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Curriculum vitae

Personal Information:

First Name : Dharmalingam

Last Name : Kurunthu

Nationality : Indian

Gender : Male

Date of Birth : 01st May 1980

Marital Status : Married

Contact details :

Home: Källby Ängaväg 8B Lgh 1102 222 71 Lund, Sweden. Office: Dept. of Physics, Chemistry and Biology (IFM), Linköping University, 581 83 Linköping, Sweden.

Email: *********@*****.***

Mobile:+467********

Educational Qualification:

Ph.D. (Physics), 2007. Annamalai University, India. Thesis title: Spectroscopic and dielectric studies of some carbonyl and hydroxyl systems. M.Sc. (Physics), 2002. Annamalai University, India. B.Sc. (Physics), 2000. A.V.V.M Sri Pushpam College/Bharathidasan University, India. Research experience:

11/2016 – Present; Postdoc, Linkoping University, Sweden Materials characterization for energy conversion and scintillation applications. 09/2014 – 10/2016; Researcher, Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Prague, Czech Republic.

Fabrication of plasmonic colloidal nanoparticles in liquids by laser ablation and its characterization

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Photophysical properties of organic semiconducting polymer solutions and thin films for solar energy applications using steady state and ultrafast optical spectroscopy.

07/07/2013 – 28/07/2013 (research collaboration visit) National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, Colorado, USA 09/2012 – 08/2014; Postdoc, Lund University, Sweden Ultrafast structural dynamics in transition metal complexes using X-ray spectroscopy through laboratory based table top laser induced x-ray sources and transition edge sensor (TES) based microcalorimeter detector. 09/2011 – 07/2012; Sr. Project Engineer, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India Fabrication of solution processed organic polymer solar cell device and study its electrical properties, lifetime and stability to improve/solve the bottlenecks related to commercialization.

04/2009 – 03/2011; Postdoc, University of California at Riverside, USA Photophysical properties of organic semiconductor thin films using steady state and ultrafast optical spectroscopy

01/2008 – 03/2009; Postdoc, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan Phonon dynamics in CdTe crystal using femtosecond time resolved x-ray diffraction

Teaching experience:

01/2007 – 12/2007, Senior lecturer, Karunya University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. Taught basic applied physics (theoretically) and instructed experimentally in physics practical labs to undergraduate engineering and technology students. Page 3 - Curriculum vitae of Dharmalingam Kurunthu Scientific and technical skills:

Organic semiconducting polymer materials characterization

Photophysics

Thin films (Spin-coating and Vacuum deposition)

Experience of working in clean room environment

Experience with ultrafast laser and x-rays

Experience in measurement and materials characterization

Optical microscope & Fluorimeter

UV-Vis and FTIR spectrophotometer

Charge Couple Device (CCD) and streak camera

Transition Edge Sensor (TES) based Microcalorimeter detector

Ti:Sapphire oscillator

Pump laser, regenerative amplifier, stretcher, compressor

Femtosecond Transient Absorption Spectrometer

Personal skills:

Self-motivated and focused

Very much interested in working with statistics

In my tasks, I am accurate, organized and approach with an analytical mindset

Strong commitment to quality and drive my tasks acting as an expert in my area.

Clear communicator, easily collaborate and network with colleagues, clients and suppliers.

Excellent interpersonal, oral & written english communication skills Computer skills:

Linux and Windows

Word, Excel, Power point and Paint

Python

Origin, ImageJ.

Honours & awards: Marquis Who’s Who in the World, 26th Edition, (2009), USA. Page 4 - Curriculum vitae of Dharmalingam Kurunthu Publications:

1. David Rais, Miroslav Menšík, Bartosz Paruzel, Dharmalingam Kurunthu and Jiří Pfleger, Phonons spreading from laser-heated gold nanoparticle array accelerate diffusion of excitons in underlying polythiophene thin film. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 19 (2017) 105**-*****.

2. Wilfred K. Fullagar, Jens Uhlig, Ujjwal Mandal, Dharmalingam Kurunthu, Amal El Nahhas, Hideyuki Tatsuno, Alireza Honarfar, Fredrik Parnefjord Gustaffson and Villy Sundström. Beating Darwin Bragg losses in lab based ultrafast X ray experiments, Structural Dynamics, 4 (2017) 044011. 3. J. Uhlig, W.B. Doriese, J.W. Fowler, D.S. Swetz, C. Jaye, D.A. Fischer, C.D. Reintsema, D.A. Bennett, L.R. Vale, U. Mandal, W. Fullagar, F. Parnefjord Gustafsson, D. Kurunthu, G.C. Hilton, D.R. Schmidt, V. Sundstrom and J.N. Ullom, High-resolution x-ray emission spectroscopy with transition-edge sensors, present performance and future potential, Journal of Synchrotron Radiation 22 (2015) 766– 775.

4. Geoffrey B. Piland, Jonathan J. Burdett, Dharmalingam Kurunthu and Christopher J. Bardeen, Magnetic field effects on singlet fission and fluorescence decay dynamics in amorphous rubrene, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 117 (2013) 1224–1236. 5. Shailendra Kumar Gupta, K. Dharmalingam, L. Sowjanya Pali, Shivam Rastogi, Arjun Singh and Ashish Garg, Degradation of organic photovoltaic devices: a review Nanomaterials and Energy, 2 (2012) 42–58.

6. Xiaoquan Zhou, Geoffrey B. Piland, Dharmalingam Kurunthu, Robert J. Dillon, Jonathan J. Burdett and Christopher J. Bardeen, The photophysics of the 2,6 dialkoxy anthracenes: evidence for excited state side-chain conformational relaxation, Journal of Luminescence 2012, 132, 2997–3003.

7. Zhenyu Zhang, Qipu Lin, Dharmalingam Kurunthu, Tao Wu, Fan Zuo, Shou-Tian Zheng, Christopher J. Bardeen, Xianhui Bu, Pingyun Feng, Synthesis and Photocatalytic Properties of a New Heteropolyoxoniobate Compound: K10[Nb2O2(H2O)2][SiNb12O40]•12H2O, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 133 (2011) 6934– 6937.

Page 5 - Curriculum vitae of Dharmalingam Kurunthu 8. Taehyung Kim, Dharmalingam Kurunthu, Jonathan J. Burdett, and Christopher J. Bardeen, The effects of nanopillar surface texturing on the photoluminescence of polymer films, J. Appl. Phys. 108 (2010) 033114-1–033114-6. 9. Yaobing Wang, Dharmalingam Kurunthu, Gary W. Scott, and Christopher J. Bardeen, Fluorescence Quenching in Conjugated Polymers Blended with Reduced Graphitic Oxide, J. Phys. Chem. C, 114 (2010) 4153–4159. 10. Kazutaka G. Nakamura, Satishi Ishii, Syusei Ishitsu, Masato Shiokawa, Hiroshi Takahashi, Kurunthu Dharmalingam, Jun Irisawa, Yoichiro Hironaka, Kunie Ishioka and Mashiro Kitajima, Femtosecond Time-resolved X-ray Diffraction from Optical Coherent Phonons in CdTe(111) Crystal. Applied Physics Letters, 93 (2008) 061905.

11. K. Dharmalingam and A. Jalbout, Molecular interaction of alkanols with acrylic esters: A spectroscopic study. Journal of Molecular Liquids, 141 (2008) 17–18. 12. K. Dharmalingam, K. Ramachandran, P. Sivagurunathan and G.M. Kalamse, Molecular interactions in alcohol–ethyl methacrylate mixtures. Spectrochimica Acta Part A 69 (2008) 467–470.

13. K. Dharmalingam, K. Ramachandran, P. Sivagurunathan, B. Prabhakar Undre, P.W. Khirade and S. C. Mehrotra, Dielectric relaxation of binary mixtures of alcohols with esters. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 107 (2008) 2312–2316. 14. K. Dharmalingam, K. Ramachandran and P. Sivagurunathan, FTIR and dielectric studies of molecular interaction between alkyl methacrylates and primary alcohols. Physica B 392 (2007) 127–131.

15. K. Dharmalingam, K. Ramachandran and P. Sivagurunathan, Hydrogen bonding interaction between acrylic esters and monohydric alcohols in non-polar solvents: an FTIR study. Spectrochimica Acta Part A 66 (2007) 48–51. 16. K. Dharmalingam, K. Ramachandran, P. Sivagurunathan and G. M. Kalamse, Molecular associations in alcohol-methyl methacrylate mixtures. Journal of Chemical and Engineering Data 52 (2007) 265–269.

17. P. Sivagurunathan, K. Dharmalingam, K. Ramachandran, B. Prabhakar Undre, P.W. Khirade and S. C. Mehrotra, Dielectric study of butyl methacrylate-alcohol mixtures by Time Domain Reflectometry, Physica B 387 (2007) 203–207. Page 6 - Curriculum vitae of Dharmalingam Kurunthu 18. P. Sivagurunathan, K. Dharmalingam, K. Ramachandran, B. Prabhakar Undre, P.W. Khirade and S. C. Mehrotra, Dielectric studies on binary mixtures of ester with alcohol using time domain reflectometry, Journal of Molecular Liquids 133 (2007) 139–145.

19. K. Dharmalingam and K. Ramachandran, Solvent effects on hydrogen bonding between 1-pentanol and butyl methacrylate. Physics and Chemistry of Liquids, 44

(2006) 77–81.

20. K. Dharmalingam, K. Ramachandran, P. Sivagurunathan and G. M. Kalamse, Dielectric Relaxation Studies of Primary Alcohols and Alkyl Methacrylates. Zeitschrift fuer Physikalische Chemie, 220 (2006) 1217–1222. 21. K. Dharmalingam, K. Ramachandran, P. Sivagurunathan, B. Prabhakar Undre, P.W. Khirade and S. C. Mehrotra, Dielectric studies of alkyl acrylates with primary alcohols using time domain reflectometry. Molecular Physics 104 (2006) 2835–2840. 22. P. Sivagurunathan, K. Dharmalingam and K Ramachandran, FTIR study of hydrogen bonding between acrylic esters and alcohols, Journal of Solution Chemistry, 35 (2006) 1467–1475.

23. P. Sivagurunathan, K. Dharmalingam and K. Ramachandran, Molecular interaction studies of acrylic esters with 1-alcohols, Spectrochimica Acta Part A, 64 (2006) 127– 129.

24. P. Sivagurunathan, K. Dharmalingam, K. Ramachandran, B. Prabhakar Undre, P.W. Khirade and S. C. Mehrotra, Dielectric relaxation study of alkyl methacrylates+1- alcohols mixtures using time domain reflectometry, Philosophical Magazine Letters 86 (2006) 291–300.

25. P. Sivagurunathan, K. Dharmalingam and K. Ramachandran, Hydrogen bonding interaction between methyl methacrylate and alcohols, Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie, 21 (2005) 1635–1638.

26. P. Sivagurunathan, K. Dharmalingam and K. Ramachandran, Molecular interaction studies of acrylic esters with alcohols, Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Physics, 43

(2005) 905–910.

Page 7 - Curriculum vitae of Dharmalingam Kurunthu Conference proceedings:

1. Joel Ullom, Marla Dowell, Joseph Fowler, Luis Miaja, Galen O'Neil, Kevin Silverman, Daniel Swetz, Dodderi Sagar, Zin Yoon, Ralph Jimenez, Jens Uhlig, Wilfred Fullagar, Dharmalingam Kurunthu, Ujjwal Mandal, and Villy Sundstrom,

(2014, June). X-ray absorption spectroscopy of iron tris (bipyridine) using superconducting microcalorimeters. Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), Conference on. IEEE, (2014), pp 1-2.

2. Shivam Rastogi, Kurunthu Dharmalingam, Monica Katiyar and Ashish Garg, Understanding Degradation Mechanism of Bulk Heterojunction, Organic Photovoltaic Devices, Proceedings of SPIE, 8549 (2012) 85493F-1–85493F-6. Presentations in conferences and colloquium:

1. Dharmalingam Kurunthu, Transient absorption spectroscopy of thin polythiophene layers with gold nanoparticles, 25th colloquium, Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Academy of Science of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic

(Best presentation award).

2. Dharmalingam Kurunthu, Lukáš Hochmann and Jiří Pfleger, Gold colloids preparation by laser ablation with ultrashort pulses, ELI Beamlines Scientific Challenges 2015, 19-22 October 2015, Eli Building Dolní Brežany & Štiřín Castle, Czech Republic (Poster).

2. Dharmalingam Kurunthu, Yaobing Wang, Gary W. Scott, and Christopher J. Bardeen, Fluorescence Quenching in Conjugated Polymers/Reduced Graphitic Oxide Blends, 57th annual Western Spectroscopy Association Conference, 3-5 February 2010, Asilomar Conference Center, Pacific Grove, California, USA (Poster).

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