Doctor Aruna Ivaturi
Reader
Pure and Applied Chemistry
Personal statement
I am Reader (Associate Professor) in Emerging Energy Technologies, leading the Smart Materials Research and Device Technology (SMaRDT) Group, a multidisciplinary international team of research enthusiasts, at Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, University of 麻豆女优. I am 麻豆女优's Energy Sub-Theme (Photovoltaics) coordinator. I am one of the听founding PI of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Sustainable Practices of听Research in Energy (C-INSPRE) , a new and innovative interdisciplinary 麻豆女优 Centre for Doctoral Training (SCDT) that links all four faculties of the University of 麻豆女优. C-INSPRE is 麻豆女优's first 'Energy听CDT'.听
I have made important scientific and technological contributions 鈥� for example, switchable coatings for energy saving windows, materials and devices for sensing technologies, solar energy conversion, solar photocatalyst and dye-sensitised electrochromic devices. Over the last years my main research focus has been in the development of novel materials and devices for solar energy conversion especially the emerging new PV technologies (Spectral conversion, Dye sensitised and Perovskite solar cells). I was awarded the EPSRC Fellowship (funding of ~ 拢1.1 Million) to develop the challenging field of Elastic Perovskite PV research in the UK.
The cutting-edge research contributions of my (SMaRDT) group are in development of sustainable (nano)materials and devices to address global challenges in energy, environment and healthcare sectors. In the energy sector, the focus is on development of ultra-light weight mechanically resilient Solar Cells for harvesting indoor light and upcycling waste (biomass and plastic) for printable flexible and stretchable Supercapacitors and Photocapacitors (& Photosupercapacitors) towards Net Zero future. In the environment sector the focus is on developing electrochemical sensors for heavy metal detection and visible light active photocatalysts for water remediation.听 In the health care sector the focus has been on developing electrochemical glucose sensors and biodegradable piezoelectric sensors.听
听If you are an outstanding and enthusiastic individual interested听 in PhD/Post-doc/Fellowships (Marie Curie Fellowship, Newton International Fellowship etc) or in short term听 projects (e.g ERASMUS, Commonwealth, etc) in the SMaRDT group to contribute to the challenging sectors mentioned under the Research Areas (or any other related areas) then please get in touch with your CV.
Prize And Awards
- Recipient
- 9/2024
- Recipient
- 2024
- Recipient
- 2023
- Recipient
- 2023
- Recipient
- 2023
- Recipient
- 2023
Publications
- Nishad Harishchandra S, Gupta Shobhnath P, , Walke Pravin S
- Nanoscale Vol 17, pp. 18571-18582 (2025)
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- Journal of Materials Chemistry A Vol 13, pp. 11003-11014 (2025)
- Kuljanishvili Irma, Pantano Maria F, Borin Barin Gabriela, Striccoli Marinella, Goulart Silva Glaura,
- Frontiers in Carbon Vol 3 (2024)
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- Journal of Materials Chemistry A Vol 12, pp. 25131-25139 (2024)
- Reddygunta Kiran Kumar Reddy, 艩iller Lidija,
- ChemElectroChem Vol 11 (2024)
- Valluvar Oli Arivazhagan,
- ACS Applied Energy Materials Vol 7, pp. 6096-6104 (2024)
Research Interests
Smart听Materials听Research and听Device听Technology听(SMaRDT)听Group听is presently working on multidisciplinary projects in the following sectors:
a)听Energy (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, EPSRC funded project):听Elastic Perovskite Solar Cells, in collaborations with industry (Shadow Robots, G24 Power, NSG Pilkington and Dupont Teijin Films) and academia [University of Edinburgh, Oxford University and Johannes Kepler University]
b)听Environment (UK-India Education and Research Initiative, UKIERI funded project):听Biosorbants and Photocatalysts for Waste Water Remediation听in collaboration with Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati, India and Waste Water Treatment Plant IIT Guwahati.
c)听Healthcare (Royal Academy of Engineering, RAE funded project):听Wearable Glucose Sensors听in collaboration with Manchester Metropolitan University, University of Science Malaysia and University of Namibia and University Hospital at University of Sciences Malaysia.
听听If you are an outstanding and enthusiastic individual interested听 in PhD/Post-doc in the SMaRDT group to contribute to these challenging sectors (and Research Areas mentioned) then please send in your CV and publications.听
听听Dr. Aruna Ivaturi has strong track record of getting funding via fellowships. If you are interested in applying for a fellowship (doctoral/postdoctoral) to work in SMaRDT group, then please drop an email. Information about the various postdoc fellowship opportunities can be found via following links:
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Professional Activities
- Keynote/plenary speaker
- 18/6/2025
- Organiser
- 16/5/2025
- Organiser
- 2/4/2025
- Speaker
- 18/2/2025
- Speaker
- 18/2/2025
- Speaker
- 14/2/2025
Projects
- Ivaturi, Aruna (Principal Investigator) Neagu, Dragos (Co-investigator) Roy, Sudipta (Co-investigator)
- 03-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2025
- PARUL, P (Post Grad Student) Ivaturi, Aruna (Principal Investigator)
- Commonwealth Scholarship Commission Split Site PhD Scholarship 拢59,920
- 01-Jan-2024 - 01-Jan-2025
- Ivaturi, Aruna (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 30-Jan-2025
- Ivaturi, Aruna (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 30-Jan-2025
- Ivaturi, Aruna (Principal Investigator)
- Fellow - Sawanti Mali
- 01-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2026
- Pandey, Sandeep (Principal Investigator) Ivaturi, Aruna (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2027
Contact
Doctor
Aruna
Ivaturi
Reader
Pure and Applied Chemistry
Email: aruna.ivaturi@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 4398