Personal details and date of CV
Surname : Srivastava
First name: Divya
ORCID: 0000-0002-2623-4150, Researcher ID: P-6379-2018
LinkedIn Id: https://www.linkedin.com/in/divya-srivastava-1bb9709b/
Date of CV: 03.03.2024
Email: divya.srivastava@utu.fi
Degrees
Year Degree Major Subject Educational Institute
2012 Ph.D. Physics Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
2004 MSc. Physics Allahabad University, India
2002 BSc. Physics, Chemistry Allahabad University, India
Title of Ph.D. thesis: Vibrational Spectra of Single-Component Solids: Evolution with Pressure, 17.04.2012, Physics and Jawaharlal Nehru University.
Language skills
Native language: Hindi
Other language: English and Finnish (A1.1)
Skills
Programming: Python - NumPy, Pandas, SciPy and Matplotlib and SeaBorn (for plotting) and FORTRAN
High Performance Computing (HPC), Linux Workstation and MacOS
DFT software: VASP, Quantum Espresso and CRYSTAL17
Editor: Microsoft Office, LibreOffice and Latex
Software: Material Studio and MATLAB
Current employment
· Postdoctoral fellow at University of Turku from August 1, 2023 to 31 July 2025.
Previous employment
♦ Aalto University | FINNCERES Postdoctoral Fellow 17.08.2019 to 31.12.2021
♦ Aalto University | Visiting Researcher June 2018 – August 2019
♦ Central University of Rajasthan, India | Faculty January 2017 – May 2018
♦ IISER, Mohali, India| Faculty February 2016 – December 2016
♦ Tel-Aviv University, Israel | Postdoctoral-Fellow January 2015 – January2016
♦ Aalto University, Finland| Postdoctoral-Fellow August 2014 – December 2014
♦ JNCASR, India| Research-Associate September 2011 – July 2012
Career breaks
· I went on maternity leave from January 2022 to November 15, 2022, and I was on a career break from November 16, 2023, to July 31, 2023.
Research Fellowships and grants
FINNCERES Postdoctoral Funding: 17.08.2019-31.12.2021, fixed term, Aalto and VTT; preparation of research proposal for the funding; Prof. Antti Karttunen
Inspired Faculty Fellowship (2015): 2016-2021, DST India, Dr. Divya Srivastava
Senior Research Fellow (2009-20011) and Junior Research Fellow (2007-2009) by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India
Keywords
· Computational Chemistry, Density Functional Theory, Semiconductor, Functional Materials, Carbon nano tube, Graphene, Nano-cellulose, Hybrid Materials, Organic molecules, Bulk Materials
Research output
Publications https://scholar.google.fi/citations?user=qBy8x3wAAAAJ&hl=en
Research supervision and leadership experience
Supervisor of Master student’s thesis:
(1) Shambik Ghosh: Raman Spectra of MoS2, January-May, 2018, Central University of Rajasthan, India
(2) Seema Ray: First principles study of oxide semiconductors: CdO, January-May 2018, Central University of Rajasthan, India
(3) Sandhya Singh: First principles study of oxide semiconductors: ZnO, January-May 2018, Central University of Rajasthan, India
Teaching merits
Teaching experience in general (1.02.2016-31.05.2018): Master Level Full courses - Condensed Matter Physics, Mathematical Physics, and Computational Lab teaching and Condensed Matter Physics laboratory.
Wiki Project editor on Solid State Chemistry course, Spring 2021.
Other key academic merits, such as
Organising scientific conference: National Symposium on Technologically Advanced Functional Materials, March 16-17, 2017, CURAJ, India
Organizing PYTHON summer-workshop, May 2016, CURAJ, India
Online Courses/Workshops
· Introduction to Data Science 5 ECTS, Period 2, Autumn 2020, Åbo Akademi University, Finland
· Introduction to Quantum Computing and Algorithms, 2nd Ed., 14-15.12.2020, CSC; Finland