Materials research chemist

Sangeetha Pethuraj MSc

Address * ****** ****** ****,

Rangai Gowder Street

Coimbatore 641001

Tamilnadu, India

Mobile: +91-979*******

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

Date of birth 02.11.1982

Nationality/Sex Indian/Female

Family status Married, No children

Professional experience

Dec 2011 – Apr 2012 Project Assistant L-III, Central Electrochemical Research Institute, India

Different synthetic methods were used to prepare Lithium-ion and

Lithium-air batteries

Aug 2009 – Aug2011 Research Assistant, Goethe University of Frankfurt, Germany

Making molecular gradient patterns of self-assembled monolayers by

electron beam lithography

Nov 2007 – Sep 2008 Research Assistant, Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany

Spectroelectrochemical investigations of Ferrocene substituted self-

assembled monolayers on Gold electrode

Aug 2006 – Oct 2007 Project Assistant, Indian Institute of Science, India

Title 1: In-situ synthesis of Ag@CdS nanoparticles in Agar-Agar matrix as

Inorganic-Organic hybrid

Title 2: Potential applications of Al2O3 supported Pt/Pt-Sn nanoparticles as

catalyst in hydrocarbon conversion reactions.

Nov 2005 – Feb 2006 Master thesis, Indian Institute of Science, India

Removal of fluoride from water by adsorption on MnO2 coated activated

alumina.

Education

Jul 2004 – Jul 2006 Coimbatore Institute of Technology, India

Master of Science in Applied Chemistry (80% of marks, Outstanding)

Jun 2000 –May 2003 Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education, India

Bachelor of Science in Chemistry/Physics (7.78/10 CGPA)

Jun 1999 – May2000 Presentation convent Girls Higher Secondary School, India

Higher Secondary (80% of marks)

1

Research skills

Experienced in the preparation of nanoparticles using different techniques for the

application of catalysis, electronic devices, Lithium-ion and Lithium-air batteries

Deep knowledge in the characterization techniques including UV-Vis/IR spectroscopy,

Photoluminescence spectroscopy, Scanning electron microscopy, Energy dispersive X-ray

spectroscopy, dynamic light scattering, Confocal laser scanning microscopy, Ellipsometry,

X-ray diffraction

Exposure to the characterization techniques - Atomic force microscopy, Transmission

electron microscopy, cyclic voltametry, Electron beam lithography, Differential scanning

analysis, Thermal gravimetric analysis

Microcontact printing and Electron beam lithography techniques were used for patterning

of self assembled monolayers

Selective electroless deposition and Chemical vapor deposition methods were employed for

the deposition of metal catalysts.

Teaching experience (2009-2011, University of Frankfurt, Germany )

Supervision of practical lab course of qualitative and quantitative inorganic chemistry for

undergraduate students

List of conferences & contributions

Conference on “Interfacial systems chemistry: Out of the vacuum, through the liquid, into

the cell”, Bielefeld, Germany (Participation)

National workshop on “Current opportunities and new directions in catalysis”, Bangalore,

India (Participation)

Workshop on “Environmental chemistry and pollution control - some recent aspect”,

Coimbatore, India (Organization)

Poster on “In-situ synthesis of CdS nanoparticles in agar-agar matrix as inorganic-organic

hybrid”, Bangalore, India (Presentation)

Publication(s)

Jin-Liang Zhuang, Doris Ceglarek, Sangeetha Pethuraj and Andreas Terfort : “Rapid room

temperature synthesis of Metal-Organic Framework HKUST – 1 crystals in bulk and as

oriented and patterned thin Films” Advanced Functional Materials, 21-201*-****-****

Additional qualifications

Languages : English (fluent), Tamil (Native and bilingual), German (Beginner’s level A2)

Computer skills : Microsoft office, Windows, web page design

Contact this candidate