Suchol Savagatrup
Suchol received his undergraduate degree from University of California, Berkeley in 2012 and his PhD from the University of California, San Diego in 2016, both in chemical engineering. Suchol was a Ruth L. Kirschstein NIH NRSA postdoctoral fellow at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He then joined the Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering at the University of Arizona in 2019 as an assistant professor.
Suchol's research focuses on applying the principles of soft material science, device engineering, and applied chemistry (molecular engineering) to probe chemical and physical interactions at complex interfaces. His group members are interested in engineering responsive soft materials, both polymers and complex emulsions, with bio-inspired functions for a wide range of applications in biomimicry, chemical and biosensors, and environmental monitoring.
Degrees
- PhD Chemical Engineering
- University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States
- Semiconducting Polymers for Stretchable, Ultra-Flexible, and Mechanically Robust Organic Photovoltaics
- MS Chemical Engineering
- University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States
- BS Chemical Engineering
- University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States
Work Experience
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts (2016 - 2019)
Interests
Teaching
Chemical Reaction Engineering | Polymer and Soft Materials Science | Colloid Science | Surface and Intermolecular Forces
Research
Soft Materials Science | Polymers | Complex Emulsions | Organic Electronics | Chemical and Biosensors | Interfacial Interactions | Bio-Inspired Properties
Courses
Independent Study
CHEE 199 (Spring 2020)
CHEE 399 (Spring 2024)
CHEE 399 (Fall 2022)
CHEE 399 (Summer I 2022)
CHEE 499 (Spring 2020)
CHEE 599 (Spring 2023)
CHEE 599 (Fall 2022)
CHEE 599 (Spring 2021)
Honors Independent Study
CHEE 299H (Fall 2023)
CHEE 399H (Spring 2020)
Chemical Reaction Engr
CHEE 420 (Fall 2024)
CHEE 420 (Fall 2023)
CHEE 420 (Fall 2022)
CHEE 420 (Fall 2021)
CHEE 420 (Fall 2020)
CHEE 420 (Fall 2019)
CHEE 520 (Fall 2022)
CHEE 520 (Fall 2021)
CHEE 520 (Fall 2020)
Intermolec and Surface Forces
CHEE 438 (Spring 2024)
CHEE 438 (Spring 2023)
CHEE 438 (Spring 2022)
CHEE 538 (Spring 2024)
CHEE 538 (Spring 2023)
CHEE 538 (Spring 2022)
Directed Research
CHEE 492 (Spring 2024)
Research
CHEE 900 (Spring 2024)
CHEE 900 (Fall 2023)
CHEE 900 (Spring 2023)
CHEE 900 (Fall 2022)
CHEE 900 (Spring 2022)
CHEE 900 (Fall 2021)
CHEE 900 (Spring 2021)
CHEE 900 (Fall 2020)
Master's Report
CHEE 909 (Spring 2022)
Thesis
CHEE 910 (Spring 2024)
CHEE 910 (Fall 2023)
CHEE 910 (Fall 2021)
CHEE 910 (Spring 2021)
Dissertation
CHEE 920 (Spring 2024)
CHEE 920 (Fall 2023)
CHEE 920 (Spring 2023)
CHEE 920 (Fall 2022)
CHEE 920 (Spring 2022)
CHEE 920 (Fall 2021)
CHEE 920 (Spring 2020)
Selected Publications
Chapters
- Lipomi, D. J., Savagatrup, S., Printz, A. D., Rodriquez, D., Root, S. E., Kleinschmidt, A. T., & Alkhadra, M. A. (2019). Mechanical Properties of Semiconducting Polymers. In Handbook of Semiconducting Polymers, Fourth Edition; Conjugated Polymers: Properties, Processing, and Apllications. CRC Press.
Journals/Publications
- Barua, B., Durkin, T. J., Beeley, I. M., Gadh, A., & Savagatrup, S. (2023). Multiplexed and continuous microfluidic sensors using dynamic complex droplets. Soft Matter, 19, 1930-1940.
- Durkin, T. J., Barua, B., & Savagatrup, S. (2023). Modification of Amphiphilic Block Copolymers for Responsive and Biologically Active Surfactants in Complex Droplets. Giant, 13, 100134. doi:10.1016/j.giant.2022.100134
- Durkin, T. J., Barua, B., Holmstrom, J. J., Karanikola, V., & Savagatrup, S. (2023). Functionalized Amphiphilic Block Copolymers and Complex Emulsions for Selective Sensing of Dissolved Metals at Liquid–Liquid Interfaces. Langmuir, 39, 12845-12854.
- Trinh, V., Savagatrup, S., Malloy, C. S., Gadh, A., & Durkin, T. J. (2022). Detection of PFAS and Fluorinated Surfactants Using Differential Behaviors at Interfaces of Complex Droplets.. ACS sensors, 7(5), 1514-1523. doi:10.1021/acssensors.2c00257
- Durkin, T. J., Barua, B., & Savagatrup, S. (2021). Rapid Detection of Sepsis: Recent Advances in Biomarker Sensing Platforms. ACS omega, 6(47), 31390-31395.
- Fernandez, A., Zentner, C. A., Shivrayan, M., Samson, E., Savagatrup, S., Zhuang, J., Swager, T. M., & Thayumanavan, S. (2020). Programmable Emulsions via Nucleophile-Induced Covalent Surfactant Modifications. Chemistry of Materials, 32(11), 4663-4671.
- Koo, W., Kim, Y., Kim, S., Suh, B. L., Savagatrup, S., Kim, J., Lee, S., Swager, T. M., & Kim, I. (2020). Hydrogen Sensors from Composites of Ultra-small Bimetallic Nanoparticles and Porous Ion-Exchange Polymers. Chem, 6(10), 2746 - 2758.
- Li, J., Savagatrup, S., Nelson, Z., Yoshinaga, K., & Swager, T. M. (2020). Fluorescent Janus emulsions for biosensing of Listeria monocytogenes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 117(22), 11923-11930.
- Savagatrup, S., Ma, D., Zhong, H., Harvey, K. S., Kimerling, L. C., Agarwal, A. M., & Swager, T. M. (2020). Dynamic Complex Emulsions as Amplifiers for On-Chip Photonic Cavity-Enhanced Resonators. ACS Sensors, 5(7), 1996-2002. doi:10.1021/acssensors.0c00399
- Savagatrup, S., Ma, D., Zhong, H., Harvey, K. S., Kimerling, L. C., Agarwal, A. M., & Swager, T. M. (2020). Dynamic Complex Emulsions as Amplifiers for On-Chip Photonic Cavity-Enhanced Resonators. ACS sensors, 5(7), 1996-2002.
- Choi, S. J., Savagatrup, S., Kim, Y., Lang, J. H., & Swager, T. M. (2019). Precision pH Sensor Based on WO Nanofiber-Polymer Composites and Differential Amplification. ACS sensors, 4(10), 2593-2598.
- Jeon, I., Peeks, M. D., Savagatrup, S., Zeininger, L., Chang, S., Thomas, G., Wang, W., & Swager, T. M. (2019). Janus Graphene: Scalable Self-Assembly and Solution-Phase Orthogonal Functionalization. ADVANCED MATERIALS, 31(21).
- Koo, W., Kim, Y., Savagatrup, S., Yoon, B., Jeon, I., Choi, S., Kim, I., & Swager, T. M. (2019). Porous Ion Exchange Polymer Matrix for Ultrasmall Au Nanoparticle-Decorated Carbon Nanotube Chemiresistors. CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS, 31(15), 5413-5420.
- Lin, C., Zeininger, L., Savagatrup, S., & Swager, T. M. (2019). Morphology-Dependent Luminescence in Complex Liquid Colloids. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, 141(9), 3802-3806.
- Schroeder, V., Evans, E. D., Wu, Y. M., Voll, C. A., McDonald, B. R., Savagatrup, S., & Swager, T. M. (2019). Chemiresistive Sensor Array and Machine Learning Classification of Food. ACS SENSORS, 4(8), 2101-2108.
Awards
- Outstanding Faculty at the Student Interface
- University of Arizona, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Spring 2023
- University of Arizona, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Spring 2021
- University of Arizona, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Spring 2020
- Army Research Office Young Investigator Program (ARO YIP) Award
- Department of Defense, Spring 2021