Dr. Sonu Kizhakkepura (he/him)

Education

Biographical Statement

Sonu Kizhakkepura completed his BSc in Chemistry at the University of Calicut, Kerala, India, before pursuing further studies at Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR). There, he earned his MS in Materials Science and later his Ph.D. in Materials Chemistry under the guidance of Prof. M. Eswaramoorthy, working on supramolecular mesoporous silica hybrid functional materials for charge-based separation and delivery. Afterward, he began his postdoctoral research with Prof. Shelly R. Peyton and Prof. John Klier at the Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, where he specialized in strain-stiffening hydrogels. Subsequently, he joined the Perry lab for a joint project with Prof. Craig Martin, where his research is focused on developing detection and purification strategies related to microfluidics for mRNA manufacturing.

Publications

1. K.P. Sonu, S.R. Peyton, "Force-Responsive Networks," (2024) American Chemical Society. [PDF]
2. K.P. Sonu, L. Zhou, S. Biswas, J. Klier, T.S. Emrick, S.R. Peyton, “Strain-stiffening Hydrogels with Dynamic, Secondary Crosslinking,” Langmuir (2023) 39(7), 2659–2666. [PDF]
3. K.P. Sonu, S. Dhiman, A. Garg, D. Selvakumar, S.J. George, M. Eswaramoorthy, “Temporally Programmed Switching of Functional States in Polyaniline Film,” APL Materials (2023), 11, 031111. [PDF]
4. D. Selvakumar, K.P. Sonu, G. Ramadoss, R. Sivaramakrishnan, R. Jayavel, M. Eswaramoorthy, K. Venkateswara Rao, A. Pugazhendhi “Heterostructures of Polyaniline and Ce–ZnO Nanomaterial Coated Flexible PET Thin Films for LPG Gas Sensing at Standard Environment,” Chemosphere (2022) 314, 137492. [PDF]
5. M.K. Rajesh, K.S. Muralikrishna, S.S. Nair, B.K. Kumar, T.M. Subrahmanya, K.P. Sonu, K. Subaharan, H. Sweta, T.S.K. Prasad, N. Chandran, I. Karunasagar, K.B. Hebbar, A. Karuna, “Facile Coconut Inflorescence Sap mediated Synthesis of Silver Nanoparticles and its Diverse Antimicrobial and Cytotoxic Properties,” Materials Science and Engineering: C (2020) 111, 110834. [PDF]
6. V.H. Rambaran, S.M. Saumya, S. Roy, K.P. Sonu, M. Eswaramoorthy, S. C. Peter, “The Design, Synthesis and in vivo Biological Evaluations of [V(IV)O(2,6-pyridine diacetatato) (H₂O)₂] (PDOV): Featuring its Prolonged Glucose-lowering Effect and Non-toxic Nature,” Inorganica Chimica Acta (2020) 504, 119448. [PDF]
7. K.P. Sonu, S. Vinikumar, S. Dhiman, S.J. George, M. Eswaramoorthy, “Bio-inspired Temporal Regulation of Ion-transport in Nanochannels,” Nanoscale Advances (2019) 1, 1847-1852. [PDF]
8. P. Ravindran, K. Subaharan, K.P. Chandran, V. Vibina, T.M. Subrahmanya, K.P. Sonu, “Controlled Delivery of Essential Oils for the Management of Rhinoceros Beetle (Oryctes rhinoceros L.) in Coconut,” Journal of Plantation Crops (2019) 47(1), 31–40. [PDF]
9. K.P. Sonu, S. Laha, M. Eswaramoorthy, T.K. Maji, “Porous Materials: Recent Developments,” edited by S.J. George, C. Narayana, and C.N.R. Rao, Advances in the Chemistry and Physics of Materials: Overview of Selected Topics, (2019) pp. 148-172. [PDF]
10. B.V.V.S. Pavan Kumar, K.P. Sonu, K.V. Rao, S. Sampath, S.J. George, M. Eswaramoorthy, “Supramolecular Switching of Ion-Transport in Nanochannels,” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (2018) 10(28), 23458-23465. [PDF]
11. K.P. Sonu, B.V.V.S. Pavan Kumar, S.J. George, M. Eswaramoorthy, “Simple and Facile Approach to Create Charge Reversible Pores via Hydrophobic Anchoring of Ionic Amphiphiles,” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (2017) 9(10), 9136-9142. [PDF]

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Honors and Awards