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Nano-electronics Systems & Materials Research Team
(NeoSMaRT)
Meenu Maria Sunny
Doctoral Student
Research Interests:
Threshold switching in single/multilayer Molybdenum Oxide.
Education:
Ph.D. student, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu (March 2021 - Current).
M.Sc. (Physics), St. Berchman's College (Autonomous), Changanassery, M.G. University, Kerala (2018-20).
B.Sc. (Physics), Sacred Heart College (Autonomous), M.G. University, Kerala (2015-18).
Additional Qualifications:
DST - INSPIRE Fellow (2021 - Current)
DST - INSPIRE Scholar (2015-2020)
Research Experience:
M.Sc. Thesis - "Raman Spectroscopic and photoluminescence study of plasma irradiated WSe2" (May 2020)
In the Spotlight
Publication in RSC Advances Journal
15 January 2024
Meenu's paper on "Spike rate dependent synaptic characteristics in lamellar, multilayered α-MoO3 based two-terminal devices: efficient way to control synaptic amplification", co-authored with Dr. R. Thamankar, is published in RSC Advances by Royal Society of Chemistry. (I.F. 4.036).
INSPIRE - SRF upgradation
17 November 2023
Meenu's INSPIRE Fellowship is upgraded to Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) based on good progress in her work on "Threshold Switching in single/multilayer MoO3" by DST, Govt. of India.
Congratulations Meenu!
Meenu's INSPIRE Fellowship has been upgraded from JRF to SRF by DST.
Meenu's INSPIRE Fellowship has been upgraded from JRF to SRF by DST.
Team NeoSMaRT participates in IC-FMFT 2023
20 April 2023
NeoSMaRT group members participated and volunteered for the International Conference on Functional Materials for Future Technology (IC-FMFT 2023) hosted by the Centre for Functional Materials at VIT Vellore, India from April 19-21, 2023.
Ashly, Amrita, Keval, Meenu and Sreelakshmi participated in Poster Presentation, and also volunteered for the conference.
Girish actively volunteered in designing and compiling the official Book of Abstracts, and served as the Master of Ceremonies for the inaugural event.
Dr. Ramesh Thamankar served as the Chair for some technical sessions and organised the events as the Convener of the conference.
Virtual Workshop attended - ROSMD2022
24 October 2022
Amrita, Meenu and Girish attended a 6-day virtual workshop on "Research Opportunities in Semiconductor Materials and Devices" (ROSMD-2022) jointly organised by SRMIST, Chennai and IIITDM, Kancheepuram.
INSPIRE Fellowship awarded
8 July 2022
Meenu is awarded the INSPIRE Fellowship for her work on "Threshold Switching in single/multilayer MoO3" by DST, Govt. of India.
