Dr. Vidhika Damani

Documenting my research journey.

Conferences and Scientific Presentations

Oral presentations highlighted.

  1. Vidhika Damani and Laure Kayser, “Synthesis of stimuli-responsive and conducting polyelectrolyte complexes”, June 10, 2021, ACS Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting, (poster).
  2. Vidhika Damani and Laure Kayser, “Synthesis of Stimuli-Responsive and Conducting Polyelectrolyte Complexes”, June 24, 2021, Empowering Women in Organic Chemistry, (poster).
  3. Vidhika Damani and Laure Kayser, “Reversibly Gellable Conductive Hydrogels for Minimally Invasive Bioelectronics”, June 4, 2022, ACS Mid-Atlantic Regional Meeting, Ewing Township, NJ (oral presentation).
  4. Vidhika Damani and Laure Kayser, “Thermo-responsive and conductive polyelectrolyte complex as injectable hydrogels”, August 22, 2022, ACS Fall National Meeting, Chicago, IL (oral presentation).
  5. Vidhika Damani, Xinran Xie, Khushboo Suman, Giana Alepa, Casey Lorch, Julian Alberto, Yuhang Wu, Ai Nin Yang, Norman Wagner, Jonathan Rivnay, and Laure V. Kayser, “Reversible thermal gelation of PEDOT:PSS towards injectable bioelectronics”, June 4-5, 2023, Gordon Research Conference – Bioelectronics,  Andover, NH (poster presentation).
  6. Vidhika Damani, Xinran Xie, Khushboo Suman, Giana Alepa, Casey Lorch, Julian Alberto, Yuhang Wu, Ai Nin Yang, Norman Wagner, Jonathan Rivnay, and Laure V. Kayser, “Reversibly gellable conductive polyelectrolyte complexes toward injectable bioelectronics”, Finalist for Eastman Chemical Award in Applied Polymer Science, August 14, 2023, ACS Fall National Meeting, San Francisco, CA (invited talk).
  7. Vidhika Damani, Xinran Xie, Khushboo Suman, Giana Alepa, Casey Lorch, Julian Alberto, Yuhang Wu, Ai Nin Yang, Norman Wagner, Jonathan Rivnay, and Laure V. Kayser, “Thermo-Responsive Conductive Gels for Injectable Bioelectronics”, November 27, 2023, Materials Research Society Fall National Meeting, Boston, MA (oral presentation).
  8. Vidhika Damani, Ai-Nin Yang, Dan-My Nguyen and Laure V. Kayser, “Functional Electronically Conductive Hydrogels”, April 5, 2024, UD Materials Science and Engineering Career Day, Newark, DE (poster presentation).
  9. Vidhika Damani, Xinran Xie, Khushboo Suman, Giana Alepa, Casey Lorch, Julian Alberto, Yuhang Wu, Ai Nin Yang, Norman Wagner, Jonathan Rivnay, and Laure V. Kayser, “Thermo-reversible gelation of PEDOT:PSS-based polymers”, September 4 – September 8, 2024, Asilomar Bioelectronics Symposium, Monterey, CA (poster presentation).
  10. Vidhika Damani, Benjamin Keith Keitz, Adrianne Rosales, “Effect of polymer architecture on the gelation mechanics of dynamic covalent gels”, National Postdoc Appreciation Week Research Symposium, UT Austin, September 17, 2025 (upcoming, poster presentation).
  11. Vidhika Damani, Benjamin Keith Keitz, Adrianne Rosales, “Effect of polymer architecture on the gelation mechanics of dynamic covalent gels”, UT-Wide Postdoctoral Research Symposium, UT Arlington, September 19, 2025 (upcoming, poster presentation).