My research focuses on solid-liquid interactions and processes associated with friction, lubrication, soft matter physics, and surface characterization. It is highly multidisciplinary and spans applications ranging from bio-compatibility, through solid-liquid tribology to enhanced oil recovery. I also have interests in polymer rheology, process technology and development of coatings for heat transfer equipments which comes from my industrial background.

• Solid-Liquid Work of Adhesion; Tadmor, R.; Das, R.; Gulec, S.; Liu, J.; N’guessan, H.; Shah, M.; Wasnik, P. and Yadav, S.B. Langmuir 2017, 33(15), 3594-3600.
• Spontaneous Reversal from Spreading to Retraction; R. Tadmor, A. Baksi, R. Das, S. Gulec, S. Jadhav, H. E. N'guessan, V. Somasi, M. Tadmor, P. Wasnik, S. Yadav, Nature (under review).
• The Interfacial Modulus of a Solid Surface and The Young’s Equilibrium Contact Angle Using Line Energy; Sakshi B. Yadav, Ratul Das, Semih Gulec, Jie Liu, Rafael Tadmor; Advances in Contact Angle, Wettability and Adhesion, Volume Three (in press).
• A Quantitative Approach to Measure Work of Adhesion; Ratul Das, Jie Liu, Sakshi B. Yadav, Sirui Tang, Semih Gulec, Rafael Tadmor; Surfactants in Tribology Volume 6 (in press).

• PhD, Chemical Engineering, Lamar University, December 2017
• Bachelor of Science, Chemical Engineering, Jadavpur University, December 2012

• July,2017 – present: Research Consultant- Interfacial Lab, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia.
• May, 2016 – Aug, 2016: Heat Transfer Intern - PTE/AUHT, Shell Global Solutions, Houston.
• April 2014 – present: Research Assistant, Surface Science Lab, Department of Chemical Engineering, Lamar University.
• July 2012 – Dec 2013: Process Engineer & Manager, Delayed Coker Unit, Reliance industries Limited, Jamnagar, India.