Dharma Kodali

Adjunct Professor
25 Kaufert Laboratory 2004 Folwell Ave. St. Paul, MN 55108
dkodali@umn.edu
+1 612 626 2687

Education

Ph.D. - Synthetic medicinal chemistry, Kurukshetra University, India. 1980.

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Areas of Interest

My research interests include new product development and byproduct utilization of renewable raw materials for food and industrial applications. Development of chemical modifications of fats and oils for value added applications as bioplasticizers, biolubricants, biofuels and chemical intermediates. Development of trans fat replacement solutions. Studies involving isolation, characterization, oxidative stability, shelf-life, synthesis, properties and functionality evaluations of fats/oils and other renewable materials.

Select Publications

Book:

  • Trans Fats Replacement Solutions. Ed: Dharma R. Kodali, AOCS press, Champaign, IL, 2014.

Book Chapters:

  • Development, Properties and Applications of High-Performance Biolubricants. D. R. Kodali, Chapter 17, PP: 596-623. In Advances in Biorefineries: Biomass and Waste Supply Chain Exploitation. Ed: K. Waldron. Woodhead Publishing, UK, 2014.
  • Trans Fats: Health, Chemistry, Functionality and Potential Replacement Solutions. Dharma R. Kodali, Chapter 1, PP: 1-40. In Trans Fats Replacement Solutions. Editor: Dharma R. Kodali, AOCS press, Champaign, IL, 2014.

Journals and Patents:

  • Synthesis and Functional Evaluation of Soy Fatty Acid Methyl Ester Ketals as Bioplasticizers Kandula, S., Stolp, L., Grass, M., Woldt, B. and Kodali, D. Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society DOI:10.1007/s11746-014-2529-8, 2014.
  • Bio-renewable plasticizers derived from vegetable oil. Kodali, D. R.; Stolp, L. J.; Bhattacharya, M., U.S. Pat. Appl. US 20130228097 A1 20130905, 2013.
  • Development of bioplasticizers derived from soybean oil. Kodali, D. R.; Stolp, L. J. 17th Annual Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference, Bethesda, MD, June 18-20, 2013.
  • Crystallization kinetics of organogels prepared by rice bran wax and vegetable oils. Samuditha, Lakmali; D. K.; Kodali, D. R.; Ueno, S.; Sato, K. Journal of Oleo Science, 61, 1-9, 2012.