Pyla Satya Venkata Raja Maneesh
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Tirupati
Phone: +91-954*******
Email: *************@*****.***
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BS-MS dual degree in Chemistry
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Tirupati, India
2017-Current (expected to graduate in May 2022)
CGPA as of Semester 8: 8.4 out of 10
Intermediate (12th Grade)
Sree Kashyap Junior College, Visakhapatnam, India
Year of Passing: 2017
Percentage Marks obtained: 97.6%
Secondary School Certificate (10th Grade)
Andhra Pradesh Residential School, Narsipatnam, India Year of Passing: 2015
Percentage Marks obtained: 97.0%
Master’s Thesis
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Tirupati, India (August 2021 – April 2022)
Supervisor: Dr. Raghunath O Ramabhadran
Pursuing a Thesis project in Computational Electrochemistry
(DFT investigation of water in bi-salt electrolyte systems) Research
Interests
Electronic Structure Methods, Physical Organic chemistry, Electrochemistry, Structural Chemistry, and Photochemistry. Objective
Looking to pursue a research career in the interdisciplinary field of computational, material science, solid-state and organic chemistry.
Education
Research
Experience
Summer Project Intern
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Tirupati, India (May 2019 – June 2019)
Supervisor: Dr. Tapan Chandra Adhyapak
Theoretical understanding of solid-state physics
Summer Project Intern
Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, India
(May 2018 – July 2018)
Supervisor: Dr. Jagadeesh Babu Nanubolu
Various Crystallisation techniques and single-crystal XRD analysis
Publications
Online Courses
(Coursera)
Currently writing a paper based on Master thesis results Covid-19 contact tracing
Johns Hopkins University
Introduction to molecular spectroscopy
The University of Manchester
Introduction to solar cells
Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
Science Camp Vijyoshi National Science Camp
Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, India Relevant
Coursework
Quantum Chemistry I and II, Material Science,
Electrochemistry, Simulation, and Modelling (Audit), Statistical Thermodynamics, Solid State Chemistry, Data Science I Hard Skills Quantum Chemical Computations
Python Programming (NumPy, Matplotlib)
Data Science (Basics)
Known software: GAUSSIAN09, ChemDraw, GaussView, and Avogadro
Languages
English Telugu(native)
Social Activities Former Member of Unnati Club, IISER Tirupati Involved in teaching English, Mathematics, and Science to the underprivileged students in the vicinity of the institute Former Member of National Service Scheme (NSS)
I participated in institute-led community services such as campus cleaning and girl child education rally.
Sports Activities Organiser of IISER Tirupati Cricket League (in 2020,2022) I organized the tournament in which all the faculty, students, administration staff, and other staff members played together irrespective of their designations
Part of the Winning team in ITCL (in 2018 and 2019) I was the highest wicket-taker in 2018 and the second-highest wicket-taker in 2019
IISER Tirupati Chess Co-ordinater (in 2018 and 2019) Conducted chess tournaments in 2018 and 2019
Referees Dr. Raghunath O Ramabhadran, IISER Tirupati *********@****.*************.**.**
Dr. Padmabati Mondal, IISER Tirupati
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