Welcome to our visitors, Anna and Suresh

Anna Berezicka is a PhD student at AGH University of Science and Technology in Cracow, Poland. "I must admit my research career is a little bit monotonous as since 2016 all my scientific interest center around controlled-release glass fertilizers (or agriglasses, as some researchers call them). Just to shed some light on this topic - such glasses are able to supply plants with various macro- (P, K, Mg, Ca, S…) and microelements (Zn, Cu, Mo, Mn, B, Fe…) and, what’s important, they do not pose a threat to the natural environment as the nutrients are not released until a plant exudates weak organic acids to mobilize the enclosed-in-vitreous-matrix nutritive elements (and hence – the risk of nutrient leaching is limited).
As my fascination with glass materials for novel applications continues to grow with each year of my study, I’m very excited to leave my glass-fertilizers comfort zone and work with the researchers from Photonic Glasses group!"

Dr. Suresh Kumar Jakka, is presently working as a Research Scientist in the Physics Department of the University of Aveiro, and member of the Institute of nanostructures, nanomodelling, and nanofabrication (I3N). He completed his post-graduation and Doctor of Philosophy at the Physics Department of Sri Venkateswara University, India by 2010. He was awarded post-doctoral scholarship from FCT, Portugal later working in the department of Physics, Aveiro University as a continuation of his efficient research activities. His research is on materials science with a special focus on rare earth based materials for luminescence applications. He is specialized in experimental techniques in the field of luminescence and in micro and nano materials processing techniques. His research interests are based on glasses, phosphors, nanoparticles, thin films based on luminescence that are applied in LEDs, sensors, lasers, optically active media etc.
Dr. Suresh is the author of around 65 articles in international peer-review journals, plus 7 in conference proceedings, more than 1300 citations and a h-index of 22. He is an author of more than 40 presentations in international scientific meetings. Involved in several bilateral projects between Portugal and other countries. He is awarded as an outstanding reviewer from Journal of Luminescence, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Sesors and Actuators and a frequent reviewer of several others like Optical Materials, Journal of Non-crystalline solids, Spectrochemica Acta, Physica B, Nature Scientific Reports, Crystals MDPI, Materials MDPI and many more.
CV web-links:
Scopus Author id: 57214871716 with h-index = 22
Researcher id: B-9778-2012
Orcid webpage: 0000-0003-4999-9495
CIÊNCIA ID: C011-7381-B3EB