Faculty & Staff

Dr. Venkat Bhethanabotla

Bethanabotla

Professor and Director of Materials Science & Engineering

Phone: 813-974-3041 | Office: IDRB 218

Email: bhethana@usf.edu

Research cluster: Advanced Materials, Energy and Sustainability

Honors and Awards

  • Fellow of National Academicy of Inventors (2020)
  • Fellow of AIMBE (2017)
  • Fellow of AAAS (2015)
  • Fellow of AIChE (2012)

Education and Training

  • PhD, Pennsylvannia State University
  • BS, Osmania University (India)

Research Overview

The Bhethanabotla group currently works on acoustic wave devices and systems for biological sensing and sample generation for mass spectrometry, and on catalytic materials and processes for applications in energy conversion and environmental remediation.

Selected Publications

  • Huang, Y.; Ma, Q.; Taylor, A.; Lienard, L.; Evans-Nguyen, T.; Bhethanabotla, V. R. Disruption and Nebulization of Lipid Vesicles Using Surface Acoustic Waves for Direct Mass Spectrometry. Lab on a Chip 2025.
  • Huang, Y.; Evans-Nguyen, T.; Bhethanabotla, V.R. Dual-mode SAW biosensor with Rayleigh mixing and Love wave for enhanced cancer biomarker detection in plasma, IEEE Sensors Letters 2025.
  • Das, P. K.; Cogal, G. C.; Oksuz, A. U.; Bhethanabotla, V. R. A combined theoretical and experimental investigation into the propulsion mechanism of acoustic/magnetic hybrid-power-driven Au/Ni nanoswimmers. Sensors and Actuators A: Physical 2025, 116601.
  • Das, P. K.; Bhethanabotla, V. R. Acoustothermal effect: mechanism and quantification of the heat source. Journal of Fluid Mechanics 2025, 1012, A11.
  • Shi, H.; Guo, J.; Singh, P.; Bhethanabotla, V. R.; Kuhn, J. N. Role of SiO 2 in enhancing CO yield by using silica-supported La 0.5 Ba 0.5 FeO 3 in reverse water–gas shift chemical looping. RSC Sustainability 2025, 3 (2), 836-843.