Research Interests

• Bio-molecular simulations

• Design of drug delivery carriers

• Multi-scale modeling

• Peptide self assembly for therapeutics

• Protein solubility and aggregation

  Publications

  Complete list of publications can be found on Scopus

• S. Pachpinde, M. Hamsa Priya, U. Natarajan, Molecular dynamics simulations of structure and dynamics in aqueous solution of neutral and ionized derivatives of poly(vinyl amine): methyl, n-propyl, and iso-propyl substitutions, J. Mol. Model., 28, 151, 2022.

• Smrithi Sundar, Avilasha A. Sandilya, and M. Hamsa Priya* Unraveling the Influence of Osmolytes on Water Hydrogen-Bond Network: From Local Structure to Graph Theory Analysis Cite this: J. Chem. Inf. Model. 2021, 61, 8, 3927 3944

• A. A. Sandilya, U. Natarajan, M. Hamsa Priya. -Molecular View into the Cyclodextrin Cavity: Structure and Hydration-, ACS Omega, 5, 25655-25667, 2020 (Featured on Journal Cover Page)

• M. HamsaPriya, S. Merchant, D. Asthagiri, M. E. Paulaitis. -Quasi-chemical theory of cosolvent hydrophobic preferential interactions-, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 116, 6506-6513, 2012

• M. HamsaPriya, L. R. Pratt, M. E. Paulaitis. -Effect of PEG end-group hydrophobicity on lysozyme interactions in solution characterized by light scattering-, Langmuir, 27, 13713-13718, 2011

• M. HamsaPriya, H. S. Ashbaugh, M. E. Paulaitis. -Cosolvent preferential molecular interactions in aqueous solutions-, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 115, 13633-13642, 2011

• M. HamsaPriya, J. K. Shah, D. Asthagiri, M. E. Paulaitis. -Distinguishing thermodynamic and kinetic views of the preferential hydration of protein surfaces-, Biophysical Journal, 95, 2219-2225, 2008

• M. H. Priya, G. Madras. -Kinetics of photocatalytic degradation of phenols with multiple substituent groups-, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A - Chemistry, 179, 256-262, 2006

• M. H. Priya, G. Madras. -Photocatalytic degradation of nitrobenzenes with combustion synthesized nano-TiO2-, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A - Chemistry, 178, 1-7, 2006

• M. H. Priya, G. Madras. -Kinetics of TiO2-catalyzed ultrasonic degradation of rhodamine dyes-, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 45, 913-921, 2006

• M. H. Priya, G. Madras. -Kinetics of photocatalytic degradation of chlorophenol, nitrophenol and their mixtures-, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 45, 482-486, 2006

• B. Muktha, M. H. Priya, G. Madras. -Synthesis, structure, and photocatalysis in a new structural variant of the Aurivillius phase: LiBi4M3O14 (M = Nb, Ta)-,Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 109, 11442-11449, 2005

• G. Sivalingam, M. H. Priya, G. Madras. -Kinetics of the photodegration of substituted phenols by solution combustion synthesized TiO2-, Applied catalysis B - Environmental, 51, 67-76, 2004

  Honours and Awards

• Royal Society of Chemistry Travel Award to attend Faraday Discussion 141: Water - From Interfaces to the Bulk in Edinburgh 2008

• Inducted into Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi 2008

-Graduate Fellowship, Institute for Multi-scale Modeling of Biological Interactions, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 2006 - 2008

• University Fellowship, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 2005 - 2006

• Kuloor Memorial Award for Best Graduate Student, IISc, Bangalore 2005

• Young Engineers Fellowship, IISc, Bangalore 2003

• Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Gold Medal for Best Undergraduate Student in Chemical Engineering 2003

• Padmasri. Dr. B. V. Raju Gold Medal for Topping in Chemical Engineering among thousands of students in the state of Andhra Pradesh 2003

  Education

• PhD Chemical Engineering 2005 - 2011 The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

• M. E. Chemical Engineering 2003 - 2005 Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

• B. Tech. Chemical Engineering 1999 - 2003 Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad