Faculty & Staff

Dr. Vinay Gupta

Dr. Vinay Gupta

Interim Chair, PROFESSOR AND GRADUATE ADVISOR OF CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL, AND MATERIALS ENGINEERING

Phone: (813) 974-0851

Email address: vkgupta@usf.edu 
Office location: ENC 3200
Research Webpage
Research cluster: Advanced Materials

Honors & Awards

  • Jerome Krivanek Distinguished Teacher Award, University of South Florida (2009)
  • Member, Charter Class of Academy of Inventors, University of South Florida (2009)
  • President’s Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award, University of South Florida (2007)
  • Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award by NSF (1999-2003)
  • Teaching Excellence Award, School of Chemical Sciences, University of Illinois (1999)
  • Everitt Award for Teaching Excellence, College of Engineering, University of Illinois (1999)

Education & Training

Postdoctoral appointment: University of California (Davis) and Center for Polymeric Interfaces and Macromolecular Assemblies (IBM-UCDavis-Stanford)

Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology

M.S., Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology

B. S., Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

 Research Overview: Interfacial Phenomena and Polymeric Materials

The Gupta research group focuses on interfacial science, self-assembled materials, polymeric materials, and nanotechnology.  In the past, our group has made substantial contributions in the areas of guest-host recognition at self-assembled surfaces, polymer adsorption on nano-heterogeneous surfaces, and preparation of novel, smart polymeric systems.  In recent years, we have led projects on design of novel polymer-oxide nanoparticle composite particles for environmental remediation of organic contaminants, chemical mechanical polishing, and catalysis.  Current areas of interest include

  • Functionalized Nanoparticles for Theranostics
  • Engineering Constructs of Polymeric Networks with Nanoparticles for Biomedical, Environmental, Chemical Applications

Gupta Lab Micrograph