S. Parveen – Nanotechnology and Chemistry – Women Researcher Award

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S. Parveen – Nanotechnology and Chemistry – Women Researcher Award

Dr. parveen distinguished academic and researcher in the field Nanotechnology and chemistry.

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Educations📚📚📚

She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Physical, Inorganic, and Organic Chemistry from Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, completed in 2005 with an impressive 91.5% marks. She pursued her postgraduate studies in the same field at Bharathiar University, graduating in 2007 with 80% marks. Additionally, she earned an M.Phil. in Inorganic Chemistry from Bharathiar University in 2008. Her academic journey culminated in a Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry from Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, which she completed between 2012 and 2018. Her Ph.D. thesis was titled “Structural diversity and biological evaluation of metal complexes of Schiff bases generated from hydrazine derivatives and α-ketoacids.”

Awards and other Honours

She has received numerous distinctions, prizes, medals, awards, and other honors throughout her academic and professional career. She qualified for the GATE examination in February 2007 with an impressive 85%, securing an All India Rank of 727. She was awarded the Bharathiar University First Rank holder award in M.Sc. Chemistry by the Governor. In July 2023, she inaugurated the “BioInspired Material Research Laboratory” for conducting a DST project at her host institute. She acted as the Chief Guest for the research workshop “Art of Proposal Writing for Research Grants” held on August 12, 2023, at Dr. N.G.P. Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, India. Additionally, she served as a resource person in a “Knowledge Sharing Session” conducted by Dr. Mahalingam College of Engineering and Technology, Pollachi. Recently, her manuscript was selected for the cover page of the New Journal of Chemistry.

Membership

She has been actively involved in various national and international academies and professional societies. In April-May 2006, she completed the STIC’06 summer research fellowship in the field of Infrared and Mass Spectroscopy at IGCAR, Kalpakkam. From May 2014 to April 2017, she successfully completed a DST-WOS(A) project worth Rs. 18,18,517. In October 2019, she was recognized as a Research Supervisor under the Faculty of Science and Humanities (Ref. No. 3470036) by Anna University, Chennai.

Research Experience

As of February 15, 2024, she has extensive research experience, having held various positions in chronological order. She is currently a Women Scientist under the DST-WOS(A) program since April 20, 2023, serving as the Principal Investigator. Prior to this, she held the same position from May 8, 2014, to May 7, 2017, and successfully completed her responsibilities as the Principal Investigator. From September 1, 2007, to September 30, 2008, she worked as a Research Scholar at Bharathiar University, focusing on project work.

She has also been involved in significant research projects, including “Metal Hydrazones as precursors for the synthesis of nanocrystalline metal and mixed metal (spinel) oxides,” funded by DST-WOS(A) with an amount of Rs. 18,18,500 in 2014. Another ongoing project, “Nanostructured bi-functional metal Schiff base complexes and its spinel oxides for biological and energy storage applications,” is also funded by DST-WOS(A) with an amount of Rs. 33,02,620.

In terms of research supervision, she has guided several students. She supervised Mr. M. Arun, who completed his M.E. in Civil Engineering from Anna University in 2021. Currently, she is supervising two B.E. Civil Engineering students, Ms. S. Sangamithra and Ms. R. Jeetha, both of whom are expected to complete their degrees from Anna University in 2024.

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Neha Agarwal – Additive Manufacturing and Material Science – Best Researcher Award

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Neha Agarwal – Additive Manufacturing and Material Science – Best Researcher Award

Ms. Neha Agarwal distinguished academic and researcher in the field Additive Manufacturing and Material Science. Proven experience in bridging the gap between Biotechnology and Material Sciences with surface techniques
and characterization. Have successfully published scientific papers in high-impact journals.

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Educations📚📚📚

She is currently pursuing a PhD in Material Science at Dublin City University in Ireland, focusing on additive manufacturing of Ni-rich nitinol for superelastic properties for stent applications. Prior to that, she obtained a Master of Science in Micro and Nano Systems from Chemnitz University of Technology in Germany, with a grade of 2.1. She completed her Bachelor of Electronics and Communications Engineering with First Class with Distinction at Visveswariah Technological University in India.

Research experience

She has a diverse range of work experiences spanning various fields and countries. From May 2020 to August 2020, she engaged in upskilling herself with courses on Digital Marketing and Project Management through SkillnetIreland. In November 2019, she worked as a Researcher at Saarland University in Saabruecken, Germany, focusing on nanotechnological development for microfluidics.

From November 2018 to February 2019, she served as a Consultant at Altran S.A.S Deutschland – Carl Zeiss SMT in Oberkochen, Germany. Her responsibilities included the calculation of pressure drop in piping systems, development of a modular tool in Excel and MATLAB, and verification of the tool through Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD).

She also engaged in upskilling on the German language for B2 certification at VHS in Saarbrücken, Germany, from January 2018 to October 2018.

Her work as an Optical Engineer at Sectago GmbH in Saarbrücken, Germany, from October 2016 to December 2017, involved the development of security features for banknotes and documents, including diffraction gratings, wafer preparation, material testing, and nanoimprinting.

Prior to that, from October 2014 to September 2016, she worked on electrode immobilization strategies for the construction of P450 biosensors.

Academic experience

She has extensive experience as a research assistant in various institutions and projects. At the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) Europe in Saarbrücken, Germany, she worked on sample preparation with aqueous solutions of pyrrole, polymerization using femtosecond Ultraviolet Laser on a microchip, synthesis of gold nanoparticles, and surface characterization using techniques like SEM, AFM, and conductivity measurements for antibody testing. She also contributed to the development of sensors in microfluidic chips through polymerization of conductive polymers using laser direct writing and surface modification techniques.

Previously, she was a research assistant at the Leibniz – Institute for New Materials (INM) in Saarbrücken, Germany. There, she worked on producing colorful coatings for various applications using Physical Vapor Deposition techniques, optimizing processes, investigating material properties, and employing different color measuring techniques.

Her master’s thesis at INM focused on micro-nano structuring and nitriding of Titanium alloy using fiber lasers for dental implants. This involved laser structuring, material characterization using various techniques, and structural analysis.

At Chemnitz University of Technology in Chemnitz, Germany, she worked on a research project involving capacitance-voltage characteristics of bi-layered MOSFETs, conducting measurements and analysis of dependency on frequency variations.

Her experiences demonstrate a strong background in research and hands-on work in materials science, nanotechnology, laser technology, and microfluidics.

📝🔬Publications📝

1. Effect of Heat Treatment Time and Temperature on the Microstructure and Shape Memory
Properties of Nitinol Wires, N Agarwal, J Ryan Murphy, TS Hashemi, T Mossop, D O’Neill, J
Power, A Shayegh, D Brabazon, Materials 16 (19), 6480

2. Influence of processing parameters on the corrosion resistance of additively manufactured
nitinol parts for biomedical applications, N Agarwal, KA Gallagher, S Keaveny, JG Carton, D
Brabazon, MA Obeidi, Results in Materials 21, 100536

3. Study of the effects of laser power and scanning speed on the microstructural morphologies and
physical properties of L-PBF produced Ni52. 39Ti47. 61, N Agarwal, MCC Monu, KT Selvam, MA
Obeidi, D Brabazon, Journal of Materials Research and Technology 27, 8334-8343

4. Influence of laser powder bed fusion and ageing heat treatment parameters on the phase
structure and physical behaviour of Ni-rich nitinol parts, N Agarwal, D Bourke, MA Obeidi, D
Brabazon, Journal of Materials Research and Technology, 2024

5. Laser induced anisotropic wetting on Ti–6Al–4V surfaces; Neha Agarwal, Alexander May, Juseok
Lee, Marcel Lambert, Cagri Kaan Akkan, F.P. Nothdurft, O.C. Aktas, Material Letters Journal

6. Ag–Al2O3 optical nanocomposites with narrow particle size distribution prepared by pulsed laser
deposition; Marcel Lambert, Alexander May, Cagri Kaan Akkan, Neha Agarwal, O.C. Aktas,
Material Letters Journal

7. A Cytochrome P450 3A4 Biosensor Based on Generation 4.0 PAMAM Dendrimers for the Detection
of Caffeine; Michael Müller, Neha Agarwal, Jungtae Kim, Biosensors

8. Direct writing of a conducting polymer pattern in aqueous solution by using an ultrashort laser
pulse; Neha Agarwal, Hyobong Ryu, Melanie Mangang, Wilhelm Pfleging, Jungtae Kim, Royal
Society of Chemistry Advances