Alumni

Current Position
Newton International Fellow, University of Manchester

Experience
• Research Intern, Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University, July-September 2010.
• Research Assistant, Center for Nano Science and Engineering, IISc, November 2010- April 2012.

Experience
NEMS

Theses Title (Year)
Bright-field Nanoscopy (2017)

Research Area
Optical Data/Tele-Communications

Publications
• Swathi Suran, Krishna Bharadwaj, Srinivasan Raghavan, Manoj M. Varma,” Bright-field Nanoscopy: Visualizing Nanostructures with Localized Optical Contrast Using a Conventional Microscope”, Scientific Reports 6 (2016) 25011. doi: 10.1038/srep25011.

• Hareesh Chandrasekar, Krishna Bharadwaj B, Kranthi Kumar Vaidyuala, Swathi Suran, Navakanta Bhat, Manoj Varma and Srinivasan Raghavan, “Spotting 2D atomic layers on aluminum nitride thin films”, Nanotechnology 26 (2015) 425202 (8pp).

• Venkanagouda Shivanagouda Goudar, Swathi Suran, Gurusiddappa R. Prashanth, and Manoj M. Varma, “Detection of Hepatitis B DNA Sequences on Polyelectrolyte Based Non-Covalently Functionalized Flexible Plastic Substrates”, IEEE sensors journal, Vol. 13, No. 12, December 2013.

• Prashant G. R., Venkanagouda S. Goudar, Swathi Suran, Ashok Raichur, Manoj M. Varma, “Substrate Independent Non-Covalent Functionalization Using Lithographically Patterned Polyelectrolyte Multilayers for High-Density Microarrays”, Sensors and Actuators B 171– 172 (2012) 315– 322.

• Venkanagouda Shivanagouda Goudar, Swathi Suran, Manoj M. Varma, “Photoresist functionalisation method for high-density protein microarrays using photolithography”,Micro & Nano Letters, 2012, Vol. 7, Iss. 6, pp. 549–553.

Under Preparation

• Swathi Suran, Manoj M. Varma,” BFN to study surface charge dependent water uptake in ultra-thin polymer membranes”

• Krishna Bharadwaj B, Priyadarshini Ghosh, Swathi Suran, Rohan Mishra, Ritesh Sachan, Manoj Varma, Rudra Pratap, and Srinivasan Raghavan “Reversible Defect Creation and Healing During Graphene Growth”