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Amaresh Sahu

• Program Year: 4
• Academic Institution: University of California, Berkeley
• Field of Study: Chemical Engineering
• Academic Advisor: Kranthi Mandadapu
• Practicum(s):
  Argonne National Laboratory (2018)
• Degree(s):
  B.S. Chemical and Biological Engineering, Princeton University, 2013
• Personal URL: https://amaresh-sahu.github.io/

Summary of Research

The cell membrane plays a crucial role as a selective barrier for the movement of nutrients, chemical signals, and metabolites between the cytoplasm and the cell's exterior environment. The transport of such chemicals, and consequently membrane behavior, is essential to the normal functioning of the cell and the overall survival of the organism. We know how the cell membrane behaves in a variety of important biological processes, but in most cases do not understand the underlying physics. My research focuses on using a variety of techniques from statistical mechanics, continuum mechanics, and finite element methods to develop models that better explains cell membrane behavior.

Publications

6. A. Sahu, S. C. Takatori, "Active contact forces drive non-equilibrium fluctuations in membrane vesicles," arXiv:1911.01337

5. A. Sahu, A. Glisman, J. Tchoufag, K. K. Mandadapu, "Geometry and dynamics of lipid membranges," arXiv:1910.10693

4. Y. A. D. Omar, A. Sahu, R. A. Sauer, K. K. Mandadapu, "Non-axisymmetric shapes of biological membranes from locally induced curvature," bioRxiv:682195.

3. A. Sahu, Y. A. D. Omar, R. A. Sauer, K. K. Mandadapu, "Arbitrary Lagrangian--Eulerian finite element formulation for curved and deforming surfaces. I. General theory and application to fluid interfaces," arXiv:1812.05086.

2. A. Sahu, R. A. Sauer, K. K. Mandadapu, "Irreversible thermodynamics of curved lipid membranes," Phys. Rev. E 96 (2017) 042409

1. D. Vigolo, T. T. Al-Housseiny, Y. Shen, F. O. Akinlawon, S. T. Al-Housseiny, R. K. Hobson, A. Sahu, K. I. Bedkowski, T. J. DiChristina, and H. A. Stone, "Flow dependent performance of microfluidic microbial fuel cells," Phys. Chem. Chem Phys. 16 (2014) 12535--12543

Awards

Princeton University:
- Tau Beta Pi (Spring 2012)
- Phi Beta Kappa (Spring 2013)
- Jeffrey O. Kephart '80 Prize in Engineering Physics (Spring 2013)
- Manfred Memorial Prize in Physics (Spring 2010)