Associate Professor
IIT Roorkee, India, India
Dr. Prateek Jha is an associate professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Roorkee, India. His research interests are in the areas of molecular simulations, drug delivery, polymer physics, and theoretical nanoscience. He has earned his PhD from Northwestern University working with Prof. Monica Olvera de la Cruz, followed by a postdoctoral stint at University of Michigan-Ann Arbor working with Prof. Ronald Larson on a collaborative project with The Dow Chemical Company. He has won several awards including outstanding young faculty award from IIT Roorkee, young scientist award and INSPIRE award from the Department of Science and Technology (India), and distinguished researcher award from Northwestern University. He was a finalist for Frank J. Padden Jr. Award for excellence in polymer physics research of the American Physical Society in 2012. He has earned his undergraduate and master’s degree from NIT Warangal (India) and IIT Bombay (India), respectively.