Education

• Ph.D. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering: National University of Singapore
• B. S. Chemical Engineering: Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology

Research Interests

• Polymers and Nanomaterials
• Thin films and membranes
• Energy
• Antimicrobial materials
• Chemobiorecognition
• Bioseparation

Publications

• Cerda, K. A.; Kathol, M.; Purohit, G.; Zamani, E.; Morton, M. D.; Khalimonchuk, O.; Saha, R.; Dishari, S. K.* "Cationic Lignin as an Efficient and Biorenewable Antimicrobial Material." ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2023, 11, 10364-10379. Link: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acssuschemeng.3c01414
   
• Chatterjee, S.; Obewhere, O. A.; Zamani, E.; Keloth, R.; Farzin, S.; Morton, M.; Sarella, A.; Dishari, S. K.* "Advancing Ionomer Design to Boost Interfacial and Thin-Film Proton Conductivity via Styrene-Calix[4]arene-based Ionomers." Cell Rep. Phys. Sci. 2023, 4, 1-20. Link: https://www.cell.com/cell-reports-physical-science/pdf/S2666-3864(23)00…
   
• Chatterjee, S.; Zamani, E.; Farzin, S.; Evazzade, I.; Obewhere, O. A.; Johnson, T.; Alexandrov, V.; Dishari, S. K.* "Molecular-level Control over Ionic Conduction and Ionic Current Direction by Designing Macrocycle-based Ionomers." JACS Au 2022, 2, 1144-1159. Link: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jacsau.2c00143
   
• Farzin, S.; Zamani, E.; Dishari, S. K.* "Depth-specific Ion Conduction and Stiffness Across Ionomer Thin Films and Bulk Membranes." ACS Macro Lett. 2021, 10, 791-798. Link: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acsmacrolett.1c00110
   
• Zamani, E.; Chatterjee, S.; Changa, T.; Immethun, C.; Sarella, A.; Saha, R.; Dishari, S. K.* "Cationic Pi-Conjugated Polyelectrolyte Shows Antimicrobial Activity by Causing Lipid Loss and Lowering Elastic Modulus of Bacteria " ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2020, 12, 49346-49361. Link: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsami.0c12038
   
• Farzin, S.; Johnson, T. J.; Chatterjee, S.; Zamani, E.; Dishari, S. K.* "Ionomers from Kraft Lignin for Renewable Energy Applications." Frontiers in Chemistry 2020, 6, 690  (featured at Frontiers' "Women in Science: Chemistry" collection). Link: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fchem.2020.00690/full
   
• Zamani, E.; Chatterjee, S.; Changa, T.; Immethun, C.; Sarella, A.; Saha, R.; Dishari, S. K.* "Mechanistic Understanding of the Interactions of Cationic Conjugated Oligo- and Polyelectrolytes with Wild-type and Ampicillin-resistant Escherichia coli." Sci. Rep. 2019, 9: 20411. Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-56946-2
   
• Farzin, S.; Sarella, A.; Yandrasits, M. A.; Dishari, S. K.* "Fluorocarbon-based Ionomers with Single and Multi-Acid Side Chains at Nanothin Interfaces." J. Phys. Chem. C  2019, 123, 30871-30884. Link: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b10015
   
• Dishari, S. K.;* Rumble, C. A.; Maroncelli, M.; Dura, J. A.; Hickner, M. A. "Unraveling the Complex Hydration Behavior under Thin Film Confinement." J. Phys. Chem. C  2018, 122, 3471-3481. Link: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.jpcc.7b11888
   
• Dishari, S. K.; Zydney, A. L. “Probing Virus Capture in Different Virus Filters using Fluorescence Confocal Microscopy.” Biotechnol. Bioeng. 2015, 112, 2115-2122 (Video highlights). Link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/bit.25614
   
• Dishari, S. K.; Micklin, M. R.; Sung, K. J.; Zydney, A. L. (2015). “Effects of Solution Conditions on Virus Retention by the Viresolve® NFP Filters.” Biotechnol. Prog. 2015, 31, 1280 -1286. Link: https://aiche.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/btpr.2125
   
• Dishari, S. K. “Current Understanding of Proton Conduction in Confined Ionomeric Systems.” J. Post-doc Res. 2014, 2, 30-39. Link: http://www.postdocjournal.com/file_journal/702_92828037.pdf
   
• Modestino, M. A.; Paul, D. K.; Dishari, S. K.; Petrina, S.; Allen, F. I.; Hickner, M. A.; Karan, K.; Segalman, R. A.; Weber, A. Z. “Self-Assembly and Transport Limitations in Confined Nafion Films.” Macromolecules 2013, 46, 867–873. Link: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ma301999a
   
• Dishari, S. K.; Hickner, M. A. “Confinement and Proton Transfer in Nafion Thin Films.” Macromolecules 2013, 46, 413-421. Link: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ma3011137
   
• Dishari, S. K.; Hickner, M. A. “Antiplasticization and Water Uptake of Nafion Thin Films.” ACS Macro Lett. 2012, 1, 291-295 (Cover Story). Link: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/mz200169a
   
• Dishari, S.K.; Kan-Yi, P.; Liu, B. “Combinatorial Energy Transfer between an End-Capped Conjugated Polyelectrolyte and Chromophore-Labeled PNA for Strand-Specific DNA Detection,”  Macromol. Rapid Commun. 2009, 30, 1645-1650 (Cover Story). Link: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/marc.200900281
   
• Dishari, S. K.; Liu, B. “A Sensitive and Selective Solid-State DNA Sensor by LBL Self-Assembly: Smart Use of Conjugated Oligofluorenes.”  Proc. Intl. Conf. Chem. Eng. 2008, 29-33.
   
• Liu, B.; Dishari, S. K. “Synthesis, Characterization and Application of Cationic Water Soluble Oligofluorenes in DNA Hybridization Detection.” Chem. Eur. J. 2008, 14, 7366-7375. Link: https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/chem.2…