Jitendra Mata

Food Science Project
Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Phone +61 2 9717 7221
Email jitendra.mata@ansto.gov.au

After two years of postdoctoral experience at The Australian National University, Jitendra Mata joined the Food Science Group in June 2009. His work is applying a multidisciplinary approach to understand the factors that influence the material properties of proteins. Particular focus is on correlating the molecular properties of proteins with their behavior in solution, during drying and re-hydration, pure and as mixed systems. He is also interested to study the protein and its interaction with range of organic and inorganic additives. Small angle X-ray and neutron scattering and quasi-elastic neutron scattering techniques are proposed to study protein behavior in different environment. Both structural and dynamic information based on a range of factors including moisture content, temperature, pH, ionic strength and co-solutes are areas of interest. He works closely with collaborators in Food Science Australia and The University of Queensland and with industry through a protein research consortium. He is also an associate with the instrument advisory team of USANS and SANS instrument at the OPAL Reactor, ANSTO.

He worked with Prof. John White on soft matter, including the air water interface and the high internal phase emulsions and their characterization by range of different techniques. The work was in collaboration with ORICA, Australia's largest chemical company. He has also studied the milk protein structure, effect of high pressure on milk micelles and behavior of proteins at air water interface. His doctoral work with Prof. P. Bahadur at V.N.S.G. University, India was on Investigation of polymeric surfactant and mixed surfactant system by different techniques. It involved characterization and phase transition study of self-assembling system such as block copolymers, conventional surfactants and their multi component mixtures.

Qualifications and achievements:

2007 ANU Travel Grant: for attending the Japan-Australia Symposium in Japan
2006 Postdoctoral Fellowship: Australian National University, Australia
2005 Dr. Santi Nath Ghosh Memorial (Young Scientist) Award
2005 Ph.D: Department of Chemistry, V. N. S. G. University, India
Thesis: Investigation on Polymeric Surfactant & Mixed Surfactant Solutions By Different Techniques under Prof. P. Bahadur
2003 Two Gold Medals and Two Prizes for the highest marks in M.Sc. Chemistry by THE PRESIDENT OF INDIA, Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
2002 Dr. C. M. Desai award for the highest marks in Chemistry in M.Sc-I
2002 M.Sc: Department of Chemistry, V. N. S. G. University, India
Major: Analytical Chemistry
2000 B.Sc: P. T. Science College, V. N. S. G. University, India
Major: Chemistry
2000 CIC: I.G.N.O. University, India
Major: Computing

Selected Recent Publications

[1] Nano- and Microstructure of the Interfaces between Air, Oil and Water Duncan J. McGillivray, Jitendra P. Mata, John W. White, Johann Zank, Langmuir 25 (2009) 40654069.
[2] Effect of Phenol on the Aggregation Characteristics of an Ethylene Oxide-Propylene Oxide Triblock Copolymer P-65 in Aqueous Solution J. P. Mata, P. R. Majhi, O. Kubot, A. Khanal, K. Nakashima, P. Bahadur, J. Colloid Interface Science 320 (2008) 275282.
[3] Aggregation Behavior of Pluronic-L64 In Presence of Sodium Dodecyl Sulphate in Water J. P. Mata, P. R. Majhi, Yamashita, A. Khanal, K. Nakashima,P. Bahadur, J. Dispersion Sci. & Tech. 29 (2008) 12481256.
[4] Study of Salt and Ionic Surfactant Effects on the Micellization of P123, F127 Block Copolymers in Aqueous Solution by Dynamic Light Scattering Bhavesh Bharatiya, Jitendra Mata, Goutam Ghosh, P. Bahadur, J. Dispersion Sci. & Tech. 29 (2008) 696 - 701.
[5] Conductometry and Thermodynamics Study of Metal Dodecyl Sulfates in Aqueous Solution Tejas Joshi, Jitendra Mata and Tejas Patel, J. Dispersion Sci. & Tech. 28 (2007) 1158-1163.
[6] A Phenol-Induced Structural Transition in Aqueous Cetyltrimethylammonium Bromide Solution J. P. Mata, V. K. Aswal, P. A. Hassan and P. Bahadur, J. Colloid Interface Science 299 (2006) 910-915.
[7] Interaction of Cationic Surfactants with Carboxymethylcellulose in Aqueous Media Jitendra Mata, Jaykumar Patel, Nirmesh Jain, Gautam Ghosh and P. Bahadur J. Colloid Interface Science 297 (2006) 797-804.
[8] Hydrodynamic and Clouding Behavior of Triton X-100 + SDS Mixed Micellar Systems in the presence of Sodium Chloride Jitendra Mata, J. Dispersion Sci. & Tech. 27 (2006) 49-54.