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About

Hi there!, I'm Dr. Arvapalli Sai Srikanth, currently at NICT. My current research is about developing new materials for Josephson Junctions (JJs) and fabricating related devices such as Superconducting Qubits.

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- 2 years Postdoc experience at Shibaura Institute of Technology (SIT), Tokyo/Japan

- 5 years of experience in the Research and Development of bulk and thin-film superconductors and Superconducting magnets.
-7 years of cumulative research experience in Materials Science specialized in nano materials synthesis.

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- Working experience in Clean room environment (class 100) and IC Fabrication.

- Expertise in handling Glove box, and characterization equipment (XRD, SEM, TEM, TG-DTA, and SQUID, etc.).
- Skilled in structure-property correlations, physics of materials, advanced materials characterization, and process optimization.
- Experienced with data analysis, scientific writing, Science & Technology, and laboratory skills.

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- Goal-oriented and self-motivated, with 20+ publications in reputed journals since 2018.
- 5+ years of experience in working and collaborating with people from diverse backgrounds. Great team player with multiple co-authored publications.


- Experienced with MATLAB
- I am also probing into DFT, COMSOL simulations, computational materials, python, etc.

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Education

2017 - 2020

Shibaura Institute of Technology (SIT),

Tokyo, Japan

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Superconducting Materials from Environmental Materials Engineering  Dept./ Regional environmental systems course 

2012 - 2017

Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM), India

Dual Degree (B.Tech + M.Tech/ 5 years) from the Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering. 

2010 - 2012

SriChaitanya Junior Kalasala (IPL), Telengana, India

Intermediate (State Board) 

Awards, Scholarships and Grants

  • Successfully secured 2 Million Yen in funding through the NICT R&D Promotion Fund- "TRIAL fund" to conduct research on the exploration of new materials for high-performance qubits at NICT (2023)

  • SIT Postdoc Fellowship – Shibaura Institute of Technology (SIT) (2020)

  • President’s Award 2020 – Shibaura Institute of Technology (SIT) (2020)

  • Outstanding Young Researcher Award in Japan International Conference on Carbon Materials and Nanotechnology (JICCMAN 2020). (2020)

  • ASC 2018 Financial Assistance cash award by ASC 2018 Conference Organizers and IEEE Council on Superconductivity in Applied Superconductivity Conference 2018 (Seattle, Washington, USA)(2018)

  • SIT Doctoral Fellowship – Shibaura Institute of Technology (SIT) (2017)

  • Merit Cum Means (MCM) Scholarship – Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) (2012)

  • Top 0.5 % - Indian Institute of Technology Joint Entrance Examination (IIT-JEE) (2012)

  • Secured 268th All India Rank in the 4th International Mathematics Olympiad. (2011)

  • Received certificate of excellence in Sir C.V. Raman Young Genius Awards National Level Science Talent Search Examination Conducted by Vishwabharathy Foundation. (2009)

  • Achieved distinctive performance certificate in 7th National Cyber Olympiad. (2007)

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