Padma Rajagopalan, Virginia Tech (IMAGE) Virginia Tech Caption Padma Rajagopalan, an assistant professor in the department of chemical engineering at Virginia Tech, is the primary investigator in liver mimic research that eventually could form the basis for extracorporeal liver-assist devices. Credit Steven Mackay, Virginia Tech Usage Restrictions With any reports of Padma Rajagopalan's research at Virginia Tech License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.