Kiran Vaddi
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About
Kiran Vaddi is a researcher at the forefront of materials acceleration platforms and automated nanomaterial synthesis. Their work centers on developing high-throughput, robotic workflows to accelerate the discovery and optimization of nanomaterials, with a particular focus on peptide-driven synthesis of gold nanoparticles and sonochemical production of CdSe nanocrystals. In their 2022 study, Vaddi introduced a liquid-handling robot to synthesize gold nanostructures, coupled with novel multivariate analysis methods to quantitatively compare how different peptides and their modifications influence nucleation and growth—a significant step toward rational design of bio-inspired nanomaterials. This work has garnered 4 citations. Expanding this vision, Vaddi’s 2023 paper (3 citations) describes a complete open-hardware and software Materials Acceleration Platform (MAP) integrating a Jubilee tool-changing robot, an Opentrons OT2 liquid handler, and a well-plate spectrometer for automated sonochemical synthesis of CdSe nanocrystals. By making the entire workflow open-source and modular, Vaddi is democratizing access to autonomous experimentation, enabling faster materials discovery while reducing manual labor. Their contributions are paving the way for self-driving laboratories in nanochemistry.
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