Jagannathan,  Kamakshi

URL: http://www.chem.wisc.edu/~yethiraj

Education and Career

• Aug 2000 - 2005:
            Department of Chemistry, University of Wisconsin - Madison
            Advisor: Prof. Arun Yethiraj
            Title: Computer simulation and liquid state theoretical studies of simple model of complex liquids
• Aug 1998 - Jan 2000.:
            M.E. Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science-Bangalore, India.
            Advisor: Prof. Ganapathy Ayappa
            Title: Structural transitions of diatomic molecules in slit graphite pores: A Monte Carlo study  
• Jun 1994 - May 1998 :
            B.Tech.,Chemical Engineering, Andhra University-Visakhapatnam, India.

Honors and Awards

• Acquired second position among twenty-five students in M.E. (chemical engineering), Indian Institute of Science-Bangalore, India, 2000.
• Received gold medal for "The Best student of final year" in B.Tech (chemical engineering), Andhra University-Visakhapatnam, India, 1998.
• Received gold medal for acquiring first position among eighty-five students in B.Tech (chemical engineering), Andhra University-Visakhapatnam, India, 1998.
• Received "National Merit Scholarship" during undergraduate study.

Research Fields in Interest

• Behavior of fluids in confined geometries.
• Statistical mechanics of polymeric fluids and biological systems.
• Phase behavior and critical phenomena studies.
• Structure and dynamics in glassy and amorphous solids.
• Nonequilibrium molecular dynamics techniques.

Publications

1. K. Jagannathan and K. G. Ayappa, "Structural transitions of nitrogen in slit graphite pores", Langmuir, 17, 5245, 2001.
2. K. Jagannathan and A. Yethiraj, "Density functional theory and Monte Carlo simulations for hard sphere fluids in square and rectangular channels", J. Chem. Phys., 116, 5795, 2002.
3. K. Jagannathan, R. Chang, and A. Yethiraj, "A Monte Carlo study of the self-assembly of bacteriorhodopsin", Biophys. J., 83, 1902, 2002.
4. K. Jagannathan and A. Yethiraj, "Monte Carlo simulations for the phase behavior of symmetirc nonadditive hard sphere mixtures", J. Chem. Phys., 118, 7909, 2003.
5. R. Chang, K. Jagannathan, and A. Yethiraj, "Diffusion of hard sphere fluids in disordered media: A molecular dynamics simulation study", Phys. Rev. E, 69, 051101, 2004.
6. K. Jagannathan and A. Yethiraj, "Molecular dynamics simulations of a fluid near its critical pointÓ, Phys. Rev. Lett., 93, 015701, 2004.
7. K. Jagannathan, G. Reddy, and A. Yethiraj, "Integral equation theory for symmetric nonadditive hard sphere mixtures", J. Phys. Chem. B, (accepted, in press).
8. K. Jagannathan and A. Yethiraj, "Discontinuous molecular dynamics study of the Widom Rowlinson model", J. Chem. Phys., (submitted).
9. K. Jagannathan and A. Yethiraj, "Diffusion of dimeric fluids in dynamic random media", (in preparation).

Presentations

1. K. Jagannathan and A. Yethiraj, "Density functional theory of hard spheres in square channels: A Curtin-Ashcroft type weighted density approximation", 2001 Midwest Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics Conference, Michigan State University, May 7-8, 2001.
2. K. Jagannathan, R. Chang and A. Yethiraj, " Self-assembly of bacteriorhodopsin", Macromolecules Seminar, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Nov 5, 2001.
3. K. Jagannathan, R. Chang, and A. Yethiraj, "A Monte Carlo study of the self-assembly of bacteriorhodopsin", 2002 March Meeting of the APS, Indianapolis, Indiana, March 18-22, 2002.
4. K. Jagannathan and A. Yethiraj, "Monte Carlo simulations for the phase behavior of symmetric nonadditive hard sphere mixtures", Physical Chemistry Student Seminars, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Nov 18, 2003.
5. K. Jagannathan and A. Yethiraj, "Molecular dynamics simulations of a fluid near its critical pointÓ, Hyuk Yu Symposium, University of Wisconsin, Madison, May 21-22, 2004 (poster session).
6. K. Jagannathan and A. Yethiraj, "Discontinuous molecular dynamics study of the diffusion of fluids in dynamic random media", 2005 March Meeting of the APS, Los Angeles, California, March, 2005.