Professor Dr. Shivaprakash Ramakrishna

Biography

Ramakrishna completed his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees at Kuvempu University, Karnataka, India, and obtained his PhD in 2013 from the Department of Materials at ETH Zurich. His PhD research focused on adhesion and tribology of nanoscale rough surfaces. After completing his PhD, he worked as a Postdoctoral researcher at the Laboratory for Surface Science and Technology from June 2013 until June 2015, where he investigated the frictional and mechanical properties of stratified layers in polymer brush-gel structures utilizing colloidal-probe atomic force microscopy (AFM) techniques. He then served as a Senior Scientist at the same laboratory from June 2015 until March 2020. His current research focuses on measuring rolling friction at the nanoscale using AFM and visualizing the three-dimensional conformations of soft microgel particles at liquid-liquid interfaces in real-time with exceptional spatial resolution. His broader expertise includes nanotribology, nanomechanics, atomic force microscopy, surface and interface science, and soft matter.

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