Hello there, I’m Atanu! Welcome to my page!

I am a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Notre Dame, currently working on Heterogeneous and Non-thermal Plasma Catalysis with Prof. William H. Schneider’s group. My research experience previously centered on coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations of polyelectrolyte coacervate systems related to Liquid-Liquid Phase Separation (LLPS) in crowded environments. More recently, my interests have pivoted toward Heterogeneous and Plasma Catalysis. Prior to my current role, I worked as a postdoc at the University of Houston with Dr. Gül Zerze and with Dr. Jonathan Whitmer here at Notre Dame. I am a Physics Undergraduate and Graduate (MSc) with a specialization in Condensed Matter Physics. I have always been fascinated by interdisciplinary research and have spent the last nine years collaborating with wonderful colleagues who happen to be Chemists, Physicists, and Chemical Engineers!

Broad Research Interests

• Non-thermal Plasma Modelling: Investigating Non-thermal plasma effects in hydrocarbon conversions.
• Heterogeneous Catalysis: Exploring surface reactions at the quantum level and catalyst design.
• Polyelectrolyte Coacervation: Studying LLPS using Coarse-grained MD simulations in crowded macromolecular environments.