DB Group @ MIT ChemE

Research in Colloid and Interface Science

Recent News

Congratulations to Dr. Shuang Luo on joining SES AI as a senior computational materials scientist!

Mon, 01/05/2026
Congratulations to Tom Froembgen for receiving a Best Poster Award at the Congress on Ionic Liquids in Perth!

Sat, 11/22/2025
Congratulations to Alan Sam for receiving a poster award at the CENT Annual Symposium at Stanford University!

Wed, 08/13/2025
Congratulations to Rahul Prasanna Misra for being recognized as a Presidential Young Professor, including securing a tenure-track Assistant Professor position at the National University of Singapore!

Wed, 08/13/2025
Congratulations to Rahul Prasanna Misra and Professor Blankschtein for their research on molecular transport enhancement in pure metallic carbon nanotube porins, which has been featured on the cover of Nature Materials!

Fri, 08/02/2024

Computer Programs

The DB group has pioneered several user-friendly computer programs to predict the bulk and interfacial behavior of pure and mixed surfactant systems.

Hari Katepalli

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Current position

Research Scientist, Dow Chemical Company, Midland MI

Graduation year

2017

Thesis / Project

Understanding the Stability of Emulsions Stabilized by Particles and / or Surfactants

Degree / Position

Postdoctoral Associate, 2014-2017