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Work History
Education
Skills
Languages
Accomplishments
Positions of Responsibility
Affiliations
Conference Proceedings
Additional Events
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Haritha Joseph

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Summary

Enthusiastic beginner with strong organizational skills, work ethics, and a problem-solving mindset, passionate about physics and experienced in optics. Eager to contribute, seeking rewarding opportunities for financial independence and professional satisfaction in a diverse and dynamic environment.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience

Work History

MS by Research

IIT Bombay
Mumbai
01.2019 - Current

Development of Plasmonic Substrates for Applications in Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS)

  • Patterning of plasmonic substrates using the fabrication technique - Two Photon Lithography (TPL)
  • Synthesis of colloidal nanoparticles for SERS applications and subsequent characterization
  • Fabrication on graphene oxide/silver salts-based material composites for different applications.
  • Equipping Two Photon Lithography (TPL) to fabricate polymer structures from acrylate-based monomer and commercial photo-initiator.

Masters Project

IIT Madras
Chennai
07.2017 - 04.2018

Design, Fabrication and Characterization of Metamaterial Absorber in the X-band

  • Designed a metamaterial absorber unit cell and simulated using the software CST Microwave Studio to obtain an absorption peak of 81% around 10 GHz.
  • Fabricated the absorber with the optimized design using Thermal Evaporation Technique and studied its absorption properties in microwave region using Vector Network Analyzer (VNA).

Education

Master of Science - Physics

IIT Madras
Chennai, India
05-2018

Bachelor of Science - Physics

Union Christian College
Aluva, India
05-2016

MS By Research At Department of Metallurgical Engineering And Materials Science - Optics

IIT Bombay
Mumbai

Skills

    Confocal Raman spectrometer – (for Raman and PL) - expert user and proficient in data analysis – characterization of a wide variety of samples

    Class IV Femtosecond Laser for direct laser writing via TPL and ablation

    Handled UV-Vis Spectrometer, Ultracentrifuge, Vector Network Analyzer, Optical Microscopes

    Familiarized with FTIR, SEM, TEM, XRD and their analyses

    Familiarized with op amp circuits, multiplexers, demultiplexers, counters, registers, etc

    Learned to do Michelson Interferometry, Zeeman splitting, Surface tension calculation from diffraction pattern, ellipsometry, etc as part of PG lab experiments

    Software competencies: COMSOL, Lumerical, Origin, CST Microwave studio, C, C, Matlab

Languages

Malayalam
First Language
English
Proficient (C2)
C2
Hindi
Upper Intermediate (B2)
B2

Accomplishments

  • Recipient of Lakshmi Raman Scholarship for female students on academic basis during masters
  • Secured All India Rank 146 out of 10,000 students appeared in the Joint Admission for Masters(JAM) conducted by Indian Institute of Technology in February 2016
  • Secured third prize in state level in the exam conducted by Academy of Physics Teachers (APT), Kerala in February 2016.
  • Recipient of Kerala State Government’s Prathibha Scholarship for academic excellence from 2013-18

Positions of Responsibility

  • Teaching Assistant: Confocal Raman Spectrometer (Jan – Dec 2019; Jul 2021 – Dec 2022)

Responsible for sample characterization after precise optimization to obtain clean spectrum.

Responsible for maintenance and servicing of the instrument.

Trained multiple users on the instrument.

  • Teaching Assistant for coursework (Jan 2020 – Jun 2021)
  • Member of Organizing Committee, International Conference on Water Technologies 2022 (Dec 2022)
  • Maintenance Secretary, Hostel Council, IIT Bombay (May 2021 - May 2022)
  • Auditor: Hostel Council, UC College, Aluva (Jul 2014 - Jun 2015)

Affiliations

  • Attended weightlifting workshop organized by Fitness Club, IIT Bombay in July 2023.
  • Participated in 10 days Hip Hop workshop organized by Summer School of Cult, 2019, IITB
  • Participated and won prizes in various cultural events for dance and skit during academic period
  • Interests: Dance, DIY decor, piano, gardening, movies, novels and fiction

Conference Proceedings

  • Haritha Joseph, et al. “Plasmonic EnhancNanotrianglesn Spectra of Dye Molecules by Silver Nanotriangles,” OSA Laser Congress 2020, (LAC), paper JTh2A.38
  • Haritha Joseph Plasmonic Enhancement Enabled by Silver Nanotriangles in Raman Spectra of Methylene Blue,” Asian Spectroscopy Conference 2020

Additional Events

  • Presented a poster titled - “Surface modified Silicon substrate combined with silver nanoparticles as efficient SERS platform”, at conference on Women in Optics and Photonics in India (WOPI), RRI, BLR, 2022
  • Attended two day – virtual symposium on “Molecular Spectroscopy in Practice”, organized by Society for Applied Spectroscopy.

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

MS by Research

IIT Bombay
01.2019 - Current

Masters Project

IIT Madras
07.2017 - 04.2018

Master of Science - Physics

IIT Madras

Bachelor of Science - Physics

Union Christian College

MS By Research At Department of Metallurgical Engineering And Materials Science - Optics

IIT Bombay

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