EDUCATION: B.E. Chemical Engineering, Panjab University (India), 2001 Ph.D. Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Michigan State University, 2006 PRIOR EXPERIENCE: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009

RESEARCH INTERESTS: Research is focused on using polymers to address some of the key challenges in the areas of renewable energy and environmental science. Particular areas of interest include Superoleophobic surfaces, Superhydrophobic Surfaces, Ice-Repellent Surfaces, Membranes, Polymer Nanocomposites, Thermoelectrics, Solar Cells, and Liquid-liquid Separations.

Choi, W, Tuteja, A, Chhatre, S, Mabry, JM, Cohen, RE, and McKinley, GH (2009). Fabrics With Tunable Oleophobicity, Advanced Materials, 21(21):2190-2195. Tuteja, A, Choi, W, Mabry, JM, Cohen, RE, and McKinley, GH (2008). Robust Omniphobic Surfaces, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 105(47):18200-18205. Tuteja, A, Choi, W, McKinley, GH, Cohen, RE, and Rubner, MF (2008). Design Parameters for Superhydrophobicity and Superoleophobicity, MRS Bulletin, 33:752-758. Tuteja, A, Duxbury, PM, and Mackay, ME (2008). Polymer Chain Swelling Induced by Dispersed Nanoparticles, Physical Review Letters, 100:077801. Tuteja, A, Choi, W, Ma, M, Mabry, JM, Mazzella, SA, Rutledge, GC, McKinley, GH, and Cohen, RE (2007). Designing Superoleophobic Surfaces, Science(318):1618-1622. Tuteja, A, Duxbury, PM, and Mackay, ME (2007). Multifunctional Nanocomposites with Reduced Viscosity, Macromolecules(40):9427-9434. Tuteja, A, Mackay, ME, Narayanan, S, Asokan, S, and Wong, MS (2007). Breakdown of the Continuum Stokes-Einstein Relation for Nanoscale Inclusions in Polymer Melts, Nano Letters, 7(5):1276-1281. Mackay, ME, Tuteja, A, Duxbury, PM, Hawker, CJ, Horn, Bv, Guan, Z, and Krishnan, R (2006). General Strategies for Nanoparticle Dispersion, Science(311):1740-1743. Tuteja, A, Mackay, ME, Horn, Bv, Hawker, CJ, and Ho, DL (2006). The Molecular Architecture and Rheological Characterization of Novel Intramolecularly Crosslinked Polystyrene Nanoparticles, Journal of Polymer Science – Part B – Polymer Physics(44):1930-1947. Tuteja, A, Mackay, ME, Horn, Bv, Hawker, CJ, and Ho, DL (2005). Effect of Ideal, Organic Nanoparticles on the Flow Properties of Linear Polymers; Non-Einstein-like Behavior, Macromolecules(38):8000-8011. Mackay, ME, Dao, TT, Tuteja, A, Ho, DL, Horn, Bv, Kim, H, and Hawker, CJ (2003). Nanoscale Effects Leading to Non-Einstein-Like Decrease in Viscosity, Nature Materials, 2(11):762-766.