Dr. Praveen Kumar Sappidi received his B.Tech. in Chemical Engineering from Bapatla Engineering College, affiliated with Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur, India, in 2009. Then, completed M.Tech in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur in 2011, followed by a Ph.D at the Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Madras, in the year 2017, after doing two Postdocs, one at IIT Kanpur and another at the University of Alabama, USA. He joined as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Jodhpur, in December 2020. His current research focuses on multiscale molecular simulations, polymers, and Ionic liquids.

He leads the research lab "Computational Molecules and Macromolecules Lab"

His lab conducts the research by employing molecular modeling and simulations on soft materials and a detailed understanding of the properties of complex chemical systems involving various molecules and macromolecules. The primary focus is on investigating various structural, dynamic, and thermodynamic properties using molecular simulation techniques to design new chemical systems for different technological applications.

The objective is to gain detailed molecular-level insights to understand complex chemical processes using state-of-the-art molecular simulation techniques such as Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations, Monte Carlo, and Molecular Dynamics Simulations

Research Areas:

Charged Polymers

Ionic Liquids

Molecular Simulations

Statistical Thermodynamics

Separations