Tirtha Som
Project Manager
Leibniz-Institut für Sonnenphysik,
Schöneckstr. 6, 79104 Freiburg Germany
Academic Details:
• 2004-2006 Master’s degree in Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, India
• 2007-2010 Ph. D. in Materials Science, Central Glass & Ceramic Research Institute, Kolkata, India
Career overview:
• 2011-2014 Postdoc, Department of Chemistry, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany (Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral fellowship)
• 2014-2018 Head of Chem Lab & research scientist, Energy Materials In-Situ Laboratory & Institute
Nanospectroscopy, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin for Materials and Energy, Germany
• 2016-2016 Visiting researcher, Molecular Foundry, Nanostructured Materials, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, USA
• 2018-2018 Industry R&D Chemist, Iolitec Ionic Liquids Technologies GmbH, Heilbronn, Germany
• 2019- present Project Manager, Leibniz-Institute for Solar Physics, Freiburg, Germany
Current job focus:
Project management
Area of expertise:
Nanostructured materials, nanophotonics
Area of interests:
Novel materials, interdisciplinary research, scientific administration
Role in SOLARNET:
Project Manager
Life outside of regular work:
Exploring new places, restaurants & movies, and trying to learn some languages.
Hiking, amateur photography & blogging
Web of Science ResearcherID: B-3357-2010