Principal Investigators
The University of Tulsa
Nagu Daraboina, Ph.D.
Projects
Bio
Dr. Daraboina, holds M.E. (2008) degree in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc, India), and a Ph.D. (2012) degree in Chemical and Biological Engineering from the University of British Columbia (UBC, Canada). While working toward his doctoral degree (2010) Nagu worked as a visiting Scholar at the National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa (NRC, Canada) and gained valuable experience in molecular level techniques (Raman, NMR, DSC, XRD etc). From 2012 to 2014, Nagu worked as a postdoctoral research fellow at the Centre for Energy Resources Engineering (CERE) at Denmark Technical University (DTU, Denmark) and acquired skills in experimental and computational petroleum thermodynamics. His main research interest are in the areas of flow assurance, carbon dioxide capture & storage, petroleum thermodynamics and polymer degradation. He has authored or coauthored more than 30 publications in these areas. Nagu worked on the Tulsa University Paraffin Deposition Projects (TUPDP) as a Research Associate in 2015. Currently serving as Research Assistant Professor of Petroleum Engineering and Associate Director of TUPDP. His main responsibilities include the fundamental understanding of paraffin deposition in multiphase flow and develop strategies to mitigate the risk of wax formation in oil and gas pipelines. Nagu is a member of Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) and American Institute of Chemical engineers (AICHE).