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Radha Boya

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  • Education:

    Until PhD, I was educated in India. In school, I studied three languages (Telugu, English and Hindi) along with science, maths and social.

  • Qualifications:

    GCSE – equivalent in India is Secondary school certificate – 2000
    A levels – equivalent in India is higher Secondary – 2002
    Bachelor of Science (Maths, Physics, Chemistry) – 2005 (3 years)
    Master of Science in Chemistry – 2007 (2 years) – University Gold Medal
    PhD in Materials Science – 2012 (5 years) – Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research
    (JNCASR), Bangalore, India

  • Work History:

    Postdoctoral fellow – Northwester University, USA
    Marie Curie Fellow – University of Manchester, UK
    Royal Society University Research Fellow – University of Manchester, UK (my current job)
    Apart from the science as a career, I am a trained typist (yeah, at the time computers and smart phones were still not popular) and did a job for a local library compiling and sorting journals, newspapers using a primitive code on a software.

  • Current Job:

    Royal Society University Research Fellow – University of Manchester, UK

  • About Me:

    Nanoscience researcher working on tiny capillaries and 2D materials

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    I live in Manchester with my husband. We are a lovely family with 2 children (son aged 1, daughter aged 4). My favourite show is Big Bang Theory and i love cooking. Pronouns – she/her

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    Nanostructures (1 nanometer = 1/millionth of a meter) are ever present in nature, assuring the passage of substances to where they are needed, and filtering out the impurities. It is only over the past three decades that we have started discovering the importance of such nanometric channels and still understanding the rich science hidden behind them. Replicating these natural structures artificially at least in terms of their geometric dimensions (if not in the complex functionality) has potential uses in areas as diverse as bioanalytics, drug delivery, water filtration. My work relates to making small channels artificially, in order to study water properties, sieve molecules and ions by size.

  • My Typical Day:

    My waking clock is my 1 year old, and he wakes up around 6 am. Cycle to lab by 9 ish. I spend the day in a clean lab dressed in a bunny suit and make graphene pipes.

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  • My Interview

    • How would you describe yourself in 3 words?

      Researcher, Mom, learner

      What did you want to be after you left school?

      Creator and a teacher imparting knowledge

      Were you ever in trouble at school?

      Not except when i was in running race. There i was always the last.

      Who is your favourite singer or band?

      Chitra (Indian Singer), Michael Jackson

      What's your favourite food?

      vegetable lassagne, chocolate cake

      If you had 3 wishes for yourself what would they be? - be honest!

      1) Visit all the new seven wonders of the world, 2) remain enthusiastic and a learner, 3) go back to childhood (at least for some time)

      Tell us a joke.

      A neutron walks into a bar, and asks how much for a drink. The bartender replies “For you, no charge”.

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