November 2018
Ph.D. in Physics
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India
- CGPA: 9.5/10
- Dissertation: “Surface Plasmon and Lossy Mode Resonance based Fiber Optic Chemical and Biosensors Utilizing Zinc Oxide.”
Curriculum Vitae
Academic trajectory spanning optical fiber sensing, nano-engineered interfaces, and point-of-care systems for healthcare, environment, and agro-food safety.
General Information
- Full Name
- Sruthi Prasood Usha
- Languages
- English, Malayalam, Hindi
- Affiliation
- Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel · Faculty of Engineering
- srus@tf.uni-kiel.de
Education
June 2011 - June 2013
M.Tech. in Optoelectronics and Laser Technology
International School of Photonics, CUSAT, Kerala, India
- CGPA: 9.36/10
- Dissertation: “Digital Holography and its Applications for the Measurement of Temperature of Gaseous Flames.”
June 2006 - April 2010
B.Tech. in Electronics and Communications Engineering
PAACET, Kerala University, Kerala, India
- CGPA: 7.37/10
Experience
February 2024 – Present
Humboldt Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Chair for Bioinspired Materials and Biosensor Technologies, Institute of Material Science,
Faculty of Engineering, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel (Kiel University), Germany
February 2023 – October 2023
Research Scientist
Chair for Bioinspired Materials and Biosensor Technologies, Institute of Material Science,
Faculty of Engineering, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel (Kiel University), Germany
August 2021 – January 2023
Parental Leave and Relocation
India
May 2021 – August 2021
Senior Project Scientist
Applied Mechanics and Biomedical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India
May 2019 – April 2021
National Post-Doctoral Fellow (SERB)
Applied Mechanics and Biomedical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India
September 2018 – April 2019
Maternity Leave
India
May 2019 – April 2021
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Applied Mechanics and Biomedical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India
Honors and Awards
2024
- November 2024 : Early Career Award, KiNSIS, Kiel University
- October 2024 : CAU Advance Award, Grant approval for project proposal preparation for third-party funding in 2025, research committee of Kiel University
2023
- November 2023 : Humboldt Fellowship for Postdoctoral Research, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany
2022
- December 2022 : Science and Engineering Research Board – American Chemical Society Research Competition Award, India
2019
- October 2019 : Shri Jaidutt Shrimati Saraswati Sodha Research Award for the best doctoral thesis for the session 2018 - 2019, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India
- February 2019 : National Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (NPDF) Award for Research, Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) of the Department of Science & Technology, Government of India, 2019
2018
- April 2018 : Institute Postdoctoral Award, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India