Our Kalpana Fellow Aparna Manoj, joined us in May 2021 during her second year of Bachelors studies at the Indian Institute for Science Education and Research, Bhopal. Aparna was mentored by Dr Jeksy Jos Manalil.  

During the lockdown, Aparna worked with mentor Dr Swathi from Saint-Gobain, India to study electrochromic devices at home. She observed reversible color changes induced by electrochemical oxidation and reduction, usually seen in coordination compounds with simple home set-up. She later bagged an internship at JNCASR Bangalore (one of India’s premier research institutions). In 2023 Aparna won a research Globalink Graduate Fellowship in Canada