Advanced Radiation Shielding Materials

Sarika Verma is currently working as Principal Scientist at Materials for Radiation Shielding and Cement free Concrete division CSIR-Advanced Materials and Processes Research Institute (AMPRI), Bhopal - 462026, MP, India. She has more than fifteen years of diverse experience in Research and Teaching in CSIR & other academics Institutes such as CSIR-AMPRI, Bhopal Govt. of India, respectively. She was awarded a Ph. Din Chemical Sciences from BarakatullahUniversity, India. Thereafter, she worked in different capacities like a research scientist at Technische universitad, Darmstadt, Germany, Pool Scientist (CSIR-HRDG, New Delhi), and Women Scientist (DST). She is the recipient of various prestigious awards like young scientist,women scientist etc. She has around 20 patents filed. Over the years, she has been intensively engaged in multiple R & D to design and develop advanced materials useful for different broad application spectrums like cement-free materials, Radiation shielding materials, polymeric composites, biomedical and energy materials via novel techniques. She has experience in transferring the know-how technology to industries likeM/S HCL, M/S Assurays, etc. Avanish Kumar Srivastava is the director of the CSIR-AMPRI, Bhopal, India. He serves as an expert in nanoscale measurements and instrumentation at ISO and BIS. He was instrumental in establishing the high-resolution electron microscopy and spectroscopy facilities at CSIR-NPL, New Delhi and AMPRI, Bhopal. His prolific research on the growth of engineering materials and understanding of nucleation growth, phase transformations, microstructures, and defects is outstanding and known by his peers worldwide.