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Dr Anjana Devi named director of Germany’s IFW Dresden
She was also appointed chair of Materials Chemistry in the Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry at the Technical University of Dresden.
Professor Anjana Devi / J. Lösel / IFW Dresden
Professor Anjana Devi, alumnus of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, has been appointed as the director of the Institute for Materials Chemistry (IMC) at the Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research (IFW) in Dresden, Germany.
She was simultaneously appointed chair of Materials Chemistry in the Faculty of Chemistry and Food Chemistry at the Technical University of Dresden.
Devi will work towards establishing a competence center for atomic layer deposition with the ASPIRE2D project at IFW Dresden, which will work toward processing advanced 2D functional materials on an atomic scale for future technologies as part of her role.
Devi’s research areas include an interdisciplinary approach with a special focus on bridging synthetic chemistry and materials chemistry. At the IFW, the research focuses on 2D materials, in particular their scalable synthesis, heterostructures, and nanostructured surfaces.
Devi, according to the institute's statement, is a highly-respected and active collaborator who works on projects with other top institutions and companies in the ALD and CVD fields. “With Anjana Devi, we have gained an outstanding expert in the research field of materials chemistry who has a strong international network and reputation,” said professor Dr Bernd Büchner, scientific director.
“Her expertise in advanced functional materials and their development adds another fundamental pillar to our research program in the research for new materials for future technologies,” Dr Büchner added.
Devi expressed excitement about her appointment and her desire to “venture deep into the development of advanced nanostructured functional materials at IFW.”
“The excellent infrastructure and resources that will be at my disposal and the strong interdisciplinary research activities at IFW will enable me to design and develop purpose-driven advanced materials,” she added.
Devi studied chemistry, physics, mathematics, and materials science at the University of Mangalore in India. She completed her Ph.D. in Materials Science at the Materials Research Center of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore. She started her career in 2002 as a junior professor at the Ruhr University Bochum.
She was the speaker of the “Global Young Faculty” organization, which dealt with the impact of climate change. She has been supporting the “Soroptimist Club” project in Bochum since 2017 to give women and girls the opportunity to access education.
“With Anjana Devi, another female scientist is taking over the directorship of one of the IFW institutes exactly one year after Yana Vaynzof took over. Both directors and their projects were recently selected for the Leibniz Programme for Women Professors, which supports innovative research by women in science,” said Juliane Schmidt, administrative of IFW Dresden.
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