Aruna Ivaturi

Aruna Ivaturi received the Ph.D degree in 2006 in experimental solid-state physics from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Delhi, India. Her thesis focused on the properties of rare-earth nanoparticle layers for “switchable mirrors.” She was with the University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany, working on the synthesis of metal and oxide nanoparticles for gas sensors (2006–07). During 2009–2010, her work at the University of Cambridge, Cambridge, U.K., dealt with the growth of metal oxide nanowires for solar cell technology. Since 2011, she has been working with the Renewable Energy Group, Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, U.K. Dr. Ivaturi received the Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship (2007–2009) to carry out self-proposed work on the synthesis of rare-earth oxide nanoparticles via gas phase.