Perry Research Group
Adhithi Varadarajan

Adhithi Varadarajan (she/her)

Research Assistant

Email: [email protected]

Office Address:

N560 Life Sciences Laboratory
240 Thatcher Road
Amherst, MA 01003

Mailing Address:

159 Goessmann Laboratory
686 North Pleasant Street
Amherst, MA 01003

Biographical Statement

Adhithi is a senior in Chemical Engineering. Her initial project looked to understand the formation of stable complex coacervate emulsions in organic solvents. Her honors thesis resesarch is exploring the ways in which the sequence of coacervating polypeptides affects the activity of encapsulated enzymes.

During summer 2025, Adhithi interned at the PM Group.

Honors and Awards

2025 Commonwealth Honors College Research Grant

Publications

  1. J.A. Penido, S.P. Le, A. Varadarajan, S. Thayumanavan, S.L. Perry, W. Loh, "Complex Coacervate Emulsions as a Strategy to Stabilize Enzymes for Catalysis in Organic Solvents," ACS Macro Letters (2026), 15(1), 143-150. [PDF]