Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Missouri (2007)
M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Missouri (2004)
Research Interests
Chemical/Biological sensors
Bio-Nano photonics
Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)
Nanotechnology
Selected Projects
High-Current Electron Sources for Superconducting Radiofrequency Injectors, funded by U.S. Department of Energy
Development of Ultra-Cold Quantum-Degenerate Relativistic Electron Beams for Research and Application, funded by National Science Foundation
Patents
"Patterning of ultra low refractive index high surface area nanoparticulate films," U.S. Patent No. 8,859,050
"Organosilicate nanoparticles and method for making," U.S. Patent No. 8,873,918
"Reusable PCR amplification system and method," U.S. Patent No. 8,545,769
"Nano-gap grating devices with enhanced optical property and fabrication thereof," Application No. 14/081,353 (filed November 2013)
Professional Associations and Honors
Best elevator pitch award in engineering at the 2010 Missouri Technology Expo, Columbia, Missouri.
2ndplace poster award, 2010 Missouri Nanofrontiers Symposium, for the poster on "Ultrasensitive Detection of TNT by Fluorescence Quenching on Porous Organosilicate Films"
3rdplace award, 2007 Research and Creative Activities Forum, University of Missouri
3rdplace award, 2006 Research and Creative Activities Forum, University of Missouri
Selected Publications
Hohenberger, E., Freitag, N., Korampally, V. Rapid and high throughput fabrication of high temperature stable structures through PDMS transfer printing.Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering(2017)
Hohenberger, E., Freitag, N., Rosenmann, D., Korampally, V. A facile route towards large area self-assembled nanoscale silver film morphologies and their applications towards metal enhanced fluorescence.Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, vol. 249, pp. 549-557. (2017)
Bok, S., Korampally, V., Darr, CM, Folk, WR, Polo-Parada, L., Gangopadhyay, K., et. al. Femtogram-level detection of Clostridium botunlinum neurotoxin Type A by sandwich immunoassay using nanoporous substrate and ultra-bright fluorescent suprananoparticles.Biosensors and Bioelectronics, Vol. 41, P. 409. (2013)
Bhatnagar K, Pathak A, Menke D, Cornish PV, Ganopadhyay K, Korampally V, et al. Fluorescence enhancement from nanogap embedded plasmonic gratings by a novel fabrication technique with HD-DVD.Nanotechnology. 2012; (In Press).
Sangho B, Venumadhav K, Luis P-P, Vamsi M, Gary AB, Keshab G, et al. Confeito-like assembly of organosilicate-caged fluorophores: ultrabright suprananoparticles for fluorescence imaging.Nanotechnology. 2012; 23 (17):175601.
Korampally V, Mamidi VK, Harris B, Gangopadhyay K, Baker GA and Gangopadhyay S. (2011). "Sub-Minute Formation of Supported Nanoporous Mesoscale Patterns Programmed by Surface Energy",Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 364: 546.
Korampally V, Yun M, Thiruvengadathan R, Dasgupta P, Gangopadhyay K and Gangopadhyay S. (2009).Entropydrivenspontaneousformation of highly porous films from polymer-nanoparticle composites.Nanotechnology, 20 (42): 425602.
Memisevic J, Korampally V, Gangopadhyay S and Grant SA. (2009). Characterization of a novel ultra-low refractive index material for biosensor application.Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical,141 (1): 227-232.
Bok S, Korampally V, Polo-Parada L, Folk W, Gangopadhyay K, Dasgupta PK, Gangopadhyay S. (2010). "Novel Nanostructured Platform and Nanoparticles for Sensitive Detection of Biological Materials",Proceedings of the IEEE Sensors Conference, Hawaii.
Korampally V, Bok S, Harris BC, Mamidi VK, Mukherjee S, Darr CM, Gangopadhyay K, Folk W, Parada LP, Gangopadhyay S. (2010). "Development of a Novel Nanostructured Modular Platform Encompassing Fluorescent Nanoparticles, Nanostructured Microarrays and Metal Nanoislands for Biological Agent Detection", 27th Army Science Conference Proceedings, Orlando, Florida.
Korampally V, Mukherjee S, Hossain M, Manor R, Yun M, Gangopadhyay K, Gangopadhyay S. (2009). "Development of a miniaturized liquid core waveguide system with nanoporous dielectric cladding – a potential biosensing platform".Sensors Journal 2009, IEEE,9 (12):1711.
Bok S, Lubguban, AA, Gao Y, Bhattacharya S, Korampally V, Hossain M, Thiruvengadathan R, Gillis KD and Gangopadhyay S. (2008). "Electrochemical Properties of Carbon Nanoparticles Entrapped in a Silica Matrix,"Journal of the Electrochemical Society,155 (5): K91–K95.
Hossain M, Yun M, Korampally V and Gangopadhyay S. (2008). "Low temperaturecrystallization of amorphous silicon carbide thin films for p–n junction devices fabrication,"Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, 19: 801-804
Work Experience
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, NIU (2012-present)
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Missouri (2007-2012)