2022 – present

Endress Postdoc Fellow in the Nanophononics Group of Prof. I. Zardo at the Physics Department, University of Basel, Switzerland.

2021 – 2022

Postdoc in the Nanophononics Group of Prof. I. Zardo at the Physics Department, University of Basel, Switzerland.

2017 – 2021

PhD in Physics from Università di Roma "Sapienza” for the thesis titled “carrier dynamics in semiconductor nanowires” under the supervison of Dr. Faustino Martelli at the National Research Council of Italy, Rome, Italy.

2012 – 2017

Integrated Master of Science in Physics, Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences, University of Mumbai, India.

"Influence of diameter on temperature dynamics of hot carriers in photoexcited GaAsP nanowires", A. K. Sivan, L. D. Mario, Y. Zhang, D. Catone, P. O’Keeffe, S. Turchini, V. Mussi,H. Liu, and F. Martelli, Phys. Rev. B, (2021)
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.104.045423

"Systematic approach to the study of the photoluminescence of MAPbI3", V. Campanari, A. Agresti, S. Pescetelli, A. K. Sivan, D. Catone, P. O’Keeffe, S. Turchini, A. Di Carlo, F. Martelli, Physical Review Materials, (2021)
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.5.035409

"Optical properties and carrier dynamics in Co-doped ZnO nanorods", A. K. Sivan, A. Galan-Gonzalez, L. Di Mario, N. Tappy, J. Hernández-Ferrer, D. Catone, S. Turchini, A. M. Benito, W. K. Maser, S. E. Steinvall, A. F. I Morral, A. J. Gallant, D. A. Zeze, D. Atkinson, F. Martelli., Nanoscale Advances, (2021)
DOI: 10.1039/D0NA00693A

"Cobalt-Doped ZnO Nanorods Coated with Nanoscale Metal-Organic Framework Shells for Water-Splitting Photoanodes", A. Galan-Gonzalez, A. K. Sivan, J. Hernández-Ferrer, L. Bowen, L. Di Mario, F. Martelli, A. M. Benito, W. K. Maser, M. U. Chaudhry, A. Gallant, D. A. Zeze, and D. Atkinson., ACS Applied Nano Materials, (2020)
DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.0c01325