P.G. Diploma in Innovation and Design Thinking, Emeritus Institute of Management, Singapore in collaboration with MIT, Columbia Business School, and Tuck, USA

Ph.D. (Engineering - Engineering Physics), Louisiana Tech University, USA

M.S. (Applied Physics), Louisiana Tech University, USA

M.S. Microsystems Engineering, Louisiana Tech University, USA

M.S. Engineering (Biomedical Engineering), Louisiana Tech University, USA

B.Tech. (Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering), Acharya Nagarjuna University, India

DØ Collaboration, Fermi Accelerator National Laboratory (FNAL/ "Fermilab"), USA

Member

Calorimeter and Muon system monitoring at FNAL during the particle collision experiments

Evaluation, testing, and replacement of electronic components in the Inter-Cryostat Detector (ICD) section of the DØ Detector

Center for Applied Physics Studies, Louisiana Tech University, USA (“LaTech”)

Graduate Research Assistant

High Energy Physics:

Fermilab’s Tevatron Collider is used to accelerate and collide protons and antiprotons very close to the speed of light and analyze the data to understand the universe through particle physics concepts. Louisiana Tech University is a part of the Fermilab’s DØ Collaboration which works with the data recorded by the DØ detector of the Tevatron. All the research responsibilities listed below also amounts to work done as a Member of the DØ Collaboration.

• Defining a new, triple differential observable to study the transition from soft QCD processes to hard QCD processes
• Azimuthal angular separation pertaining to collision events with two or more jets is chosen as the differential parameter
• First measurement of rapidity dependence in studying additional radiation produced in collisions
• Also measured transverse momentum dependence; previous work noted the dependence but no quantification was made earlier
• Found that the dijet azimuthal decorrelations decrease with increase in jet transverse momentum and increase with increase in jet rapidity
• Selecting relevant data for the analysis such that all well-defined regions of the detector are covered, making this study
• Correcting the data for detector effects using Monte Carlo simulations
• Results compare well to Next-to-Leading Order theory predictions in central and intermediate jet rapidity regions and when azimuthal separation is not large

Tools used: C++/ROOT programming

Bionanotechnology Laboratory, LaTech

Graduate Research Assistant

Protein engineering: Research was aimed at developing biodegradable wound dressings.

• Designing and synthesizing RGD-containing, 32-meric polypeptides in solid-phase
• Layer-by-layer (LbL) assembly of Poly-L-Lysine and Poly-L-Glutamic Acid (PLL-PLGA); LbL assembly of synthetic polypeptides
• Studying solution-phase peptide synthesis techniques to manufacture PLL and PLGA, properties and applications of RGD- containing peptides, pathology of wounds

Techniques and tools used: Apex 396 Automated Multiple Peptide Synthesizer, LbL assembly, Quartz Crystal Microbalance (QCM), UV-Vis spectroscopy, Circular Dichroism spectroscopy, protein deconvolution, centrifugation, lyophilization, filtration and dialysis

BioMINDS Laboratory, LaTech

Graduate Research Assistant

Biomedical Sensors/Imaging: Involved in multiple projects in the lab.

• Designing Fabry-Pérot Micro Interferometer (FPMI) for micromanufacturing with silicon substrate
• Studied polymeric materials that can serve as transparent, flexible substrates for surface-localizable imaging array
• Studying surface micromachining and bulk micromachining techniques for manufacture of FPMI array
• Developing an etchant to selectively etch GeO₂-containing silica core material of 0.25-mm thick imaging fibre guide which has F-containing silica cladding
• LbL assembly of Poly DoDecyl Acrylate and Poly Styrene Sulphonate (PDDA-PSS) on to the etched optical fibre bundle
• Loading dye-coated nanoparticles on coated optical fibre bundle, to prepare biomedical imaging sensors
• Designing a holder for the chuck that holds the optical fibre bundle
• Selective patterning of the imaging fibre guide

Techniques and tools used: Wet etching, LbL assembly, AutoCAD, QCM, Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Roughness Surface Tester (RST), sonication, fluorescence microscopy, image processing, MATLAB

STM Journals, India

Editor, Journal of Control and Instrumentation

VNRVJIET, Hyderabad, India

Coordinator, Global Relationships Office (GRO @ VNRVJIET)

Innovation Activities Coordinator, Institute Innovation Council

Single Point of Contact (SPoC) for T-Hub

Faculty Mentor (VNRVJIET and VJ Instt. of Mgmt. Teams), TiE Grad 2019–'20

Faculty Coordinator, Press & Media Committee

Team Lead-EIE, Competency Development Centre

Single Point of Contact (SPoC) for J-Hub

Single Point of Contact (SPoC) for ELEVEN01, BLOCK 91, and IdeaLabs

Founder & Faculty Coordinator, Ecficio

Coordinator (Department-level), Centre for Presencing and Design Thinking

Faculty Coordinator, VICASA

Faculty Coordinator (Department-level), Career Vision Approach^TM

Coordinator, Convergence 2k19

Associate Editor, Vignana Vartha Quarterly News Bulletin

Team Member, Career Vision Approach^TM

Faculty Coordinator, Telugu Literary Club Vignana Jyothi Sahithi Vanam

Faculty Coordinator (Department-level), Student Activities

Coordinator, Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC)

Louisiana Tech University, USA

Graduate Assistant, International Student Office

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Chemistry

Graduate Assistant, Department of Civil Engineering

Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL), India

Project Trainee, Components Group

Books

• K. Chakravarthula, “Study of Jet Transverse Momentum and Jet Rapidity Dependence of Dijet Azimuthal Decorrelations with the DØ Detector” (Ph.D. Dissertation, Louisiana Tech University), ProQuest, UMI Dissertations Publishing (ISBN: 9781267765338) (Citations as of October 2019: 1)

International Journal Publications

• The DØ Collaboration (Primary authors: K. Chakravarthula, M. Wobisch), “Measurement of the Combined Rapidity and p_T Dependence of Dijet Azimuthal Decorrelations in p̅p collisions at √s = 1.96 TeV”, Physics Letters B 721:212–219

(DOI: 10.1016/j.physletb.2013.03.029; 2018 Impact Factor: 4.162; Citations as of October 2019: 29)

• M. Wobisch, K. Chakravarthula, R. Dhullipudi, L. Sawyer, M. Tamsett, “A New Quantity for Studies of Dijet Azimuthal Decorrelations”, Journal of High Energy Physics 2013:172

(DOI: 10.1007/JHEP01(2013)172; 2018 Impact Factor: 5.833; Citations as of October 2019: 15)

• D.T. Haynie, S. Balkundi, N. Palath, K. Chakravarthula, K. Dave, “Polypeptide Multilayer Films: Role of Molecular Structure and Charge”, Langmuir 20(11):4540–4547

(DOI: 10.1021/la036330p; 2018 Impact Factor: 3.683; Citations as of October 2019: 99)

International Conference Posters

• Dr. Kiran Chakravarthula, Manjula Sri Rayudu, Sandhya Kode, “POGIL for Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering”, 13^th Annual POGIL National Meeting, St. Louis, MO, USA, May 30–June02 2015 (2015)
• Sandhya Kode, Jyotsna Cherukuri, C. Kiran, Clif Kussmaul, “Enhancing Engineering Education through POGIL and Learning by Doing”, 11^th Annual POGIL National Meeting, St. Louis, MO, USA, June 01–04 2013 (2013)
• Balkundi, S.; Chakravarthula, K.; Palath, N.; Dave, K.; Haynie, D.T., “Insight into Polypeptide LbL Assembly Using Model Peptides Poly-L-Lysine and Poly-L-Glutamic Acid”, (4th Annual) Louisiana Materials Research and Development Conference, Lafayette, LA, 2^nd place in MS-level Poster Competition ($300), Nov. 04–05 (2003)

International Conference Talks/Abstracts

• Kiran Chakravarthula, “Measurement of the Rapidity Dependence of Dijet Azimuthal Decorrelations and Determination of the Strong Coupling Constant”, American Physical Society April Meeting, Atlanta, GA, USA, Vol. 57, Issue No. 3
• Kiran Chakravarthula (Presenter), Markus Wobisch, “Triple Differential Measurement of Dijet Azimuthal Decorrelations”, DØ Winter Physics Workshop, FNAL, Batavia, IL, USA
• Kiran Chakravarthula (Presenter), “Measurement of Dijet Azimuthal Decorrelations in Proton-Antiproton Collisions at √s = 1.96 TeV”, American Physical Society April Meeting, Anaheim, CA, USA, Vol. 56, Issue No. 4
• Kiran Chakravarthula (Presenter), Markus Wobisch, “Jet Transverse Momentum and Jet Rapidity Dependence of Dijet Azimuthal Decorrelations”, DØ Collaboration Meeting, FNAL, Batavia, IL, USA
• Kiran Chakravarthula (Presenter), Markus Wobisch, “A New Observable to Study Dijet Azimuthal Decorrelations”, DØ Collaboration Meeting, FNAL, Batavia, IL, USA

National Conferences/ Seminar Talks/ Publications

• Kiran Chakravarthula, Dhananjaya Naidu Challa, “Gaps in Education in India and Approaches to address through Technological Interventions”, Proceedings of the National Seminar on Setting Technological Standards and Strategy for Higher Education, Feb. 01–02, 2018, Christ University, Bengaluru, India
• Kiran Chakravarthula, “IoT and Ethics”, Refresher Course on Internet of Things, Dec. 03–22, 2018, JNTU, Hyderabad, India (Invited Talk)
• Kiran Chakravarthula, “LASER: In a Nutshell”, National Seminar on Laser Technology and Its Applications, Nov. 29–30, 2017, VNRVJIET, Hyderabad, India (Invited Talk)
• Kiran Chakravarthula, “IoT and Ethics”, Refresher Course on Internet of Things, Oct. 09–30, 2017, JNTU, Hyderabad, India (Invited Talk)