Pratheep Kumar Annamalai
Materials Engineer
University of Queensland
Australia
Biography
Pratheep K Annamalai is a materials engineer at Australian institute for bioengineering and nanotechnology (AIBN), the University of Queensland (UQ). His research interests focus mainly on the formulation, processing and evaluation of polymer nanocomposites for industrial applications and sustainable polymer materials. Before joining UQ, Pratheep studied Chemistry in University of Madras, received PhD in Chemistry jointly from University of Pune and National Chemical Laboratory (India), then went on to work as postdoctoral researcher on polymer membranes at Université Montpellier II (France) and on smart polymer nanocomposites based on cellulose at Adolphe Merkle Institute, Université de Fribourg (Switzerland). He is an emerging researcher of polymer science and engineering with contribution of 28 research articles, 3 review articles and 4 book chapters with focus on biopolymers. His research activities are currently funded by Australian Research Council and focus on cellulose based materials (nanocomposites, carbon fibres and polymer foams)
Research Interest
Polymer nanocomposites,Biobased materials,Nanoparticles