Louis Kavitha PhD

Dr. Kavitha born on 20 March 1975, in Kumbakonam, Tanjore (Dt.), Tamil Nadu. She pursued Under Graduation in Physics at the Government College for Women, Kumbakonam. She has obtained her Post Graduation and Doctoral degrees from the School of Physics, Bharathidasan University, Trichy, Tamil Nadu, INDIA. She continued her prolific research work at the prestigious and globally renowned Max-Planck Institute for the Physics of complex systems, Germany, and at the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Italy(an IAEA and UNESCO Institute), in the capacities of Post-doctoral fellow and Young collaborator, Junior, and Regular Associates respectively. Dr. Kavitha has been doing research for the past 20 years in the field of Non-linear dynamics of both condensed and soft matter systems. Also, She has extended her research interest in the development of bioceramic coatings on high-energy electron beam irradiated metal implants for orthopedic applications. She has participated in various research programs conducted by international institutions in the USA, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, Austria, Poland, Hungary, Croatia, Slovenia, Portugal, and Latvia. Her assiduous research work fetched her many Young Scientist awards at the National level and She has been bestowed with the Prestigious Landhal award by the International Society of Mathematical Biology, USA. Dr. Kavitha has successfully supervised 16 Ph.D. students and authored more than 130 publications including 6 book chapters in International Journals of high repute and has an h-index of 29 and an i-10 index of 72 with 2112 citations. She has mobilized research grants from various funding agencies such as DST, CSIR, UGC, DAE-NBHM, and DAE-BRNS as the sole Principal investigator.