Sunkara V. Manorama

Biography

Dr. Sunkara (nee) Vardhireddy Manorama holds a MSc degree in Solid State Physics followed by a MPhil and then a PhD in Physics from the Department of Physics Poona University. During this time she was awarded a Commonwealth fellowship under when she spent one year as a postdoctoral fellow at the School of Physics, UWCC, Cardiff, Wales, UK. After her return she relocated and joined CSIR-IICT, Hyderabad to pursue her Research career where she is currently a Senior Principal Scientist in the Nanomaterials group of the Inorganic and Physical Chemistry Division. 

Research Interest

Involved in the synthesis methodologies to obtain functional nanomaterials and composites for applications in chemical sensing, catalysis including visible light photocatalysis, DSSCs, biology and biomedicine, The primary goal of the research is directed towards main aim is to obtain hierarchical nanostructures under mild conditions with ease of upscaling, with control on phase, morphology etc. during synthesis for the desired applications, Appropriate surface functionalization strategies to make them multifunctional and suitable for several applications including biocompatibility for the biomedical applications, Characterization, device fabrication and studying the device characteristics like I-V, C-V, sensing characteristics and performance evaluation of the devices for establishing structure property relationship.