Dr. Lakshminarayana Polavarapu

CV

• 2017-present Project Leader at the Chair for Photonics and Optoelectronics
  Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München, Germany
• 2018 Principal Investigator of Solar Technologies go Hybrid (SolTech) network
• 2018 Extraordinary Member of the Center for NanoScience (CeNS)
• 2015-2017 Alexander Von Humboldt Postdoctoral Researcher at the Chair for Photonics and Optoelectronics
  Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München, Germany (Host: Prof. Jochen Feldmann)
• 2012-2015 Postdoctoral Researcher at University of Vigo & CICbiomaGUNE in the group of Prof. Luis Liz Marzan
  
• 2011 Ph.D. in Chemistry (Shortlisted for best PhD thesis), National University of Singapore, Singapore
  Thesis: „Linear and nonlinear optical properties of metal nanoparticles and their applications“ 
• 2005 M.Sc Chemistry (first class), University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India
• 2003 B.Sc. Chemistry (first class), Andhra University, India
  
  

Editorial activity

• 2017-present: Academic Editor for PLOS ONE (Physical sciences and engineering)
• 2017-present: Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports, a Nature Research journal
• Guest Editor for an upcoming themed collection on “Halide perovskite NCs”, to be published in ‘Nanoscale’ (RSC Journal) in the early 2019.

Funding

• 2017-2018: LMU Excellence Junior Researcher Fund