CV

General Information

Full Name Sruthi Prasood Usha
Languages English, Malayalam, Hindi

Education

  • 2018
    Ph.D in Physics
    Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India
    • CGPA - 9.5/10
    • Dissertation - “Surface Plasmon and Lossy Mode Resonance based Fiber Optic Chemical and Biosensors Utilizing Zinc Oxide.”
  • 2013
    Master of Technology (M.Tech) in Optoelectronics and Laser Technology
    International School of Photonics, Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT) Kerala, India
    • CGPA - 9.36/10
    • Dissertation - “Digital Holography and its Applications for the Measurement of Temperature of Gaseous Flames.”
  • 2010
    Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) in Electronics and Communications Engineering
    PAACET, Kerala University, Kerala, India
    • CGPA - 7.37/10

Experience

  • 2024 - Present
    Humboldt - Postdoctoral Research Fellow
    Chair for Bioinspired Materials and Biosensor Technologies, Institute of Material Science, Faculty of Engineering, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel/Kiel University, Germany
  • 2023 - Present
    Research Scientist
    Chair for Bioinspired Materials and Biosensor Technologies, Institute of Material Science, Faculty of Engineering, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel/Kiel University, Germany
  • 2019 - 2021
    National Post-Doctoral Fellow, SERB
    Biomedical Engineering Group, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India

Honors and Awards

  • 2024
    • KiNSIS Early Career Award, CAU
    • Guest Editor, Special Issue in Biosensors
  • 2022
    • Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)-American Chemical Society (ACS) -Online Research Poster Competition Award
  • 2019
    • SERB, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India-NPDF Award for Research 2019
    • Shri Jaidutt Shrimati Saraswati Sodha Research Award for the session 2018-2019 from IIT Delhi, India