Welcome to the Home Page of the Thayumanavan Group in the Department of Chemistry at UMass-Amherst.

If we have to describe the research interests of our group, we would say: "design, synthesis, and characterization of organic macromolecules of interest in supramolecular chemistry, materials science, and biological applications"
Savariar, E. N.; Ghosh, S.; Gonzalez, D.; Thayumanavan, S. “Disassembly of Noncovalent Amphiphilic Polymers and Utility in Pattern Sensing” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 5416-5417.
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“A straightforward method for coating nanopore membranes with functional polymers puts a new face on an old friend by enabling the size and adsorption properties of the pores to be easily tuned.” Nanopores: A makeover for membranes (Link)

Macromolecules; (Communication to the Editor); 2007; 40(24); 8518-8520. was the second place of Most-Accessed Articles: October-December, 2007 of The Macromolecules journal. (Link)

2008 Chemistry Award Winners: CONGRADTULATIONS!!
Merck Index Awards: Daniel G. Terk
Outstanding Undergraduate Reserachers 2008 : Daniel G. Terk, Pardeep Thandi
C.D.Youngren Scholarship: Pardeep Thandi
William F. Field Alumni Scholar Award: David P. Waterman