Hyderabad: Two University of Hyderabad faculty selected for TAS Fellowship

Hyderabad: Dr. Murali Banavoth, Assistant Professor at the School of Chemistry,( UoH) and Prof B V R Tata, Professor at the School of Physics, University of Hyderabad has been elected as "Fellow of the Telangana Academy of Sciences" for the year 2019.

Prof B V R Tata's research interests are in the areas of soft condensed matter, computer simulations, optics, and photonics. He is working on experiments in the areas of phase transitions in nanoparticle dispersions and stimuli-responsive nanogels, bio-colloids, Photonic Crystals, and computer simulations.

Dr Murali Banavoth's research interest are Advanced Functional Materials for Solar Energy Conversion, Perovskite Photovoltaics: Single crystal solar cells, Quantum dot solar cells, Thin film highly efficient solar cells, Lead-free perovskite solar cells, Heterovalent doping, Anisotropic charge transport, Tandem devices with Quantum dot interlayers, ETL/HTL engineering, Photodetection (PD), Lasing applications, Light-emitting diodes (LEDs), Nanostructured photovoltaics, All solution/Vacuum photovoltaics, Organic Photovoltaics: Bulk Heterojunctions (BHJ) highly efficient solar cells, LEDs. PDs, Tandem devices, Hybrid concepts, All solution/Vacuum photovoltaics, Inorganic Photovoltaics: Chalcogenide /chalcopyrite (Cu2ZnSnS4, Cu2ZnSnSe4, Cu2CoSnS4, Cu (In,Ga)Se2, Cu(In,Al)Se2, Cu3BiS3) vacuum thin-film / nanostructured photovoltaics and photodetection.