DrSinny Trivedi

ABOUT

I am an Adjunct Research Fellow in the UCD School of Physics, continuing my postdoctoral research on Picoglaze, a Science Foundation Ireland-funded project led by Professor Dominic Zerulla. My work looks at how carbon nanotubes in suspension align under an electric field, and how that changes the way they transmit light, with a view to energy-efficient smart glazing.

An experimental physicist working in condensed matter and materials physics. My PhD at Gujarat University looked at how wide-bandgap oxide thin films and heterostructures grow, and at their structural, optical and electrical properties. I have 8 peer-reviewed publications from this and later work.

Before Picoglaze, I was a Visiting Researcher in the Nanoscale Function Group at the UCD Conway Institute, working with Professor Brian J. Rodriguez. There I used scanning probe microscopy (AFM, c-AFM, KPFM and PFM) to study the electrical and surface properties of materials at the nanoscale. This included c-AFM characterisation for a study of green hydrogen electrocatalysts, published in Sustainable Energy & Fuels (2024).

Alongside research, I enjoy mentoring students and sharing science with the public. I have taken part in CuriosiTY, Science Starts Small, Let’s Chat Medicine, Pint of Science and the UCD Research Image Competition.

DEGREES

• PhD Physics, Gujarat University (2009 – 2019)
• M.Phil. Physics, Gujarat University (2006 – 2009)
• M.Sc. Physics, Gujarat University (2004 – 2006)
• B.Sc. Physics, Gujarat University (2001 – 2004)

LANGUAGES

• English: can read, write, speak and understand
• Hindi: can read, write, speak and understand
• Gujarati: can read, write, speak and understand