Rate My Professor Samanvaya Srivastava

Samanvaya Srivastava is an Associate Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Samueli School of Engineering. He earned his B.S. and M.S. in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur in 2009, a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University in 2014 under Lynden Archer, and completed postdoctoral research at the University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering with Matthew Tirrell in 2017. Srivastava joined the UCLA faculty in November 2017, advancing to associate professor. His research focuses on charge-driven self-assembly to design advanced soft materials, including organic-inorganic hybrid materials, the structure and dynamics of soft materials at the nanoscale, and applications utilizing X-ray and neutron scattering techniques, rheology, and polymer and nanomaterial synthesis and functionalization. These efforts target practical uses in biomedical adhesives for wound healing and tissue implants, cosmetics, coatings, construction materials, and 3D printing.