Title: Study of Si-SiO2 nanocomposites using raman spectroscopy/mapping

Biography: Ekta Rani is currently working as a researcher in NANOMO, Faculty of Science, University of Oulu, Finland with research interests including soft lithography, spectroscopy, and microscopy for nanofabrication and associated applications. She completed her BSc and MSc degrees at Panjab University, India in 2008 and 2010, respectively. Subsequently, she joined the Raja Ramanna Centre, India for Advanced technology to carry out studies on semiconductor nanocomposites for her PhD with Prof. Alka A. Ingale. In 2016 she joined the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology (MIB), University of Manchester, UK as a postdoctoral research associate with Dr. Lu Shin Wong and Prof. Royston Goodacre, researching the development of scanning probe lithography-based bio–sensors. In 2019, she joined the Department of Physics, Central University of Punjab, India as an assistant professor.