Upamanyu Ray

About

PROFESSIONAL SCOPE:
• Scientist/Chemist (Ph.D.) developing advanced materials (polymers).
• Additional insights using materials modeling (Molecular Dynamics, Coarse-Grained Simulations, DFT).

TECHNICAL SKILLS:
• 10+ years research experience in R&D involving polymers (films, fiber, composites, resin, engineered wood) and metals.
• Experimentation Techniques: Instron, TGA, DMA, DSC, Optical Microscopy, AFM, SEM, Hardness & Impact Testing, Cross Hatch Adhesion, Ash Testing, FTIR, Weathering, Colorimeter & Gloss, Twin Screw Extrusion, Injection Molding.
• Programing and Statistical Analysis: JMP, Python, MATLAB, R, UNIX, LabView, SOLIDWORKS, AutoCAD.
• Molecular Modeling Software: LAMMPS, GROMACS, NAMD, Schrodinger, VASP, Materials Studio, VMD, OVITO.

SCIENTIFIC SERVICE:
• Active Peer-Reviewer [40 peer-reviews in 22 different journals {Advanced Materials, Science Advances, Green Chemistry, Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering, Advanced Optical Materials, Materials Today Chemistry, ACS Omega, Extreme Mechanics Letters, Scientific Reports, AIP Advances, Heliyon, PlosOne, ChemNanoMat etc.}, as of April 2025]

Employment

• Vestergaard Lead Scientist
  2026 - Present
• Warner Babcock Institute for Green Chemistry Senior Scientist
  2023 - Present
• Saint-Gobain Materials Engineer
  2023 - 2023

Education

• University of Maryland College Park PhD
  ? - 2023
• Iowa State University MS
  ? - 2014
• Jadavpur University BS
  ? - 2012

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (18)

• Investigating thermal conductivity and mechanical properties of a hybrid material based on cellulose nanofibers and boron nitride nanotubes using molecular dynamics simulations
  Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 2024 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6463/ad2335
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• Nanocellulose-Based Materials with Superior Mechanical Performance
  NanoScience and Technology 2023 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-14043-3_5
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• Fabrication of Cellulose-Graphite Foam via Ion Cross-linking and Ambient-Drying
  Nano Letters 2022 DOI: 10.1021/ACS.NANOLETT.2C00167
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• Programming material properties by tuning intermolecular bonding
  Journal of Applied Physics 2022 DOI: 10.1063/5.0123058
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• Mechanics Design in Cellulose-Enabled High-Performance Functional Materials
  Advanced Materials 2021 DOI: 10.1002/ADMA.202002504
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• Mechanics of cellulose nanopaper using a scalable coarse-grained modeling scheme
  Cellulose 2021 DOI: 10.1007/S10570-021-03740-X
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• Highly Elastic Hydrated Cellulosic Materials with Durable Compressibility and Tunable Conductivity
  ACS Nano 2020 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c04298
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• All‐Natural, Degradable, Rolled‐Up Straws Based on Cellulose Micro‐ and Nano‐Hybrid Fibers
  Advanced Functional Materials 2020 DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201910417
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• Strength of graphene grain boundaries under arbitrary in-plane tension
  Carbon 2019 DOI: 10.1016/J.CARBON.2018.10.065
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• Thermal conductivity of graphene grain boundaries along arbitrary in-plane directions: A comprehensive molecular dynamics study
  Journal of Applied Physics 2019 DOI: 10.1063/1.5059561
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