People
Pinakapani Tummala
Title
Technical Manager, Furnace Lab
Degree
PhD
Office Location
S9-09-01-46
Biography
Tummala PinakaPani graduated with MSc in 2019 from the Politecnico di Milano, Italy, and PhD (Physics) in 2024 KU Leuven, Belgium, and Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy. His training was in large-area growth of MoS2 nanosheets through chemical vapor deposition (CVD) and fabrication of two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs).
Tummala is presently serving as the Technical Manager for the Furnace Lab at I-FIM. His key technical responsibilities cover inventory management, crafting Risk Assessments for new experiments, interfacing between researchers and equipment manufacturers to troubleshoot instrument failure, execute calibration, certification and maintenance, requisition of customized tools, innovating engineering solutions, and oversee equipment acceptance tests. He also provides scientific support by maintaining a library of recipes for optimized processes, advising researchers to design and execute experiments to boost efficiency and throughput, and acting as a liaison between the scientists and industry.