Education

• Ph.D. Materials Science and Engineering, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY (2003)
• M.S. Biomedical Engineering, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY (2001)
• M.S. Materials Science and Engineering, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY (2000)
• B.Tech. Chemical and Electrochemical Engineering, Central Electrochemical Research Institute, India (1998)

Research Interests

• Bioenergy;
• Biofunctional & biohybrid materials;
• Nanomaterials;
• Environmental remediation;
• Corrosion science;
• Electrochemistry;
• Surface Analysis.

Appointments

• 2009 Aug - Date. Assistant Professor (Materials Science & Eng.) University of Nevada, Reno, NV
• 2004 June-Date. Assistant Adjunct Professor (Materials Sc. & Eng.) State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY
• 2007 Mar – Date. Spokesperson, Beamlines X11A and X11B. National Synchrotron Light Source (NSLS)
• 2009 Apr. Promoted to Associate Materials Scientist (Environmental Sciences). Brookhaven National Laboratory
• 2007 Oct-2009 Apr. Assistant Materials Scientist (Environmental Sciences). Brookhaven National Laboratory
• 2004 Oct-2007 Oct. Goldhaber Distinguished Fellow (Environmental Sciences). Brookhaven National Laboratory
• 2004 Feb – Sept. Postdoctoral Associate (Materials Sc. & Eng). State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY

• The Hans-Jürgen Engell Prize. (2006)-International Society for Electrochemistry (ISE)
• Goldhaber Distinguished Fellow (2004-2007)-Brookhaven National Laboratory
• Morris Cohen Graduate Student Award (2005)-The Electrochemical Society (ECS)
• 55th Meeting of the Nobel Laureates (2005)–Lindau Nobel Laureates Foundation, Germany
• President's Distinguished Doctoral Dissertation Award (2004)– State University of New York at Stony Brook, NY
• American Vacuum Society (2003)-Graduate Research Award
• Society for Applied Spectroscopy (2003)-National Graduate Student Research Award
• New York Society for Applied Spectroscopy (2003)- National Graduate Student Research Award
• Sigma Xi(2003)-Excellence in Research Award and elected to membership of the society

• D. Chidambaram, Y. Liu and M. Rafailovich, "Encapsulated Microbes in Cross-linkable Polymers" - a process for encapsulating microorganisms in polymeric fibers while ensuring their survival to use them as bioactive materials, U.S. Patent Office, Patent Pending. Patent Publication/Serial No. 12/420,088
• D. Chidambaram, "Enhanced Metabolite Generation" - a process for enhancing the production of biofuels and other microbial fermentation products, U.S. Patent Office, Patent Pending. Patent Publication/Serial No. 12/046,707.
• D. Chidambaram and A. J. Francis, "Extracellular Bioreduction" - a process for bioremediation and wastewater treatment, U.S. Patent Office, Patent Pending. Patent Publication/Serial No. 60/896,597.

• Roeper, D. F. and D. Chidambaram, Development and Characterization of an Environmentally Friendly Coating to Protect Depleted Uranium - 0.75 WT. % Titanium Alloy in Uranium: Compounds, Isotopes and Applications, Ed. G. H. Wolfe. Pages 1-44. Nova Publishers, Hauppauge, NY, 582pp (2009). ISBN: 9781606925737

• Co-chaired a special session titled Advances in remediation technologies for trace elements contaminated sites at the 10th International Conference on Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements (ICOBTE) organized by the International Society of Trace Element Biogeochemistry (ISTEB), Chihuahua, Mexico< July 13th-16th (2009). Co-chairs: D. Chidambaram, G. Pierzynski and P. Holm
• Co-organized and co-chaired Symposium titled Research Related to the Environmental Management Mission of the Department of Energy, under the auspices of the Division of Nuclear Chemistry & Technology at the 236th Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS), Philadelphia, PA, August 17-21 (2008). Co-organizers and co-chairs: G.P. Halada, S.B. Clark, J.B. Gillow and D. Chidambaram.

Y. Liu, M. H. Rafailovich, R. Malal, D. Cohn, and D. Chidambaram. Engineering of bio-hybrid materials by electrospinning polymer-microbe fibers, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , 106 , 34, 14201 (2009).

D. Chidambaram, J. P. Fitts, T. Hennebel, S. Taghavi and D. van der Lelie. In-situ Formation of Palladium Nanoparticles by Clostridia for Environmental Remediation (in preparation).

D. F. Roeper, D. Chidambaram, C. R. Clayton, and G. P. Halada. Development of an Environmentally-Friendly Protective Coating for the Depleted Uranium-0.75 wt.% Titanium Alloy Part V: Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy of the Coating, Electrochimica Acta , 53 , 5, 2130 (2008).

D. F. Roeper, D. Chidambaram, C. R. Clayton, G. P. Halada and J. D. Demaree. Development of an Environmentally-Friendly Protective Coating for the Depleted Uranium-0.75 Wt% Titanium Alloy. Part III: Chemical Analysis of the Coating, Electrochimica Acta , 51 , 19, 3895 (2006).

D. Chidambaram, C. R. Clayton and G. P. Halada. The Role of Hexafluorozirconate in the Formation of Chromate Conversion Coatings on Aluminum Alloys, Electrochimica Acta , 51 , 14, 2862 (2006).

D. Chidambaram, C. R. Clayton, and M. Dorfman. Evaluation of the Electrochemical Behavior of HVOF-Sprayed Alloy Coatings – II, Surface & Coatings Technology , 192 , 2, 278 (2005).

D. Chidambaram, C. R. Clayton, M. W. Kendig and G. P. Halada. Surface Pretreatments of Aluminum Alloy AA2024-T3 and Formation of Chromate Conversion Coatings 2: Composition and Electrochemical Behavior of the Chromate Conversion Coating. Journal of The Electrochemical Society , 151 , 11, B613 (2004).

D. Chidambaram, G. P. Halada, and C. R. Clayton. Spectroscopic Elucidation of the Repassivation of Active Sites on Aluminum by Chromate Conversion Coating, Solid State and Electrochemical Letters , 7 , 9, B31 (2004).

D. Chidambaram, G. P. Halada, and C. R. Clayton. Synchrotron Radiation Based Grazing Angle Infrared Spectroscopy of Chromate Conversion Coatings Formed on Aluminum Alloys, Journal of The Electrochemical Society , 151 , 3, B160 (2004).

D. Chidambaram, C. R. Clayton, and G. P. Halada. A Duplex Mechanism Based Model for the Interaction between Chromate Ions and the Hydrated Oxide film on Aluminum Alloys, Journal of The Electrochemical Society , 150 , 5, B224-B237 (2003).

D. Chidambaram, M. J. Vasquez, G. P. Halada, and C. R. Clayton. Studies on the repassivation behavior of aluminum and aluminum alloy exposed to chromate solutions, Surface Interface Analysis , 35 , 226-231 (2003).

D. Chidambaram, G. P. Halada and C. R. Clayton. Development of a technique to prevent radiation damage of chromate conversion coatings during X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic analysis, Applied Surface Science , 181 (3-4), 183-195 (2001).

D. Chidambaram and G. P. Halada. Infrared microspectroscopic studies on the pitting of AA2024-T3 induced by acetone degreasing, Surface and Interface Analysis , 31 (11), 1056-1059 (2001).

D. Chidambaram, N. Sharma, S. Natarajan and C. N. R. Rao. Open-framework zinc phosphates synthesized in the presence of structure-directing organic amines, Journal of Solid State Chemistry , 147 (1), 154-169 (1999).

D. Chidambaram and S. Natarajan. Synthesis and structure of a new open-framework zinc phosphate: Zn-3(PO4)(2)(HPO4)(0.5) (-)0.5 (NH3(CH2)(2)(NH3) 2+H2O, Materials Research Bulletin 33 (8), 1275-1281 (1998).