Background
Kompala, Dhinakar Sathyanathan was born on November 20, 1958 in Madras, India. Arrived in the United States, 1979. Son of Sathyanathan and Sulochana Kompala.
engineering researcher engineering educator
Kompala, Dhinakar Sathyanathan was born on November 20, 1958 in Madras, India. Arrived in the United States, 1979. Son of Sathyanathan and Sulochana Kompala.
Bachelor of Technology, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, 1979. Master of Science, Purdue University, 1982. Doctor of Philosophy, Purdue University, 1984.
Assistant professor chemical engineering, U. Colorado, Boulder, 1985-1991; associate professor, U. Colorado, Boulder, since 1991. Visiting associate chemical engineering California Institute Technology, 1991-1992. Visiting professor International Center Biotechnology, Osaka U., Japan, 1999.
Member American Institute Chemical Engineers (program chair 2000, 01), American Chemical Society (biotechnology program chair biochemistry technical division 1993).
Married Sushila Viswamurthy Rudramuniappa, November 18, 1983. Children: Tejaswi Dina, Chytanya Robby.