration with Professor A. Williamson is underway. • Detection of cancer cells using gastro releasing peptide (GRP) coupled to SAM on ITO - • Explored drug delivery/development in collaboration with Pfizer. • Directing the research of 2 graduate (M.S. & Ph.D.) and 2 undergraduate students • Reviewed proposals and manuscripts of prestigious journals. • Invited to present research at national/international conferences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, UNC-Greensboro, Wake Forest University and UNC-Chapel Hill.
2002 – 2006
Louisiana Tech University (LA Tech), Ruston, LA
Associate Professor of Chemistry; Affiliate of Institute for Micromanufacturing
Teaching undergraduate and graduate courses, service and interdisciplinary research on
modified surfaces such as micro/nano-porous-Si and nano-assembly of SAMs for
molecular electronics and cell culture studies including human cells for drug toxicity
screening, immobilization of enzymes, microreactor/microfluidic systems for catalysis
and drug delivery/development including supervision of undergraduate and graduate
students and a postdoctoral scholar.
• Taught 14 undergraduate and graduate courses (see section on teaching) including
• Submitted over 30 proposals; funded over $500, 000 as a PI and over $4.0 M as a Co-Inv • Synthesized and characterized SAMs on Si, ITO and GaAs for cell-culture studies with a goal towards drug toxicity screening and biosensors. • Explored drug delivery/development in collaboration with Pfizer. • Conducted molecular electronics studies of 4’hydroxy-4-biphenylcarboxylic acid SAM (self-assembled monolayer) on p+-Si and octadecanethiol SAM on ITO. • Characterized nano-catalysts for syngas conversion to higher alkanes and steam • Visited Argonne National Laboratory and performed exciting in-situ characterization of nanocatalysts for steam reforming and syngas conversion to higher alkanes. • Obtained exciting exciting results from cell-culture studies on micro- and nanoporous-Si. • Investigated biocatalysis and degradation of pollutants using nanoassembly of enzymes immobilized on polyelectrolytes (polymers). • Immobilized enzymes on micro-porous-Si using an organic linker for its activity • Supervised research of two Ph.D., nine M.S., one B.S., and four summer undergraduate • Presented invited and conference talks at national meetings and in universities (see invited • Served as a committee member of several interdisciplinary Ph.D. and M.S. students. • Reviewed national and international proposals and manuscripts from distinguished journals. 2000 – 2002
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Principal Research Scientist (Research Professor)
Interdisciplinary research with a goal towards potential nanoelectronic/bioelectronic devices including
supervision of undergraduate and graduate students and teaching at Indiana U- Purdue U, Indianapolis
(IUPUI).

• Characterized gold nano-clusters encapsulated with molecules for sensing applications.
• Investigated mono- and multilayers of bacteriorhodopsin on metal/semiconductor surfaces using
• Prepared self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of compounds with thiol end groups on gold. • Characterized the SAMs on gold using FTIR, ellipsometry and electrochemical techniques. • Obtained exciting results from surface potential measurements of the SAMs of aliphatic and aromatic thiols on gold using AFM (Langmuir, 2002).
• Taught an undergraduate/graduate course at Indiana U-Purdue U, Indianapolis (IUPUI). 1997 – 2000 Great Lakes Chemical Corporation, West Lafayette, IN
Research Chemist II /Project Leader
Directed and conducted interdisciplinary research to discover and develop new products. Responsible for improvement of existing products and polymer processing. Supervised a chemist. • Discovered non-halogenated epoxy formulations for printed circuit boards (Dow Collaboration) • Instructed team in polymer processing and engineering of polyolefins/nanocomposites and • Designed and characterized polymers and materials. • Synthesized several novel phosphorus compounds and modified resins. • Improved the yield of a brominated flame retardant from 70 to 95%. • Investigated solid-phase synthesis of tribromides and improved selectivity of bromination. • Explored isolation of lithium from brine.

1992 – 1997 Hoechst Celanese Corporation, Corpus Christi, TX
1995 – 1997 Senior Research Chemist
Directed and conducted exploratory research to develop and improve new and existing products and processes including supervision of up to five technicians, operators and summer interns. • Synthesized and characterized photoactive compounds for deep-UV lithography to produce next generation of microelectronic devices (1998 U. S. Patents 5,726,295 & 5,726,296). • Conducted O3 oxidation of hydrocarbons containing tertiary C-H bonds in organic acids to reduce cost for the intermediate of the Hoechst drug pentoxyfylline, Trental . • Synthesized potential herbicide intermediates and a potential herbicide to compete with the • Used a design of experiments to synthesize novel polyacrylic acids with higher chelation and dispersing properties than commercial polyacrylates- two patent applications and published in the Journal of Applied Polymer Science (1999). • Developed several catalyst systems to enhance O2 delignification of pulp to reduce chlorinated organics in the effluent - one patent application. • Discovered a catalytic route to potential biodegradable chelants to replace commercial chelants.
• Synthesized novel peresters as polymerization initiators for vinyl monomers.

1992 – 1994 Research Chemist II
Directed and conducted analytical research including supervision of up to 2 technicians. • Discovered two forms of a copolymerizable UV-light stabilizer (1995 U. S. Patent 5,438,142) which improved significantly the process and final purity of the material- published in the Chemistry of Materials (1999). Isolated and characterized Sucralose from Splenda by solid phase extraction. • Characterized novel UV-light stabilizers based on benzotriazole - useful as polymer additives. • Invented pyrazine-based monomers (1995 U. S. Patent 5,459,266) for high performance polymers. • Prepared and characterized a sweetener, Sunette analog, to compete with commercial products.
1988 – 1992 (Feb.) Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Research Associate - Professor Brian Hoffman
Conducted research including supervision of up to 6 technicians, undergraduate and graduate students.
• Synthesized and purified modified novel hemoproteins using biochemical methods.
• Correlated structure and function of regular and mutant hemoglobins (Hbs) using CD and • Investigated kinetics as a function of driving force for photoinitiated and thermal long range electron transfer (LRET) in [M,Fe] (M = Zn, Mg) Hb hybrids down to 5 K. • Studied heme ligands as probes of energetic, mechanistic, and electronic aspects of ET • Explored factors influencing interprotein intramolecular electron transfer kinetics in ZnMb/heme-b and ZnP-450/putidaredoxin complexes. • Demonstrated electron tunneling in [M,Fe] Hbs embedded in PVA films from 5 - 200K. • Demonstrated a charge-separated intermediate in LRET studies in modified Hbs in PVA film • Investigated ET pathways in mutant Hb hybrids: the photoinitiated rate is affected more than • Synthesized and purified novel Sn(IV)Hb and [Sn,Fe] Hb hybrids using gel filtration,
1985 – 1987 Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM
Staff/Postdoctoral Fellow- Drs. James A. Fee and William H. Woodruff
• Characterized the stable Rieske [2Fe-2S] protein from Thermus thermophilus using CD and optical titration, Resonance Raman (RR) and NMR spectroscopy to understand its function. • Studied optical, EPR, and RR properties of the hemoprotein, ligninase from Phanerochaete chrysosporium Burds., and its CO- and NO-complexes to understand its function and differences with other enzymes in collaboration with Professor Mark Ondrias, The University of New Mexico; Professor Ming Tien, Penn State University.
1984 – 1985 The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Research Fellow- Professor James A. Fee
• Isolated and purified the Rieske [2Fe-2S] protein from Thermus thermophilus and measured its unique pH-dependent high redox potential.
1980 – 1983 The City University of New York, New York, NY
Research Assistant - Professor David K. Lavallee
• Synthesized and characterized N-alkyl(-aryl)porphyrins and metallo-N-alkyl(-aryl)porphyrins. • Demonstrated metal ion catalyzed dealkylation of metallo-N-alkylporphyrins and their use as precursors in radiopharmaceuticals, lymphatic ablation, and chemotherapy.
1978 – 1979 Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India
Research Assistant - Professor M. Srinivasan
• Synthesized novel protoberberine alkaloids for pharmaceutical applications.
ACADEMIC COURSES TAUGHT:
2007 - 2011
Professor, NC A&T SU, Greensboro, NC Taught Biochemistry CHEM652, General Chemistry-CHEM106 and Bionanoscience -CHEM 736 2002 – 2006 Associate Professor, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA
2005 (Fall) Taught a graduate course on biomaterials- MSNT 510 2004 (Spring) Taught (in part) a graduate course on nanotechnology 2002 (Spring) Adjunct Professor, Indiana U-Purdue U (IUPUI), Indianapolis, IN
Taught Inorganic Chemistry (B.S./M.S.). 1997 Adjunct Professor, Saint Leo College, Naval Station Ingleside, TX
1979 – 1981 Graduate Fellow, CUNY, Hunter College, New York, NY
Taught general and organic chemistry.
*SEMESTER CREDIT HOURS TAUGHT LAST 6 TERMS
*Louisiana Tech has a quarter system. So, I have converted Fall, Winter, and Spring quarters to
two semesters. **The graduate course was cancelled.
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS:
INVITED TALKS AND PRESENTATIONS (after joining Louisiana Tech and move to
North Carolina A&T State University)
1.
D. Kuila et al, “Microreactor Research at Louisiana Tech University’s Institute for
Manufacturing”; Invited Talk in Microreactor Section of 226th ACS National Meeting,
New York, NY, (Replacement of CATL-26), September 7-11, 2003.
D. Kuila, S. Zhao, V. S. Nagineni, A. Potluri, H. Indukuri, Y. Liang, W. Cao, J. Hu, J.
Fang, K. Varahramyan, R. Nassar, J. Palmer, U. Siriwardane and S. Naidu
“Microreactors for Catalysis using Nano-catalysts” Invited talk, presented at the 227th
ACS National Meeting, Anaheim, CA, COLL-473, March 28 –April 1, 2004.
D. Kuila, M. Tien, Y. Lvov, M. McShane, K. R. Aithal, S. Singh, A. Potluri, S. Kaul, D.
Patel, G. Krishna “Nanoassembly of immobilized ligninolytic enzymes for biocatalysis,
bioremediation and biosensing”, Invited Talk at SPIE East Meeting in Philadelphia,
2004, October, 5593-41.
Invited to present research at the Gordon Research Conference on Biomaterials:
Biocompatibility/Tissue Engineering, “Development of self-assembled monolayer
(SAM)-based cell culture platforms” Holderness School, NH, July 31-August 5, 2005.
D. Kuila, R. K. Aithal, D. P. Kumaraswamy and D. K. Mills “Functionality and viability
of hepatocytes cultured on ITO patterned with self assembled monolayers” Invited Talk
at the 230th ACS National Meeting, Washington, D.C., COLL-423, August 28-Sept. 1,
2005.
D. Kuila, S. Kolipaka, R. K. Aithal, and K. Varahramyan, “Fabrication and
Characterization of an ITO-Molecule-Metal Heterostructure for Nanoelectronics” Invited
Talk at the 230th ACS National Meeting, Washington, D.C., COLL-349, August 28-
Sept. 1, 2005.
D. Kuila, P. Sukul, D. P. Kumaraswamy, A. Parveen, V. K Shanigaram, R. Aithal, D. K.
Mills, “Porous-Silicon for Tissue Engineering”, Invited Talk at SPIE East, Boston, MA,
October 23-26, 2005.
Colloquium Speaker at West Virginia University, “SAMs as a Platform for Molecular
Electronics and Cell Biology Studies”, Morgantown, WV; January 20th, 2006.
Invited Talk at The University of Louisiana, Monroe,“SAMs as a Platform for Cell
Biology Studies”, Monroe, LA, January 30th, 2006.
Invited Seminar Speaker at UNC-Greensboro, “SAMs as a Platform for Molecular
Electronics and Cell Biology Applications, Greensboro, NC, March 2nd, 2007.
Invited Seminar at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, “SAMs on Si and ITO as a Platform
for Molecular Electronics and Cell Biology Applications”, Oak Ridge, TN, June 12th,
2007.
Invited Speaker at the 2007 International Conference on Nanotechnology for the Forest
Products Industry, “Nanoassembly of Immobilized Enzymes for Biocatalysis and
Bioremediation”, Knoxville, TN, June 13-15, 2007.
Invited to present research at the Gordon Research Conference on Biomaterials:
Biocompatibility/Tissue Engineering, “Functionality and Viability of Rat Hepatocytes
Cultured on SAM Modified ITO Substrates”, Holderness, NH, July 22-27, 2007.
Invited to visit and present a seminar at Wake Forest University Health Sciences, “Cell
Biology on Modified Surfaces for Drug Toxicity Screening and Development of
Biosensors”, Winston-Salem, NC, October 12th, 2007.
Invited to present a Plenary Lecture at the International Workshop on Defining Issues in
Biofuels R&D”, Cetraro (Calabria), Italy, August 3-7, 2008.
D. Kuila, S. Mehta, S. Zhao, W. Cao, J.Fang. “Comparative studies of silica sol-gel
supported Fe, Co, and Ru catalysts for F-T reaction in Si-microreactors.” Invited Talk,
Abstracts of Papers, 236th ACS National Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, United States,
August 17-21, 2008.
Invited to present a seminar on Hydrogen Production from Biofuels at Indian Institute of
Technology, Kharagpur, July 10, 2009.
Invited to talk at ACS National Meeting, “Novel nanocatalysts for hydrogen production
from biomass" Washington, DC Aug. 16-20, 2009.
19. Invited
to visit and present a seminar at UNC-Chapel Hill, “SAMs as Platform for Molecular Electronics and Cell Biology Applications”, Chapel Hill, NC, November 3rd,
2009.
Invited to present a seminar on SAM as a platform for Molecular Electronics and Cell
Biology Applications at Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India, March 11,
2011.

INVITED TALKS AND PRESENTATIONS (before joining LA Tech and move to NCAT)
North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, NC Forest Products Laboratory, USDA, Madison, WI CUNY, College of Staten Island, New York, NY Inst. of Paper Sci. and Technology, Atlanta, GA Great Lakes Chemical Corp., West Lafayette, IN Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA Adelphi University, Garden City, New York Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE:
REVIEWER OF PROPOSALS: Panelist on the NSF- “CRC Pre-proposal Panel”, Jan 10-11, 2008;
NSF-Panel on “Technical Challenges in Organic Electronics, Photonics and Magnetics” July 20-
21, 2004 Arlington, Virginia; Proposal reviewer for NSF, North Carolina Biotechnology Center,
and Austria.
REVIEWER OF JOURNALS: J. Phys. Chem., ACS, MRS, Nanotechnology, J. Appl. Physics D;
Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., Chem. Materials, Nanomedicine.

GRANTS:
CURRENT AND PAST RESEARCH SUPPORT
2002- 2004
Louisiana Tech University start-up grant; Ruston, LA (PI; $ 125, 000; 25,000-
cash).
2002- 2004 Micro/Nanotechnologies Research, NSF-EPSCoR (co-Inv., $2.85 M for three
years, obtained renewal for third year).
2003- 2006 “Innovative Ventures for Emerging Technologies in Rural North Louisiana”, NSF- Partnerships for Innovation (co-Inv., $599,937).
in Micro and Nano Engineering, NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates,” $265,087 (co-Inv).
“Carbon Nanotubes for Hydrogen Storage,” Johnston Science Foundation, Louisiana
(PI; $ 5,000).
2004 Travel Grant from LA BoR to visit NSF and NIH (PI; 2 X $750)
2005-2006 Drug Delivery/Development Research, Pfizer Corporation, (PI; ~$89,000 +
HPLC, > $50, 000).
“Synthesis and Characterization of Nano-catalysts for Hydrogen Production”;
Louisiana Board of Regents Research Competitiveness Subprogram (PI:
$125,198.00).
“Enhancement of Educational Infrastructure for Nanotechnology; LA Board of
Regents Enhancement of Higher Education Program (PI: $124, 665.00).
“Characterization of Nano-catalysts for Hydrogen Production and Syngas to
Higher Alkanes using in-situ Techniques at Argonne National Laboratory,”
NSF(2005)-LINK-07; (PI: $6,000).
“Acquisition of a Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope for
Nanotechnology Research, Training, and Education,” NSF Major Research
Instrumentation, (co-Inv.; $524,875); NOTE: co-PI in original proposal,
submitted in 2004, which was recommended but not funded.
Travel Grant for Emerging Faculty form LA Board of Regents-Invited Talks at
ACS, Washington, D.C (PI; $1,000).
2006-2007 Renewal of Drug Delivery/Development Research, Pfizer Corporation, (PI;
~$125,000); discontinued after 11/06.
“NERO: Nanoscience Education and Research Outreach” (co-Inv: $400,000)-NSF.
2006-2008 Drug Delivery/Development Research, Pfizer Corporation (PI: $93,870 +
HPLC, > $50, 000 at NCAT).
Start-Up Grant of North Carolina A&T State University (PI: $100, 000).
Biotech grant of NCAT for Surface Characterization (PI: $21,580).
Development of SAM-Based Cell Culture Platform for Biotechnology
Applications (PI, $14,760)
Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy –Biotechnology (PI, 34,709.85)
“Bimetallic Nanocatalysts in Mesoporous Silica for Hydrogen Production from
Coal-Derived Fuels” DOE-NETL (PI, $200,000)
“Acquisition of Smart X2S Automated Bench Top Single Crystal X-ray
Diffractometer,” NSF-MRI, (Co-PI, $266,000).
Proposals Submitted and under Consideration:
2012-2015 NIH

RESEARCH PROJECTS:
Current Research Projects:
• Drug toxicity screening and development of biosensors using cell culture studies on self- assembled monolayer modified ITO and micro/nano porous-Si. • Development of noble/non-noble mixed-metal nanocatalysts in mesoporous silica for
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
American Chemical Society American Association for the Advancement of Science Materials Research Society
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
GRADUATE AND POSTDOCTORAL ADVISORS:
Professor David K. Lavallee, The City University of New York, New York, NY
Drs. James A. Fee and William H. Woodruff, Los Alamos National Lab., Los Alamos, NM
Professors Brian Hoffman and Mark Ratner, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENT:
Mina S. Rees Scholarship in Sciences and Mathematics of CUNY, Hunter College ($1000) for outstanding performances in teaching and research. University Fellowship of CUNY, New York, NY. Merit Scholarship in M.Sc. at I.I.T., Madras, India. Report of Inventions (after joining Louisiana Tech)
1. “Microreactors coated with nano-catalysts for synthesis of higher alkanes”.
2. “Porous Silicon microreactors as a platform for Biocatalysis, Biosensing, and as a NO
3. “Biocatalysis, Pulp-bleaching and Degradation of Pollutants using Nano-assembly of 4. “Novel Micromixers with Y and T Shaped Blocks for Synthesis of Chemicals and
Patents and Patent Applications (before joining Louisiana Tech)
1. “Functionalized Tris(hydroxyphenyl) Compounds”, U. S. Patent # 5,438,142, August 1, 1995.
U. S. Patent # 5,459,266, October 17, 1995.
with Triaryl Nuclei", Filed with USP & Trademark office. 4. “Process for Preparing Polyacrylic Acids”, Discontinued 5. “Process for Treating Aqueous Solutions or Aqueous Dispersions”, Discontinued. 6. “Process for the Delignification of Cellulosic Pulps”, Discontinued 7. “Process for Preparing Photoactive Coumarin Derivatives”, U. S. Patent # 5,726,296, March 10, 1998.
8. “Photoactive Coumarin Derivatives”, U. S. Patent # 5,726,295, March 10, 1998.
9. “Process for Preparing Photoactive Coumarin Derivatives”, Filed in Taiwan. 10. “Photoactive Coumarin Derivatives”, Filed in Taiwan. 11. “Photoactive Coumarin Derivatives”, Filed in China. 12. “Non-halogenated Printed Circuit Boards”, Filed with USP & Trademark office. PUBLICATIONS (Total Citations >500)
After joining Louisiana Tech in 2002 and move to North Carolina A&T SU in 2006: 1. D. Kuila; D. Janes; C. P. Kubiak “ Charge Transfer in Metal-Molecule Heterostructures””
in the 1st edition of ‘Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology’ Mercel Dekker,
NY, 2004, Vol. 1, 683-698.
2. S. Zhao, V. S. Nagineni, Y. Liang, J. Hu, R. K. Aithal, N. Seetala, J. Fang, U.
Siriwardane, R. Besser, K. Varahramyan, J. Palmer, R. Nassar, D. Kuila “Microreactor
Research and Development at Louisiana Tech University: Fabrication of Silicon
Microchannel Reactors for Catalyst Studies on Conversion of Cyclohexene and Syngas to
Alkanes”, Book Chapter, ACS Symposium Series 914, 2005, Chapter 5, 84-101.
3. S. Zhao, J. Hu, R. Besser, R. Nassar, D. Kuila, J. Palmer, “Nanoscale Platinum Catalyst
in Microreactors for Preferntial Oxidation of CO Amelioration in Hydrogen Fuel Cell
Feeds” Book Chapter, ACS Symposium Series 914, 2005, Chapter 8, 129-144.
4. S. Zhao, D. Kuila, “Nanocatalysis in Microreactors for Fuel Processing”, in “
Microfluidic Devices for Nanotechnology, John Wiley & Sons, July 2010, Chapter 8.
5. B. Tatineni, Y. Basova, A. Rahman, S. Islam, M. Rahman, A. Islam, J. Perkins, J. King,
J. Taylor, D. Kumar, S. Ilias and D. Kuila , “Development of Mesoporous Silica
Encapsulated Pd-Ni Nanocatalyst for Hydrogen Production”, In Production and
Purification of Ultraclean Transportation Fuels; Hu, Y., et al.; ACS Symposium Series;
American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 2011.
Refereed papers
1. N.V. Seetala, J. Leonard, V. S. Nagineni, S. Zhao, D. Kuila, J. Fang, U. Siriwardane
“Magnetization and Composition Studies of Co/Fe/Ru Encapsulated Al2O3 or SiO2 Sol-
gel Micro-reactors” Microscopy and Microanalysis, 2004, 10, 484.
2. D. Kuila, V. S. Nagineni, S. Zhao, H. Indukuri, Y. Liang, A. Potluri, U.Siriwardane, N.
Seetala, J. Fang “Characterization of Alumina and Silica Sol-Gel Encapsulated
Fe/Co/Ru Nanocatalysts in Microchannel Reactors for F-T Synthesis of Higher
Alkanes”, Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 2004, Vol. 820, Materials Research Society,
O3.4.1-O3.4.6.
3. D. S. Patel, K. R. Aithal, G. Krishna, Y. Lvov, M. Tien, and D. Kuila “Nano-assembly of
Manganese Peroxidase and Lignin Peroxidase from P. chrysosporium for Biocatalysis in
Aqueous and Non-aqueous Media”, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 2005, 43,
13-19.
4. V. S. Nagineni, S. Zhao, A. Potluri, Y. Liang, U. Siriwardane, S. Naidu, J. Fang, J.
Palmer, and D. Kuila, “ Microreactors for Syn-gas Conversion to Higher Alkanes: Characterization of Sol-gel Encapsulated Nanoscale Fe-Co Catalysts Fabricated in the
Microchannels” Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2005, 44, 5602-5607.
5. S. Kolipaka, R. Aithal, D. Kuila, “Development of an ITO-Octadecanethiol-Aluminum
Junction for Molecular Electronics”, Appl. Phys. Lett., 2006, 88(23): 233104/1-
233104/3.
6. K. Shetty, S. Zhao, Wei Cao, N. V. Seetala and D. Kuila, “Silica Sol-Gel Supported
Nickel Nano-Catalyst for Hydrogen Production Using Microreactors” Mat. Res. Soc.
Symp. Proceedings, 2006, Volume Date 2005, 885(Hydrogen Cycle--Generation,
Storage and Fuel Cells), 259-264.
7. K. Shetty, W. Cao, S. Zhao, N. V. Seetala, U. Siriwardane and D. Kuila, “Synthesis and
Characterization of Non-noble Nano-catalysts for Hydrogen Production” J. Power
Sources, 2007, 163, 630-636.
8. K. R. Aithal, D. P. Kumaraswamy, D. K. Mills, and D. Kuila, “Functionality and
Viability of Hepatocytes Cultured on Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) Modified with Self
Assembled Monolayers (SAMs)” 2007, J. Biomed. Nanotech. 3, 254-263.
9. S. Zhao, V. S. Nagineni, S. Naidu, D. Kuila, “Microreactors for Syn-gas Conversion to
Higher Alkanes: Effect of Ruthenium on Silica Encapsulated Iron-Cobalt
Nanocatalysts” Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2008, 47(5), 1684-1688.
10. Y. Liang, R. Nassar, J. Fang, D. Kuila, and K. Varahramyan, “Investigation of A Novel
Microreactor for Enhancing Mixing and Conversion”, Chem. Eng. Comm. 2008, 195(7),
745-757.
11. S. Bala, R. Aithal, P. Derosa, D. Janes, D. Kuila, “Molecular rectifying diodes based on
an aluminum/4'-hydroxy-4-biphenyl carboxylic acid/p+-silicon junction’’, J. Phys.
Chem. C 2010, 114(48), 20877-20884.
Refereed Conference Paper, Preprints and Proceedings: 12. D. Kuila, M. Tien, Y. Lvov, M. McShane, K. R. Aithal, S. Singh, A. Potluri, S. Kaul, D.
Patel, G. Krishna “Nanoassembly of immobilized ligninolytic enzymes for biocatalysis,
bioremediation and biosensing”, SPIE, 2004, 5593-41.
13. A. Doss; R. Aithal; J. Roldan; D. K. Mills; D. Kuila, “Growth & Functionality of Cells
Cultured on Self-Assembled Monolayers (SAMs) J. In-Vitro Biology, 2004, 40
(supplement): 13, 200.
14. D. Kuila, K. Shetty, W. Cao, S. Zhao, D. Mainardi, and N. V. Seetala, “ Synthesis and
Characterization of Non-noble Nano-catalysts for Hydrogen Production” Preprints of
Symposia - American Chemical Society, Division of Fuel Chemistry, 2005, 50(2), 554-
555.
15. W. Cao, K. Shetty, S. Zhao, J. Fang, and D. Kuila, “An Array of Microreactors for
Fischer-Tropsch synthesis at high pressure.” Preprints - American Chemical Society,
Division of Petroleum Chemistry, 2005, 50(3), 305-307.
16. S. Mehta, S. Zhao, J. Fang,and D. Kuila. “Comparative studies of silica sol-gel
supported Fe, Co, and Ru catalysts for F-T reaction in Si-microreactors.” Preprints of
Symposia - American Chemical Society, Division of Fuel Chemistry, 2008, 53(2), 584-
585.
17. B. Tatineni, J. Perkins, M. A. Islam, S.Yarmolenko, S.Ilias, D. Kuila. “Synthesis and
characterization of nanostructured PdNi bimetallic mesoporous silica and its application”
Preprints of Symposia - American Chemical Society, Division of Fuel Chemistry, 2008,
53(2), 632-633.
Manuscripts to be Submitted
18. D. Kuila, B. E. Segmuller, S. K. Huang, O. S. Fruchey, M. H. Rood, and G.
Kvakovszky, “A Novel Byproduct from the Reaction of Alkaline 4-
Hydroxyacetophenone with Diazotized 2-Nitro-aniline” to be submitted to J. Org.
Chem.
19. R. Aithal; A. Doss; D. P. Kumaraswamy; D. K. Mills; D. Kuila, “Growth and
Functionality of Cells Cultured on Conducting and Semiconductor Substrates Patterned
with Self-Assembled Monolayes” To be submitted to J. Biomed. Nanotech.
20. A. A. Parveen, D. K. Mills, D. Kuila “Stem Cell Behavior on Porous Silicon Substrates”
To be submitted to Biomaterials.
21. A. A. Parveen, D. K. Mills, D. Kuila “Cell Behavior of Osteoblasts on Porous Silicon
Substrates”, To be submitted to Biomaterials.
22. A. A. Parveen, D. K. Mills, D. Kuila “Osteogenic Differentiation of Mesenchymal Stem
Cells on Porous Silicon Substrates” To be submitted to Biomaterials.
23. S. Mehta, S. Zhao, T. Dobbins, and D. Kuila Comparative Studies of Silica Sol-Gel
Supported Iron, Cobalt and Ruthenium Nano catalysts for Fischer-Tropsch Reaction in
Microreactors, To be submitted to Ind. Eng. Chem.
Manuscripts in Preparation
24. B. Ramachandran, D. S. Patel, D. Kuila, Purna Das,and D. G. Truhlar “Electrostatic
Surface Potentials of Self-Assembled Monolayers of Aromatic Dithiols are Tuned by Molecular Conformations”, “ To be submitted to J. Phys. Chem. 25. S. Zhao, J. Hu, R. Nassar, and D. Kuila, “Process Optimization of Fischer-Tropsch
Synthesis in Microreactor using Statistical Process Control” To be submitted to Chemical Engineering. 26. D. S. Patel, S. Singh, P. Das, D. Janes, S. Datta, B. Ramachandran, D. Kuila and D. G.
Truhlar “Structure and properties of benzenethiol and benzenedithiol adsorbed on Au (111) surfaces: A Density Functional Theory Study” To be submitted to J. Phys. Chem. B. 27. S. Singh, S. Kolipaka, D. Kuila, B. Ramachandran, and D. G. Truhlar “Electrostatic
surface potentials of aromatic thiols: Dependence on number of phenyl rings and the adsorption site. To be submitted to J. Phys. Chem. B. 28. P. Sukul, R. K. Aithal, S. A. Kavuri, M. Sahin, and Debasish Kuila, “Fabrication and
Characterization of Surface Modified Porous Silicon for Device Applications”, Manuscript in preparation. 29. K. R. Aithal, P. Sukul, J. Howard, S. Sit, A. Williamson and D. Kuila, “Impedance
spectroscopy of self-assembled monolayers and proteins on indium-tin-oxide electrodes and their use in 3T3 fibroblast cell culture”, Manuscript in preparation. 30. W. Ioo, D. Kuila, P. Das, D. Janes and E. Franses, “Characterization of Nanostructures
of thiols on Gold using Reflectance absorption IR, Ellipsometry and AFM” Manuscript in preparation. Publications (before joining Louisiana Tech)
31. S. Jeganathan, D. Kuila, and M. Srinivasan, “Studies on Heterocyclic Compounds; III.
Synthesis of Benzo[g]thieno[2,3-a]quinolizines”, Synthesis, 1980, 469-471.
32. D. Kuila and D.K. Lavallee, “Kinetics and Mechanisms of Dealkylation Reactions of
N-methylporphyrin Complexes. 3. Effects of Porphyrin Ring Substituents and Reaction
Media”, Inorg. Chem., 1983, 22, 1095-1099.
33. D. K. Lavallee and D. Kuila, “Kinetics of Dealkylation Reactions of N-alkylporphyrin
Complexes. 4. Effect of N-Alkyl and N-Aryl Substitutents on the Dealkylation
Process”, Inorg. Chem., 1984, 23, 3987-3992.
34. D. Kuila, D.K. Lavallee, C.K. Schauer, and O.P. Anderson, “The Crystal and Molecular
Structure of an N-arylporphyrin Complex: Chloro-N-phenyl-5,10,15,20-
tetraphenylporphinatozinc(II)”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1984, 106, 448-450.
35. W.V. Sweeney, D. Kuila, and D.K. Lavallee, “Electron Spin Resonance Studies of Two
Copper (II)N-Alkylporphyrins”, Inorg. Chim. Acta., 1985, 99, L9-L11.
36. D. Kuila, A.B. Kopelove, and D.K. Lavallee, “The Effect of N-Substituents and Axial
Ligands on Reduction Potentials of N-Substituted Metalloporphyrins”, Inorg. Chem.,
1985, 24, 1443-1446.
37. D. K. Lavallee and D. Kuila, “Reactivity Patterns in the Nucleophilic Dealkylation of
N-Substituted Metalloporphyrins”, Rev. Port. Quim., 1985, 27, 251-253.
38. D. Kuila, M. Tien, J.A. Fee, and M.R. Ondrias, “Resonance Raman Spectra of
Extracellular Ligninase: Evidence for a Heme Active Site Similar to Those of
Peroxidases”, Biochemistry, 1985, 24, 3394-3397.
39. D. Kuila and J.A. Fee, “Evidence for an Ionizable Group Associated with the [2Fe-2S]
Cluster of Thermus Rieske Protein”, J. Biol. Chem., 1986, 261, 2768-71.
40. J. A. Fee, T. Yoshida, B. Zimmermann, D. Kuila, and W.R. Ranger, “Progress in the
Characterization of Thermus Respiratory Proteins”, in "Frontiers in Bioinorganic
Chemistry”, Xavier, A.V., Ed.; VCH Verlagsgesellschaft, Weinheim, W. Germany,
1986, pp. 571-573.
41. J.A. Fee, D. Kuila, M.W. Mather, and T. Yoshida, “Respiratory Proteins from
Extremely Thermophilic, Aerobic Bacteria”, Biochim. Biophys. Acta. , 1986, 853, 153-
185.
42. D. Kuila, J.A. Fee, W.H. Woodruff, J.R. Schoonover, S.P. Edmondson, C.J. Batie, and
D.P. Ballou, “Characterization of the [2Fe-2S] Clusters of the Rieske Iron-Sulfur Protein
from Thermus thermophilus and Phthalate Dioxygenase from Pseudomonas ”, Los
Alamos Annual Report, FY 1986, LA-11034-PR, 65-68.
43. P. Bertrand, J.-P. Gayda, J.A. Fee, D. Kuila, and R. Cammack, “Comparison of the
Spin-Lattice Relaxation Properties of the two Classes of [2Fe-2S] Clusters in Proteins”,
Biochim. Biophys. Acta., 1987, 916, 24-28.
44. D. Kuila, J.A. Fee, J.R. Schoonover, W.H. Woodruff, C.J. Batie, and D.P. Ballou,
“Resonance Raman Spectra of the [2Fe-2S] Clusters of the Rieske Protein from Thermus
and Phthalate Dioxygenase from Pseudomonas”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1987, 109, 1559-
1561.
45. M. Chavez, S. Courtney, M. Chance, D. Kuila, J. Nocek, B. Hoffman, J. Friedman, and
M. Ondrias, “The Structural and Functional Significance of Inhomogeneous Line
Broadening of Band III in Hemoglobin and [Fe-Mn] Hybrid Hemoglobins”,
Biochemistry, 1990,29, 4844-4852.
46. M.J. Natan, D. Kuila, W.W. Baxter, B. King, F.M. Hawkridge, and B.M. Hoffman,
“Heme Ligand Modulation of Interprotein Electron Transfer Energetics”, J. Am. Chem.
Soc., 1990, 112, 4081-4082.
47. D. Kuila, W.W. Baxter, M.J. Natan, and B.M. Hoffman, “Temperature-Independent
Electron Transfer in Mixed-Metal Hemoglobin Hybrids”, J. Phys. Chem., 1991, 95, 1-3.
48. D. Kuila, M.J. Natan, P. Rogers, D.J. Gingrich, W.W. Baxter, A. Arnone, and
B.M.Hoffman, “Zn and Mg Substitution in Hemoglobin: Cyclic Electron Transfer
within Mixed-Metal Hybrids and Crystal Structure of MgHb”, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1991,
113, 6520-6526.
49. M. J. Natan, W. W. Baxter, D. Kuila, D.J . Gingrich, G. Martin, and B. M. Hoffman,
“Long-Range Electron Transfer within Mixed-Metal Hemoglobin Hybrids” In Electron
Transfer in Inorganic, Organic, and Biological Systems; Bolton, J.R.; Mataga, N.;
McLendon, G., Eds.; Advances in Chemistry Series 228; ACS: Washington, DC, 1991,
201-213.
50. D. Kuila, J.R. Schoonover, R.B. Dyer, C.J. Batie, D.P. Ballou, J.A. Fee, and W.H.
Woodruff, “Resonance Raman Studies of Rieske-type Proteins”, Biochim. Biophys.
Acta., 1992, 1140, 175-183.
51. D. Kuila and S.K. Huang, “Gas Phase Studies of Reductive Cyclization to a
Benzotriazole-derivative from its Precursors by Thermabeam LC-Tandem Mass
Spectrometry”, Org. Mass. Spectrom., 1994, 29(5), 226-231.
52. O.S. Fruchey, D. Kuila, G. Kvakovszky, H.J. Metz, A.M. Tafesh, and R. Vicari,
“Environmentally Friendly Organic Pigments Based on Pyrazine”, New J. Chem., 1996,
20, 249 -252.
53. L. A. Dick, I. Malfant, D. Kuila, S. Nebolsky, J. M. Nocek, B.M. Hoffman, and M. A.
Ratner “Cryogenic Electron Tunneling within Mixed-Metal Hemoglobin Hybrids:
Protein Glassing and Electron-Transfer Energetics”, J. Am. Chem. Soc.,1998, 120,
11401-11407.
54. D. Kuila, G.A. Blay, R. E. Borjas, S. R. Hughes, L.P. Maddox, K. Rice, W. Stansbury,
and N. Laurel, “Polyacrylic Acid as a Chelant and a Dispersant”, J. Appl. Poly. Sci.,
1999, 73, 1097-1115.
55. D. Kuila, G. Kvakovszky, M.A. Murphy, R. Vicari, M.H. Rood, K.A. Fritch, J.R. Fritch,
S.T. Wellinghoff, and S. Timmons,“Tris(hydroxyphenyl)ethane Benzotriazole: a
Copolymerizable UV Light Stabilizer”, Chem. Mater., 1999, 11, 109-116.
56. S. Howell, D. Kuila, A. W. Ghosh, T. Rakshit, H. McNally, D. Janes, S. Datta, B.
Kashibhatla, C. Kubiak, and R. Reifenberger, “Surface Potentials of Conjugated
Molecules on Metal Surfaces: Measurements using Electrostatic Force Microscopy and
Calculations using a Preliminary Physically-based Model”, Mat. Res. Soc. Proc. 2001,
636 (Nonlithographic and Lithographic Methods of Nanofabrication: From Ultralarge-
Scale Integration to Photonics to Molecular Electronics), D9.38/1-D9.38/6.
57. D. B. Janes, H. McNally, D. Kuila, S. Datta, A. W. Ghosh, T. Rakshit, S. Howell and R.
Reifenberger, “Surface Potentials of Conjugated Molecules on Metal and Semiconductor
Surfaces: Characterization and Analysis of Effective Band Lineups”, Molecular
Electronics 2000 (United Engineering Foundation).
58. S. W. Howell, D. Kuila, B. Kashibhatla, C. P. Kubiak, D. B. Janes and R. Reifenberger,
“Molecular Electrostatics of Conjugated Self-Assembled Monolayers on Au (111) using
Electrostatic Force Microscopy”, Langmuir, 2002, 18, 5120-25.
ABSTRACTS AND PRESENTATIONS (after joining Louisiana Tech and move to North Carolina A & T)
1. D. Kuila, S. Howell, T. Rakshit, P. Damle, P. Das, H. McNally, R. Reifenberger, B. Kasibhatla, C. Kubiak, D. Janes, and S. Datta “Nanoscale charge transfer in Au/organic
thiol interfaces” 224Th ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA, August, 2002, COLL-29.
2. K. R. Aithal, D. S. Patel, G. Krishna, Y. Lvov, T. Mester, M. Tien, D. Kuila, “Nano- assembly of novel enzymes for bio-catalysis and degradation of environmental pollutants”, presented at the Governor’s Biotechnology Initiative Symposium,
Shreveport, LA, November, 2002.
3. K. R. Aithal, D. S. Patel, G. Krishna, Y. Lvov, T. Mester, M. Tien, D. Kuila “Nano-
assembly of novel enzymes for bio-catalysis and degradation of environmental
pollutants” presented at the LSU Health Sciences Retreat,, March 01, 2003
4. P. Das, D. S. Patel, D. Kuila, B. Ramachandran, D. Janes, S. Datta, “Dipole moments of Organic thiols on gold surface” Meeting of The American Physical Society S33.009,
Surfaces and Interfaces IV: Electronic Properties, Austin, TX, March 03, 2003
5. Jones, J., K. Holmes, S.V. Naidu, V.S. Nagineni, S. Zhao, R.K. Aithal, J. Fang, U. Siriwardane, and D. Kuila, “Magnetization and composition studies of Co and Fe
encapsulated Al2O3 sol-gel micro-reactors for syngas conversion. Louisiana Academy of
Science Meeting, Lamar-Dixon Expo Center, Gonzales, LA. (Section: Physics), March
21, 2003
6. D. S. Patel, P. Das, D. Janes, S. Datta, B. Ramachandran, and D. Kuila, “Theoretical Studies on Nanoscale charge transfer in SelfAssembled Monolayers (SAMs) of Organic
Thiols on Gold” To be presented at the 225th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA,
March 23-27, 2003, COLL-283.
7. V. S. Nagineni, et. al, “Microreactor with Sol-Gel Encapsulated Catalysts for Syn-gas Conversion to Higher Alkanes “To be presented at the 225th ACS National Meeting, New
Orleans, LA, March 23-27, 2003, INOR-0556.
8. K. R. Aithal et al. “Nano-assembly of novel enzymes for bio-catalysis and degradation of environmental pollutants” 225th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 23-27,
2003, I&EC-0162
9. D. S. Patel, R. Aithal, G. Krishna, Y. Lvov, T. Mester, M. Tien and D. Kuila, “Nano- assembly of novel enzymes for bio-catalysis in aqueous and non-aqueous media”, 226th
ACS National Meeting, New York, NY, September 7-11, 2003, IEC-25.
10. D. S. Patel, R. Aithal, G. Krishna, Y. Lvov, T. Mester, M. Tien and D. Kuila, “Nano- assembly of lignin peroxidase and manganese peroxidase from phanerochaete
chrysosporium for oxidation of organic compounds”, 226th ACS National Meeting, New
York, NY, September 7-11, 2003, PMSE -212.
11. D. Kuila et al. “Microreactors for Catalysis”; 226th ACS National Meeting, New York, NY, INOR-22, September 7-11, 2003.
12. D. Kuila et al, “Microreactor Research at Louisiana Tech University’s Institute for Manufacturing”; Invited Talk in Microreactor Section of 226th ACS National Meeting,
New York, NY, ( Replacement of CATL-26), September 7-11, 2003.
13. D. Kuila, S. Zhao, V. S. Nagineni, A. Potluri, H. Indukuri, Y. Liang, W. Cao, J. Hu, J. Fang, K. Varahramyan, R. Nassar, J. Palmer, U. Siriwardane and S. Naidu
“Microreactors for Catalysis using Nano-catalysts” Invited talk, presented at the 227th
ACS National Meeting, Anaheim, CA, COLL-473, March 28 –April 1, 2004.
14. D. Kuila, V.S.Nagineni, S. Zhao, H. Indukuri, Y. Liang, A. Potluri, U. Siriwardane, N.Seetala, and J. Fang “Characterization of Alumina and Silica Sol-Gel Encapsulated
Fe/Co/Ru Nanocatalysts in Microchannel Microreactors for Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis of
Higher Alaknes.” MRS Symposium in San Francisco, April 13-16, 2004, O3.4, p303.
15. D. Kuila, M. Tien, Y. Lvov, M. McShane, K. R. Aithal, S. Singh, A. Potluri, S. Kaul, D. Patel, G. Krishna “Nanoassembly of immobilized ligninolytic enzymes for biocatalysis,
bioremediation and biosensing”, Invited Talk at SPIE East Meeting in Philadelphia,
2004, October, 5593-41.
16. R. K. Aithal, A. Doss, D. P. Kumaraswamy, D. K. Mills, and D. Kuila. “Growth and functionality of cells cultured on self assembled monolayers patterned on conducting and
semi-conducting substrates,” Biomaterials in regenerative medicine: The advent of
combination products, 2004, October, Philadelphia.
17. A. Doss, K. R. Aithal, D. Kuila, and D. K. Mills. “Towards Development of a SAMs- based Cell Culture Platform,” HSEMB, 22nd Annual Meeting, Houston, February, 2005.
18. D. P. Kumaraswamy, V. K Shanigaram, A. T. Doss, R. Aithal, D. Kuila, D. K. Mills, “Growth and phenotypic expression of mammalian cell types on self assembled
monolayers (SAMs) patterned on conducting and Semi- conducting substrates”, 2005
Annual Meeting of the Institute of Biological Engineering, Biology-Inspired Engineering
Frontiers, March 4-6, 2005, Athens, GA 30602-3603.
19. A. Doss, R. K. Aithal, D. Kuila, and D. K. Mills, “Cytoskeletal Organization and Cell
Behavior of Cells Cultured on Self-Assembled Monolayers (SAMs)”, FASEB Meeting,
Abstract # 492.5; April, 2-6, 2005, San Diego, CA.
20. D.P. Kumaraswamy, R. K. Aithal, D. K Mills, D. Kuila, “Growth and morphology of hepatocytes cultured on self assembled monolayers of varying end groups patterned on
ITO substrates”, Biomaterials and Biotechnology Meeting, Society For Biomaterials
[SFB], 30th Annual Meeting and Exposition, April 27-30, 2005, Memphis, TN.
21. S. K. Kolipaka, S. Bala, R. Aithal, P. Derosa, K. Varahramyan, D.B. Janes and D. Kuila, “Molecular Devices based on Metal-Molecule-Metal/Semiconductor Junctions”
Workshop at Purdue based on Molecular Conduction and Biosensing”, July27-29, 2005,
Purdue University.
22. R. Aithal, A. Doss, D. Kumaraswamy, V. Shanigaram, D.K. Mills, D. Kuila, “Development of self-assembled monolayer (SAM)-based cell culture platforms” Gordon
Research Conf. Holderness School, N.H., July 31- August 5th, 2005
21. D. Kuila, R. K. Aithal, D. P. Kumaraswamy and D. K. Mills “Functionality and viability of hepatocytes cultured on ITO patterned with self assembled monolayers” Invited Talk
at the 230th ACS National Meeting, Washington, D.C., COLL-423, August 28-Sept. 1,
2005
D. Kuila, S. Kolipaka, R. K. Aithal, and K. Varahramyan, “Fabrication and
Characterization of an ITO-Molecule-Metal Heterostructure for Nanoelectronics” Invited
Talk at the 230th ACS National Meeting, Washington, D.C., COLL-349, August 28-
Sept. 1, 2005
23. D. Kuila, K. Shetty, W. Cao, S. Zhao, D. Mainardi, and N. V. Seetala, “ Synthesis and Characterization of Non-noble Nano-catalysts for Hydrogen Production” 230th ACS
National Meeting, Washington, D.C.,FUEL-60, August 28-Sept. 1, 2005
24. W. Cao, K. Shetty, S. Zhao, J. Fang, and D. Kuila, “An Array of Microreactors for Fischer-Tropsch synthesis at high pressure.” 230th ACS National Meeting, Washington,
D.C., PETR-14, August 28-Sept. 1, 2005.
25. A. Potluri, P. Sukul, N. Bolden, R. K. Aithal, J. Benford, D. P Kumaraswamy, V. Shanigaram, D. K. Mills, S. A. Kavuri, M. Sahin, and D. Kuila “Porous Silicon for
Biocatalysis and Cell-Culture Studies” Symposium for “Spectroscopy of Biological
Molecules”, Organized by Los Alamos National Lab in honor of W.H. Woodruff,
Aug.31-Sept.2, 2005, Santa Fe, NM.
26. D. Kuila, P. Sukul, D. P. Kumaraswamy, A. Parveen, V. K Shanigaram, R. Aithal, D. K. Mills, “Porous-Silicon for Tissue Engineering”, Invited Talk at SPIE East, October 23-
26, 2005, Boston, MA.
27. D Kuila, K. Shetty, W. Cao, S. Zhao, D. Mainardi, and N. V. Seetala, “Non-Noble Nano- Catalysts for Hydrogen Production Using Microreactors” 2005 MRS Fall Meeting,
November 28-December 2, 2005--Boston, MA, A10.9.
28. D. Kuila, S. Bala, R. Aithal, K. Varahramyan, D. Janes, and P. Derosa, “Molecular
Rectifying Diodes based on Aluminum /4’-hydroxy-4-biphenyl carboxylic acid / p+-
silicon Junction” 2005 MRS FALL MEETING. November 28-December 2, 2005--
Boston, MA, I8.8.
29. S. Mehta, S. Zhao, W. Cao, J. Fang, N. V. Seetala, and D. Kuila, “Nano-catalyst Screening for heterogeneous reactions using an array of Microreactors,” 231st ACS
National Meeting, Atlanta, GA, PETR 76, March 26-30, 2006.
30. D. Kuila, A. Potluri, P. Sukul, N. Bolden, R. K. Aithal, J. Benford, D. P. Kumaraswamy, V. Shanigaram, D. K. Mills, S. A. Kavuri, and M. Sahin, ”Porous Silicon for Biocatalysis
and Cell Culture Studies” 231st ACS National Meeting, Atlanta, GA, INOR-451, March
26-30, 2006.
31. K. Shetty, S. Zhao, C. Marshall and D. Kuila. “Characterization of Nickel and Cobalt
catalysts for Steam Reforming of Methanol in Microreactors.” MRS Fall Meeting, --
Boston, MA,” BB3.5, November 27-December 1, 2006.
32. S. Mehta, S. Zhao, N. V. Seetala, and D. Kuila. November 27-December 1, 2006.
“Nanocatalysts for Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis to Higher Alkanes Using an Array of
Microreactors.” MRS Fall Meeting, --Boston, MA BB4.13, November 27-December 1,
2006.
33. R. Aithal, A. Doss, D. Kumaraswamy, V. Shanigaram, D.K. Mills, D. Kuila, “Development of self-assembled monolayer (SAM)-based cell culture platforms for
tissue engineering” 233rd ACS National Meeting, Chicago, IL, March 25-29, 2007.
34. D. Kuila, “Nanoassembly of Immobilized Enzymes for Biocatalysis and Bioremediation” 2007 International Conference on Nanotechnology for the Forest Products Industry,
Knoxville, TN, June 13-15, 2007.
35. B. Tatineni, J. Perkins, M. A. Islam, S.Yarmolenko, S.Ilias, D. Kuila. “Synthesis and
characterization of bimetallic nano Pd-Ni in mesoporous silica: Application in hydrogen
production.” Abstracts of Papers, 236th ACS National Meeting, Philadelphia, PA,
August 17-21, 2008, FUEL-035.
36. D. Kuila, S. Mehta, S. Zhao, W. Cao, J.Fang. “Comparative studies of silica sol-gel supported Fe, Co, and Ru catalysts for F-T reaction in Si-microreactors.” Invited Talk,
Abstracts of Papers, 236th ACS National Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, United States,
August 17-21, 2008, FUEL-013.
Abstracts and Presentations (before joining Louisiana Tech)
37. D. Kuila and D. K. Lavallee, “Kinetics of Demethylation of N-methylporphyrin Complexes”, ACS National Meeting, Atlanta, 1981, Abstract #20-INORG. 38. D. Kuila and D. K. Lavallee, “Kinetics of Dealkylation Reactions of N-alkylporphyrin Complexes. 4. The Effect of N-alkyl and N-aryl Substitutents on the Dealkylation Process”, ACS National Meeting, Seattle, 1983, Abstract #145-INORG. 39. D. J. Miller, W. Gaillard, D. Kuila, and D. K. Lavallee, “Rapid Synthesis of Metalloporphyrins via N-Benzylporphyrin Precursors”, ACS National Meeting, St. Louis, Missouri, 1984, Abstract #148-INORG. 40. D. K. Lavallee and D. Kuila, “Reactivity Patterns in the Nucleophilic Dealkylation of N- Substituted Metalloporphyrins”, 2nd International Conference on Bioinorganic Chemistry, April 15-19, Algarve, Portugal. Rev. Port. Quim., 1985, 27, 251-253. 41. D. Kuila and J. A. Fee, “Evidence for an Ionizing Group Associated with the [2Fe-2S] Cluster of Rieske Protein from Thermus thermophilus ”, FASEB Meeting, Anaheim, CA, April, 21-26, Federation Proceedings 1985, 44, Abstract # 1546. 42. J. A. Fee, T. Yoshida, B. Zimmermann, D. Kuila, and W. R. Ranger, “Progress in the Characterization of Thermus Respiratory Proteins”, 2nd International Conference on Bioinorganic Chemistry, April 15-19, 1985, Algarve, Portugal, Rev. Port. Quim., 1985, 27, 40-41. 43. D. Kuila, M. Tien, J. A. Fee, and M. R. Ondrias, “Resonance Raman Study of Extracellular Lignin Peroxidase”, International Symposium on Wood and Pulping Chemistry, Vancouver, British Columbia, August 23 & 24, 1985, Lignin Biodegradation, 1985, 22. 44. D. Kuila, J.A. Fee, W.H. Woodruff, C.J. Batie, and D.P. Ballou, “Resonance Raman Spectroscopy of [2Fe-2S] Clusters in the Rieske Protein from Thermus and Phthalate Dioxygenase from Pseudomonas ”, ACS National Meeting in New Orleans, 1987, Abstract #300-INORG. 45. B. Campbell, M. Chance, M. Chavez, S. Courtney, B. Hoffman, J. Friedman, D. Kuila, M. Ondrias, and J. Nocek, “Spectroscopic Studies of Conformational Disorder and Reactivity - Hemoglobins and Myoglobins”, International Symposium on Oxygen-binding Heme Proteins; Structure, Dynamic, Function and Genetics, Asilomar, California, 1988, p vii. 46. D. Kuila, M.J. Natan, W. Baxter, D.J. Gingrich, J.M. Nocek, and B.M. Hoffman, “Ligand Effects on Long-Range Electron Transfer within Metal-Substituted Hemoglobin Hybrids”, J. Inorg. Biochem., 1989, 36, 214, G030, Fourth International Conference on Bioinorganic Chemistry, July 24-28, 1989, Cambridge, MA, USA. 47. M.J. Natan, D. Kuila, W. Baxter, and B.M. Hoffman, “Long-range {Fe2+ (heme) → (M(porphyrin)+)} Electron Transfer within [M,Fe] (M= Mg, Zn) Hemoglobin Hybrids”, J. Inorg. Biochem., 1989, 36, 214, G031, Fourth International Conference on Bioinorganic Chemistry (ICBIC4), July 24-28, 1989, Cambridge, MA, USA. 48. W. Baxter, M.J. Natan, D. Kuila, and B.M. Hoffman, “Low Temperature Long-Range Electron Transfer within [M,Fe] (M = Mg, Zn) Hemoglobin Hybrids”, J. Inorg. Biochem.,1989, 36, 214, G032, Fourth International Conference on Bioinorganic Chemistry, July 24-28, 1989, Cambridge, MA, USA. 49. M.J. Natan, D.J. Gingrich, D. Kuila, W.W. Baxter, and B.M. Hoffman, “Long-Range Electron Transfer in Hemoglobin Hybrids”, ACS National Meeting, Miami Beach, Florida, 1989, Abstract #27-INORG. 50. I. Malfant, D.Kuila, A.M. Everest, and B.M. Hoffman, “Low Temperature Long-Range Electron Transfer within [M, Fe] Hemoglobin Hybrids (M = Zn, Mg) in Polymeric Film”, Fifth International Conference on Bioinorganic Chemistry, August 4-10, 1991, Oxford, U.K. 51. D. Kuila, I. Malfant, D.J. Gingrich, A.M. Everest, and B.M. Hoffman, “Long-Range Electron Transfer within [M,Fe] Hemoglobin Hybrids (M = Zn, Mg)”, Gordon Research Conference on Photosynthesis: Biophysical Aspects, July 28- Aug.2, 1991, Andover, NH. 52. D. Kuila, I. Malfant, A.M. Everest, and B.M. Hoffman, "Activationless Long-Range Electron Transfer within Mixed-Metal [M,Fe] (M = Zn, Mg) Hemoglobin Hybrids Embedded in PVA Films Mimics that in the Photosynthetic Reaction Center" ACS National Meeting, Washington, D.C., 1992, Abstract #480-INORG. 53. D. Kuila, G. Kvakovszky, M.H. Rood, R. Vicari, K.A. Fritch, and J.R. Fritch, "Tris(hydroxyphenyl)ethane Benzotriazole as a UV Light Stabilizer" ACS National Meeting, Chicago, 1993, Abstract # 176-ORG. 54. S.W. Howell, D. Kuila, H.A. McNally, D.B. Janes, T. Rakshit, A. Ghosh, F. Zahid, S. Datta, B. Kashibhatla, C.P. Kubiak, and R. Reifenberger, “Surface Potentials of Conjugated Molecules on Metal Surfaces: Measurements using Electrostatic Force Microscopy and Calculations using Physically-based Models”, MRS Meeting, Paper #D9.38, Boston, Nov.27 - Dec. 1, 2000. 55. A. W. Ghosh, P. S. Damle, F. Zahid, T. Rakshit, S. Datta, S. Howell, D. Kuila, H. McNally, D. Janes and R. Reifenberger, “Ab-initio Description of Current Conduction and Surface-Potential Measurements in Molecular Conductors”, Symposium on ElectronTransport on the Molecular Scale at MPIPKS Dresden, Germany, February 20-23, 2001. 56. S.W. Howell, D. Kuila, A. W. Ghosh, T. Rakshit, H. McNally, B. Kashibhatla, D. B. Janes, S. Datta, C. Kubiak, and R. Reifenberger, “Electrostatic Surface Potentials of Conjugated Molecules on Au (111) Using Electrostatic Force Microscopy”, O1, 2001 Electronic Materials Conference, June 27-29, 2001.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
SHORT COURSES/TRAINING (While at HCC and GLCC)
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Leadership in a Quality Process (Human Behavior) Nuts and Bolts Approach to HPLC Instruments Recent Advances in Organic Synthesis Methodology An ACS short course in Polymer Chemistry
TOASTMASTERS INTERNATIONAL: I have completed Toastmasters International both at
CTM and ATM levels.
PUBLIC SCHOOL EXPERIENCE/INVOLVEMENT:
I attend the meetings for my sons at Grimsley High School and the VSN (gifted & talented)
program of the Middle School, The Academy at Lincoln. I have done demos and presentations
for elementary school students.

COMMUNITY AFFILIATIONS:
I participate in different events held at Raleigh, Durham, Winston-Salem and Greensboro. My
older son actively participated in an Indian dance program at the Greensboro Coliseum. I
participate in neighborhood and other activities of Greensboro. We are also members of the
Indian Community and are involved in many cultural activities. I provide support for national
and international organizations.
Personally, I have created scholarships in honor of my late father for the Elementary and High
Schools I attended in the village and town of West Bengal, India. I also contribute support to the
medicines and the supplies for the charitable dispensary in the village where I grew up.



REFERENCES
Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Retired from Hoechst Celanese Corp. Dr. William H. Woodruff (Retired from Los Alamos)CST-4, MS G758

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