Israt Jahan Duti
Hi, I am a graduate student in Letteri Lab in Department of Chemical Engineering at University of Virginia. I work on designing next generation biomaterials, with tunable thermo-mechanical properties and stability, combining synthetic polymers and peptides.
CAREER Award: Big Molecules, Boundless Possibilities
NSF Grant Funds Rachel Letteri’s Biomaterials Research Harnessing the Powerful Chemistry of Polymer Science for Health Care.
News
2024
March:
I give a talk on engineering peptide biomaterial with tunable mechanics and lifetime at the Chemical Engineering Research Symposium (CHEERS) 2024 at UVA.
I present a poster on tunable biomaterials using peptide stereochemistry at the annual University of Virginia Engineering Research Symposium (UVERS) 2024.
2023
August: My first lead-author research paper as a graduate student titled 'Peptide Stereocomplexation Orchestrates Supramolecular Assembly of Hydrogel Biomaterials' is published in Journal of the American Chemical Society (impact factor 15).
May: I have been elected as the Public relation chair at The Graduate Engineering Student Council (GESC) at the University of Virginia executive committee 2023-2024.
March:
I share my work on designing biomaterials using at Chemical Engineering Research Symposium (CHEERS) 2023 at UVA and have been awarded the first place in poster session .
I successfully organized the annual University of Virginia Engineering Research Symposium (UVERS) 2023 with participation of 200+ students along with 70 faculties and industry professionals. Thanks to all the GESC members for their support!
January: I present a poster on engineering peptide biomaterials using stereochemistry at Peptide Materials Gordon Research Conference in Galveston, Texas.
2022
November: I give a talk on stereochemistry-driven biomaterials at 2022 AIChE Annual Meeting in Phoenix
September: I share my work on new disinfecting materials for water purification at the Pure Madi event!
July: I present my work on stereocomplexed hydrogels on Summer seminar series of Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Virginia
May: I have been elected as the Academic co-chair at The Graduate Engineering Student Council (GESC) at the University of Virginia executive committee 2022-2023.
April: My PI, Rachel Letteri, receives an NSF CAREER award for the project I am working on developing dynamic hydrogel biomaterials with tunable mechanics using peptide stereochemistry! Read more here.
March:
I present my work on engineering biomaterials using stereochemistry as a finalists at the University of Virginia Engineering Research symposium (UVERS).
I give a talk on stereochemistry-driven gelation at Chemical Engineering Research Symposium (CHEERS) at UVA. I also present a poster on developing stereocomplexed biomaterials.
January: I start a project with James Smith's lab at UVA and their company, Silivhere Technologies, to develop water purification polymeric tablets. Read more here.
2021
December: Our review article on peptide assembly is accepted in Acta Biomaterialia! In collaboration with the Lampe Lab, we enjoyed reviewing the design, preparation, characterization, and application of assembling peptides.
October: I present a poster on tuning biomaterials with peptide stereochemistry at the Fifth Annual Mid-Atlantic Biomanufacturing Symposium in Charlottesville.
August 2021:
I give a talk on peptide stereocomplexes as supramolecular cross-links at the 2021 Fall ACS meeting in Atlanta
I passed Ph.D dissertation proposal exam and became Ph.D. candidate! Thanks to all the people of Letteri lab and my committee members.
March: I share my work on designing hydrogels with peptide stereocomplex at Chemical Engineering Research Symposium (CHEERS) at UVA.
2020
June: I am elected as Outreach chair at the Association of Bangladeshi Students at University of Virginia executive committee 2020-2021.
February: I start a project with Lampe Biomaterial lab at UVA on stimuli-responsive pentapeptides' stereochemical assembly.
Contact details
Israt Jahan Duti
Email: id8nu@virginia.edu
Phone: 434-466-4254
Office: B022 Wilsdorf Hall
395 McCormick Rd, Charlottesville, VA 22903