Participation and scholarly presentations in conferences:

Conferences with Contributed Papers/Posters

National Conferences

1. 1996: Atomic beam transmission experiment to detect cavity QED interactions: poster at National conference in atomic and molecular physics, IIT Madras, Chennai

2. 1998: Workshop on Modern Optics (Meera Memorial Lectures), Mysore (participation)

3. 1998: A method to improve detection efficiency in cavity QED experiments using laser-cooled atoms: poster at Physics of Cooling and Trapping of Atoms and Ions (PCTAI), Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Bombay

4. 1998: Workshop on high energy gamma ray astrophysics ( HEGRO) , held jointly by Tata Institute of Fundamental Research and Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) at Pachmarhi, Madhya Pradesh ( participation)

5. 1999: IUCAA-sponsored workshop on interstellar molecules, held at S.K. University, Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh (participation)

6. 2000: Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC) School on non-linear optical and laser materials, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (participation and seminar)

7. 2001: IUCAA-sponsored workshop on Astronomical photometry and spectroscopy, Bangalore University, Bangalore: (Resource person) Delivered lectures on line broadening

8. 2001: SERC school on Concepts in Chemical Dynamics, IIT Chennai, Madras: participation and seminars on “Concept of Half-collisions in Chemical Dynamics”

9. February 2003: SERC School on Precision Spectroscopy of Atoms Molecules and Bose Condensates, IISc, Bangalore: Tutorial Lectures on Hyperfine Structure and Atom Interaction with EM fields.

10. March 2005: 1st Nano Science and Technology Intiative Conference, (DST) at NCL,Pune: Poster on “Construction of an Optical Tweezer for Nanometer Scale Rheology”

11. September 2006: National Conference on ETPEE-06, JSS College, Mysore, India, Talk on “Optical Tweezer and Video Microscopy based Rheological Studies of Viscoelastic Materials at Micro and Nanometer Scales”

12. February 2007: National Review and Coordination Meeting on NanoScience and NanoTechnology (NS&NT 2007) DST, ARCI, Hyderabad. Poster on “Rheological studies on Regenerated Silk Fibroin Solution”

13. February 2007: Assembly, Organization and Propulsion in Complex Systems (IIT Madras, Chennai). (Poster): “Optical angular momentum transfer to a liquid crystalline droplet”

14. December 2007: 52nd DAE-SSPS 2007, University of Mysore, Poster “A comparative microrheological study of Indian Silk Varieties by Video Microscopy”

15. February 2009: National Conference on Atomic and Molecular Physics (with BRNS- DAE) Poster: “Storage instabilities in a weakly coupled electron plasma in a Penning trap” (Paper in conference proceedings)

16. February 2011: Indian Society for Atomic and Molecular Physics(ISAMP)- BRNS DAE symposium on Atomic and Molecular Physics, Karnatak University Dharwad. Poster: “Storage time and velocity distribution of an electron plasma in a quadrupole Penning trap”

17. February 2011: (Talk) “Studies in Micro and Nano Rheology of Soft Materials” at the National Review and Coordination Meeting of the Nano Mission (DST), IIT Delhi

18. January 2013: Poster: “ Optics and Biomechanics of Red Blood Cells” Conference on Condensed Matter and Biological Systems” BHU, Varanashi

19. January 2013: Poster: “Magnetic Field Gradient driven Magnetic Particle Dynamics in Narrow Capillaries” Conference on Condensed Matter and Biological Systems” BHU, Varanashi

20. August 2013: Poster: “Orientational Dynamics of a Healthy Human Red Blood Cell in an Optical Tweezer”, National Conference on Cell Mechanics and Interaction at the Physics Biology Interface, Bangalore University, Bangalore

21. August 2013: Poster: “Simulation study of transport of magnetic probes in vivo using magnetic field gradients” National Conference on Cell Mechanics and Interactions at the Physics Biology Interface, Bangalore University, Bangalore

22. August 2013: Poster: “A study of agro bacterial growth and activity using an optical tweezer” National Conference on Cell Mechanics and Interactions at the Physics Biology Interface, Bangalore University, Bangalore

23. August 2013: Oral Presentation: “ Soft Matter Physics at Bangalore University: A Research Summary”, National Conference on Cell Mechanics and Interactions at the Physics Biology Interface, Bangalore University, Bangalore

24. Nov.2013 : Oral : “Dependence of the Storage Time of a Non-neutral Electron Plasma on the Magnetic Field in a Quadrupole Penning Trap”, Topical Conference of Indian Society of Atomic and Molecular Physics, on Atomic Processes in Plasmas, IPR Ahmedabad

25. November 2014: Poster: Stretching Red Blood Cells using Light: A Technique for Studying Cellular Viscoelasticity, in CPEPA(UGC) Symposium on Healthy Lifestyle and Human Welfare, Bangalore University, November 2014

26. November 2014: Poster: Stretching Red Blood Cells using Light: A Technique for Studying Cellular Viscoelasticity, in CPEPA(UGC) Symposium on Healthy Lifestyle and Human Welfare, Bangalore University, November 2014

27. November 2014: Poster: Effect of Bovine Serum Albumin on Red Blood Cell Membrane Stiffness: A Precursor to Study Deformation of Red Blood Cells in Narrow Capillaries, in CPEPA(UGC) Symposium on Healthy Lifestyle and Human Welfare, Bangalore University, November 2014

28. November 2014: Poster: Magnetic Field Gradient Driven Magnetic Particle Flow Dynamics in Narrow Capillaries to Facilitate Targeted Drug Delivery, in CPEPA(UGC) Symposium on Healthy Lifestyle and Human Welfare, Bangalore University, November 2014

29. (Poster, Co -author ) “Flow of membrane elasticity-tuned red blood cell suspension through cellulose acetate microchannels” at COMPFLU, IISER Pune, Jan. 2016

30. (Poster ) “Reorientation dynamics of chicken RBC in an optical trap” at COMPFLU ( Complex Fluids Conference ) at IISER Pune, Jan. 2016

31. August 2013: Poster: “Orientational Dynamics of a Healthy Human Red Blood Cell in an Optical Tweezer”, National Conference on Cell Mechanics and Interaction at the Physics Biology Interface, Bangalore University, Bangalore

32. August 2013: Poster: “Simulation study of transport of magnetic probes in vivo using magnetic field gradients” National Conference on Cell Mechanics and Interactions at the Physics Biology Interface, Bangalore University, Bangalore

33. August 2013: Poster: “A study of agro bacterial growth and activity using an optical tweezer” National Conference on Cell Mechanics and Interactions at the Physics Biology Interface, Bangalore University, Bangalore

34. August 2013: Oral Presentation: “ Soft Matter Physics at Bangalore University: A Research Summary”, National Conference on Cell Mechanics and Interactions at the Physics Biology Interface, Bangalore University, Bangalore

35. Nov.2013 : Oral : “Dependence of the Storage Time of a Non-neutral Electron Plasma on the Magnetic Field in a Quadrupole Penning Trap”, Topical Conference of Indian Society of Atomic and Molecular Physics, on Atomic Processes in Plasmas, IPR Ahmedabad

36. November 2014: Poster: Stretching Red Blood Cells using Light: A Technique for Studying Cellular Viscoelasticity, in CPEPA(UGC) Symposium on Healthy Lifestyle and Human Welfare, Bangalore University, November 2014

37. November 2014: Poster: Stretching Red Blood Cells using Light: A Technique for Studying Cellular Viscoelasticity, in CPEPA(UGC) Symposium on Healthy Lifestyle and Human Welfare, Bangalore University, November 2014

38. November 2014: Poster: Effect of Bovine Serum Albumin on Red Blood Cell Membrane Stiffness: A Precursor to Study Deformation of Red Blood Cells in Narrow Capillaries, in CPEPA(UGC) Symposium on Healthy Lifestyle and Human Welfare, Bangalore University, November 2014

39. November 2014: Poster: Magnetic Field Gradient Driven Magnetic Particle Flow Dynamics in Narrow Capillaries to Facilitate Targeted Drug Delivery, in CPEPA(UGC) Symposium on Healthy Lifestyle and Human Welfare, Bangalore University, November 2014

40. (Poster, Co -author ) “Flow of membrane elasticity-tuned red blood cell suspension through cellulose acetate microchannels” at COMPFLU, IISER Pune, Jan. 2016

41. (Poster ) “Reorientation dynamics of chicken RBC in an optical trap” at COMPFLU ( Complex Fluids Conference ) at IISER Pune, Jan. 2016

42. (Invited Talk), Emerging Trends in Materials Sciences, National Conference, KLE College, Bangalore, Mar. 2017

43. (Invited Talk) Physics Workshop for UG students, VHD College, Bangalore, Mar. 2017

CII -International

1. 1990: Half collision dynamics of the Sr(6p¹P₁- 6p³P_j) energy transfer collisions: poster at 6^th international laser science conference (ILS), Minneapolis, USA

2. 1991: Alignment effects and fine-structure changes in Sr-He half-collisions:

poster at 7^th international laser science conference, Monterey, California, USA

3. 1992: American Physical Society Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics (DAMOP) meeting at Chicago, USA (participation)

4. 1992: NATO ASI workshop on Laser Interactions with Atoms, Solids and Plasmas, Corsica, France (participation)

5. 1996: Collisional redistribution in Sr-He spin-changing energy transfer collisions: Final state branching: poster at international conference in spectroscopy, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Bombay

6. 1996: Workshop on Foundations of Quantum Mechanics, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bombay (participation)

7. 1998: A kinetic rate equation model to predict collisionally dissociating cluster branching ratios,: poster at International Union of Materials Research Societies (IUMRS), Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

8. July 2001: Collective Resonances and Instabilities of Electrons in a Penning Trap: Poster Presentation at International Conference on Non-neutral Plasmas, San Diego, USA, July 2001.

9. December 2004: Seventh International Conference on Optoelectronics, Fibre Optics, and Photonics, Cochin, India, December 9-11, 2004: Poster on “ Low-Cost Scanning Fabry Perot Interferometer for Student Laboratory”

10. March 2006: International Conference on Nano Science and Technology

11. ( ICONSAT-2006), New Delhi: Poster on “ Brownian Dynamics of a Trapped Bead as Rheological Probe of Viscoelastic Materials at Micro and Nanometer Scales”

12. March 2006: International Conference in Recent Developments in Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics, University of Delhi, Delhi: Poster on “Effect of collisions on stability of ions in a Penning trap”

12 . April 2006: Workshop on Driven States in Soft Matter and Biological Systems ICTP Trieste Italy: Participation and poster

13. August 2006: International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICNSNT), University of Madras, Chennai: Poster on “Rheological Studies of Viscoelastic Materials at Micro and Nanometer Scales”: Best Poster Award

14. November 2006: International Conference on Lasers and Nanomaterials, Kolkota University, Kolkota (2006) Poster : “Trapping and Detection of Electrons in a Penning Trap”

15. December 2006: International Conference on PHOTONICS-2006, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad. Poster on: “Micro and Nano Rheological Studies of Viscoelastic Materials”

16. March 2007: Young Atom Opticians Conference, University of Durham, UK: (Poster): “Calcium ions in a Penning trap for applications”

17. February 2008: International Conference on Nanoscience and Technology (ICONSAT), Chennai, Poster: “Tweezer-based Microrheology”

18. February 2010: International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology(ICANN 2010), IIT Guwahati, Poster: “Dual Optical Tweezer for microrheology of active bacteria”

19. March 2010: International Conference on Cold Atoms, Molecules and Ions ( IACS and ICTS), Kolkota, Poster: “ Measurements of Storage Time and Instabilities in an Electron Penning Trap”

20. December 2010: (Oral)- at International Conference on Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology,Tiruchengode, Namakkal district, TN, “Rotational dynamics of RBC in an optical trap as a medical diagnostic technique”

21. December 2010: International Conference on Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology,Tiruchengode, Namakkal district, TN, Poster: “Characterization of antimicrobial activity of silver nanoparticles using optical tweezers”

22. January 2011: International Conference on Contemporary Trends in Optics and Optoelectronics (Optical Society of India), Trivandrum, Poster: “Orientation of human RBC in a linearly polarized trap”, Praveen P, Nagesh B.V,Yogesha, Sarbari Bhattacharya, and Sharath Ananthamurthy: Awarded certificate of merit for best poster

23. November 2011: International Workshop on Chemistry of Soft Matter, Raman Research Institute, Bangalore . Poster: “Healthy Human RBC: A Natural Microrotor”

24. March 2012: Poster and Talk: “ Storage properties and axial velocity distribution of electrons in a quadrupole Penning trap”, at International Workshop on Highly Charged Ions and Atomic Collisions, TIFR

25. April 2013: Oral Presentation (Yogesha, et al.) “Dynamics of a pair of beads in an optical trap” at SPIE meeting on Optical Tweezers in Biology, Honolulu, USA

26. Oct.2013: Poster: “Optomechanical properties of healthy human red blood cells and their connection to the cell’s birefringence” in Dynamic Architecture of Cells an Tissues, Joint Conference by Weizmann Institute, Israel and Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore

27. February 2014: Oral: “Optical properties of Red Blood Cells – An optical tweezer based analysis”, SPIE Photonics West in meeting on “Imaging, Manipulation and Analysis of Cells, Biomolecules and Tissue XII”, San Fransisco, USA

28. December 2014: Poster “Trapping Characterization of Semi Metallic Beads in an Optical Tweezer” at 12th International Conference on Fiber Optics and Photonics, IIT Kharagpur

29. (Talk, D.Datar, Doctoral student) “Storage time of trapped electrons in a perturbed quadrupole Penning trap” at Topical Conference on Charged Particle Collisions and Electronic Processes in Atoms, Molecules and Materials, q-PACE, ISM-Dhanbad, Jan. 2016

30. (Poster, Co-author) “Effect of altered cell membrane elasticity on the passage time of Red Blood Cells in narrow channels”, Rekha S, Shruthi S Iyengar, Praveen P, Sharath Ananthamurthy, Sarbari Bhattacharya, International Conference on Soft Matter, Grenoble, France, September 2016

31. (Poster) Hydrodynamic mediated correlations between a core shell bead and a dielectric bead using dual optical tweezers Shruthi S Iyengar, Praveen Parthasarathi, Rekha Selvan, Sarbari Bhattacharya, Sharath Ananthamurthy, International Conference on Soft Materials (ICSM), Jaipur, Jan. 2017

32. (Poster) Power spectral density analysis of membrane stiffness tuned human red blood cells trapped in optical tweezers, Sarbari Bhattacharya, Rekha Selvan, Shruthi S. Iyengar, Praveen P., Sharath Ananthamurthy , International Conference on Soft Materials (ICSM), Jaipur, Jan. 2017

33. (Poster) Fine-tuning cell membrane stiffness: Effect of Bovine Serum Albumin probed through optomechanical response in an optical trap , Praveen P, Rekha S, Shruthi S Iyengar, Sarbari Bhattacharya and Sharath Ananthamurthy, International Conference on Soft Materials (ICSM), Jaipur, Jan. 2017

34. (Poster) Fine-tuning cell membrane stiffness: Effect of Bovine Serum Albumin on the optomechanical response in an optical trap , Praveen P, Rekha S, Shruthi S Iyengar, Chethana Devarakonda, Sarbari Bhattacharya and Sharath Ananthamurthy, International Conference on Mechanobiology, National University of Singapore, 14-18, Dec. 2017

35. (Poster) Reorientation Dynamics of Avian red Blood Cells in an Optical Tweezer, Praveen P, Rekha S, Shruthi S Iyengar, Nagesh B.V., B.M.. Veere Gowda, Sarbari Bhattacharya and Sharath Ananthamurthy, International Conference on Mechanobiology, National University of Singapore, 14-18, Dec. 2017

36. (Poster) Collision Induced Trap Strength Modification in a Linearly Polarized Gaussian Beam Optical Trap, Shruthi S Iyengar, Praveen P, Savitha S, Sharath Ananthamurthy and Sarbari Bhattacharya, International Conference on Complex Fluids, IIT Madras, Chennai, December 2017.

37. (Poster: Best Poster Award) Effect of Human Red Blood Cell Membrane Stiffness on Microcirculation: A filtration based study Rekha S , Sharath Ananthamurthy and Sarbari Bhattacharya, International Conference on Complex Fluids, IIT Madras, Chennai, December 2017.

A. Participation and contribution in National/International Fora in the area of

your academic and professional expertise Number(s)

Plenary lectures/Invited talks

International

1

National

10

Congresses attended

International

10

National

26

Examinership etc.

International

Nil

National (PhD thesis examiner)

4 (Karnataka) 3 (outside)

National (Projects adjudicator of UGC)

2012-2013, in committees for evaluation of major research projects submitted in Biophysics