Dr. Wafa Tonny
Adjunct Faculty
Office: C.L. Wilson 201A
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Research Expertise: Sustainable polymer based nanocomposites for thin and bulk film applications
Research Areas: Bio-resourced polymers, block copolymers, nanomaterials, thin films based humidity sensor, mechanical properties of thin and bulk films
Current Research: Sustainable polymer based colorimetric humidity sensors, mechanical properties of thin nanocomposite films, sustainable double polymer network hydrogels
Relevant Publications
(Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=list_works&hl=en&hl=en&user=kQjUYpAAAAAJ)
- Wafa Tonny, Mohammad Oliuddin Tuhin, Rafiqul Islam, Ruhul Amin Khan*; “Fabrication and Characterization of Biodegradable Packaging Films Using Starch and Chitosan: Effect of Glycerol”; J Chem Eng Chem 2014, Res 1 (5), 343-352.
- Muhammad Ayser, Wafa Tonny, Isabella Sanchez Hernandez, Rohana Kuriakose, Justin D Smith, Samuel Wallaert, Alamgir Karim, Megan L Robertson, Venkatesh Balan*; “Fractionating Chitin and Coproducts from Pleurotus ostreatus Mushrooms”; Waste Biomass Valor 2023, 1-14 (https://doi.org/10.1007/s12649-023-02364-5).
- Ali Masud, Wenjie Wu, Maninderjeet Singh, Wafa Tonny, Ali Ammar, Kshitij Sharma, Joseph W. Strzalka, Tanguy Terlier, Jack F. Douglas*, and Alamgir Karim*; “Solvent Processing and Ionic Liquid-Enabled Long-Range Vertical Ordering in Block Copolymer Films with Enhanced Film Stability” Macromolecules 2021, 54, 18, 8512–8525.
- Wenjie Wu, Maninderjeet Singh, Yue Zhai, Ali Masud, Wafa Tonny, Chuqing Yuan, Rongguan Yin, Abdullah M Al-Enizi, Michael R Bockstaller, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, Jack F Douglas, and Alamgir Karim*; “Facile Entropy-Driven Segregation of Imprinted Polymer-Grafted Nanoparticle Brush Blends by Solvent Vapor Annealing Soft Lithography”; ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2022, 14, 40, 45765–45774.
- Mohammad O. Tuhin, Nazia Rahman*, M.E. Haque, Ruhul A. Khan*, N.C. Dafader, Rafiqul Islam, Mohammad Nurnabi, Wafa Tonny; “Modification of mechanical and thermal property of chitosan–starch blend films”; Radiation Physics and Chemistry 2012, 81 (10), 1659-1668.
- Kamol Dey, Poonam Alamgir, Shahnaz Parvin, Gulshana Mohol, Wafa Tonny, Mubarak A Khan, Ruhul A Khan*; Characterization of Phosphate Glass Reinforced Gelatin Blend Bioactive Composite Films” Journal of Research Updates in Polymer Science 2014, 3 (3), 149-156.
Education
Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering University of Houston, Houston, Texas , 2024
Master of Engineering in Materials Science & Engineering, University of Houston, 2020
Master of Science in Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Texas at Arlington, 2017
Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Applied Chemistry and chemical Engineering, University of Dhaka- Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2011