B.Sc. 1968, Imperial College,University of London, England
Ph.D. 1972, Imperial College, University of London, England
Dr. Teja has published more than 250 papers and advised more than 50 graduate students. He is a Fellow of AIChE, and was the 2002 recipient of the AIChE's Institute Award for Excellence in Industrial Gases Technology. He has also served on numerous editorial boards and won teaching and service awards.
Dr. Teja's main areas of research are thermophysical properties of materials and separation processes, particularly processes involving supercritical fluids. His research addresses problems related to environmental control, natural gas transmission, pharmaceutical processing, polymer processing, and nanoparticle production. Specific current projects include VOC emissions from aqueous solutions; polymer blend formation and doping in supercritical fluids; wax and amino acid crystallization; hydrothermal processes for nanoparticle synthesis; and thermal properties of nanofluids. The common theme in these projects is the exploitation of solubility phenomena and solvent properties to facilitate separations and product development.