Santhra Krishnan P
PhD student
Research Area: Nanostructured materials for oil-water separation
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Email: santhra[dot]krishnanp[at]gmail[dot]com
Aneela Perumalla
PhD student
Research Area: Polymer encapsulants for organic perovskite solar cells (co-advised with Prof. Tiju Thomas, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, IITM)
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Email: aneelasusan[at]gmail[dot]com
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Guguloth Naresh
PhD student
Research Area: Stability of emulsions (co-advised with Prof. Ethayaraja Mani, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, IITM)
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Email: gugulothnaresh1999[at]gmail[dot]com
Suvitha S. Kumar
PhD student
Research Area: Bio-polymers and derivatives for use in environmental sensing and clean energy technologies (co-advised with Prof. Tiju Thomas, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, IITM)
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Email: suvithaskumar[at]gmail[dot]com
Leyli Ibrahimli
PhD student
Research Area: Synthesis and applications of luminescent copper-complex nanoparticles (co-advised by Prof. Parasuraman Swaminathan (IIT Madras) and Prof. Yann Pellegrin (Nantes University, France)
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Berly Robert
Post-doctoral fellow (under National PDF scheme, SERB)
Research Area: Bioolymer-based sensors for heavy metal detection
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Email: berlyrobert87[at]gmail[dot]com
Mississippi M. Bhunia
Post-doctoral Fellow
Research Area: Sustainable e-waste recycling technologies
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Email: mmbph100[at]gmail[dot]com
Thankam Regi
Project Scientist
Research Area: Formulation and drying of paints and printing inks
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Email: thankamregi12345[at]gmail[dot]com
Shivaraj Kumar
Senior Project Scientist
Research Area: Recycling of E-waste
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Email: shivarajkumaar.k[at]gmail[dot]com
Saisupriyalakshmi J. S.
MS student
Research Area: Defect energetics of oxynitride ceramics (co-advised with Prof. Tiju Thomas, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, IITM)
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Email: saisupriyalakshmi1999[at]gmail[dot]com
Gopalan S.
B. Tech. student
Research Area: Colloidal photonic crystals
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Karthi Hari Krishnan
B. Tech. student
Research Area: Colloidal photonic crystals
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Sai Geethika Vinnakota
PhD student 2024-'25 (Quit the program)
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Current affiliation: PhD student at The Australian National University
Sai Teja Banala
Master of Science by Research (MS) student 2021-'25
(Jointly with Prof. Tiju Thomas, Dept. of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, IIT Madras)
Thesis title: Oxide-coated Al-Cu based nanoparticles for enhances solar water heating
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Current affiliation: Brakes India Pvt. Limited, India
Rinsha Padmarajan P V
PhD student 2018-'24
Thesis title: Phase Behaviour and Molecular Interactions in Aqueous Sodium Polystyrene Sulphonate Systems
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Current affiliation: Carborundum Universal Limited, India
Subrata Sarkar
Master of Science by Research (MS) student 2021-'24
(Jointly with Prof. A. P. Baburaj, Dept. of Applied Mechanics and Biomedical Engineering, IIT Madras)
Thesis title: Thermal Convection in Vertical Thin Soap Films
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Current affiliation: PhD student at University of Edinburgh, UK
Arasakumaran K.
Master of Science by Research (MS) student 2022-'24
Thesis title: Hydrodynamics of bilayer dip coating flows on permeable substrates
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Current affiliation: PhD student at Universite Paris-Saclay, France
M. Venkatramanan
B.Tech final year project 2021-'22
Immediate subsequent affiliation: MS student at University of California at Los Angeles, USA
Current affiliation: Eurofins (EAG Laboratories), USA
Satyajit Panda
Summer Research Intern (May - July 2022), B.Tech student at NIT Rourkela, India
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Current affiliation: Graduate student at University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, USA
Dr. Raghuram Elancheran
Senior Project Scientist / Postdoctoral researcher (2021 - 2022)
Research area: Molecular dynamics simulations of polyelectrolyte-solvent interactions
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Current affiliation: Postodoctoral researcher at University of Michigan, USA
Dr. Swathi E.
PhD student (2016 - 2022)
​Thesis title: Photoresponsive properties of azo-polyurea and its blends with potential use in light-assisted patterning
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Immediate subsequent affiliation: Post doctoral industrial fellow at Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research IAP, Germany
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Current affiliation: Defence Research and Development Organisation, ATVP, Hyderabad
Dr. Rahul Sathyanath
PhD student (2016 - 2021) & Senior Research Scientist (2023-2024)
PhD Thesis title: Coating flows and features of liquids, suspensions, and polymers near porous substrates
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Current Affiliation: Post doctoral reseacher at Université Paris-Saclay, France
Srinithi R.
Project Officer (Dec 2020 - June 2021)
Research area: Application of conducting polymer films in heavy metal sensors
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Current affiliation: Saint Gobain Research India
Naveed Ahmed
Project Officer (Feb -June 2021)
Research area: Miscibility of additives in conducting polymer films and their effect on thin film coating properties
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Current affiliation: Early stage researcher at ELI-ALPS Research Institute, Hungary
Anurag Pant
Project Officer (Sep -Dec 2020, in collaboration with Prof. A.P. Baburaj, Dept. of Applied Mechanics, IIT Madras)
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Research area: Interfacial instability in radially-expanding liquid jet
Dr. Shantharama
PhD student (2014-2020) and Project Officer (Feb - April 2021)
Thesis title: Marangoni Flows in Thin Liquid Films
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Current Affiliation: Applications Developer at Kyndryl India, Bengaluru.
Archita V.
Remote Summer Internship (April - July 2020) in joint collaboration with Dr.Sriharitha Rowthu, IIT Gandhinagar
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Current Affiliation: Master's student at ETH Zurich, Switzerland
A. Aarthi
Junior Research Fellow (March 2018 - August 2019)
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Current Affiliation: Data scientist at Fiserv, USA
Parvathi Madhu
Dual Degree(B.Tech/M.Tech) final year project 2018 -'19
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Current affiliation: PayGlocal, India
Siddhartha S. Nathan
B.Tech final year project 2018 -'19
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Current affiliation: Graduate student at Northwestern University, USA.
Hariharan U.
Dual Degree (B.Tech & M.Tech) final year project 2017-'18
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​Current affiliation: The University of British Columbia, Canada
Paidi Venkatesh Kumar
B.Tech final year project 2017-'18
Current affiliation: Faculty at Jaya Vishwambhara classes, Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Akshaya S.
Junior Research Fellow (July 2017 - Jan 2018)
Current affiliation: Process Engineer LNG & Cryogenics at Shell, Netherlands
Bhawna Jaiswal
Undergraduate Intern from NIT Raipur - Summer 2016
Sharvind Karthikeya
B.Tech final year project 2016-'17
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Current affiliation: JP Morgan, India