Sandeep Patel

Sandeep Patel is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Delaware, where he leads the Patel Research Group. His work bridges computational chemistry, biophysics, and high-performance computing to study molecular-level processes in biological and environmental systems.

• B.S. (1992) from Drexel University
• Ph.D. (1999) from MIT
• Postdoctoral work (1999–2006) at The Scripps Research Institute

His research focuses on molecular dynamics simulations to explore:

• Lipid bilayers and membrane proteins
• Protein-ligand binding energetics
• Hydrophobic hydration and solvation
• Carbon nanomaterials at atomic/mesoscales
• Development of polarizable force fields
• GPU-accelerated simulation software

Recent publications highlight applications in ion-specific effects, peptide translocation, and environmental interface modeling. His group has received the NSF CAREER award and produced advisees like Dr. Di Cui, Dr. Yuan Hu, and Dr. Shuching Ou who have won research fellowships and presented at conferences such as the ACS Meeting and NVIDIA GPU Technology Conference.

Notable collaborations include seminars at Virginia Tech, University of Maryland, and Concordia University. The lab actively participates in multiscale computational methods and GPU-enabled software development (e.g., FENZI code).