Pillalamarri Srikrishnarka, Ph.D., is a Post-Doctoral Researcher at Tampere University, Finland. Srikrishnarka received his Ph.D. (Interdisciplinary: Chemistry & Chemical Engineering) from IIT Madras in 2023. His research focuses on understanding the visualization of microparticles on glass surfaces. He also worked towards improving the particle filtration efficiency of face masks. He further focused his research on fabricating wearable breath humidity sensors and deploying them inside a face mask for non-invasive breath monitoring. He has published in several internationally reputed journals and collaborated with multiple researchers, resulting in numerous journal publications. He also has some patent applications on smart masks and water purification. He’s a member of the Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI), American Chemical Society (ACS) and Royal Society (RSC).
Research Area and Expertise His expertise is in the fabrication of electrospun nanofibers and its surface functionalization for various applications. He is also equipped to handle optical and electron microscopes for visualizing materials in the micron and nano regime. He also has experience in using different spectroscopic tools for chemical analysis. Recently he started working with wearable sensors for non-invasive health monitoring. His post-doctoral work is focused on fabricating of optical fibre-based sensors for environmental monitoring.