Bio and CV
Natarajan Ravi
Professor of Physics
Office: SCI 321
Ph: (404) 270-5857; Cell: 678-644-9742
Fax: (404) 270-5853
nravi@spelman.edu or aparnusha@gmail.com
Employment History:
2014- Professor and Chair, Physics Department, Spelman College, GA
2005-2014 Associate Professor, Physics Department, Spelman College, GA
1998-2005 Assistant Professor, Physics Department, Spelman College, GA
1995-1998 Assistant Professor, Chemistry Department, Spelman College, GA
1993-1995 Research Associate; Chemistry Department, Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA
1987-1993 Research Associate, Physics Department, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
1984-1987 Scientific Officer, Indira Gandhi Atomic Research Center, Kalpakkam, India
1983-1984 Visiting Fellow, Physics Department, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Teaching
1998-to date General Physics (I and II), Introductory Physics (I, II, and III), Advanced Lab I, Mathematical Physics, Thermal Physics, and Quantum Mechanics.
Team-taught: Advanced Lab II, Laser, Optics, & Spectroscopy, and Biophysics
1995-1998: General Chemistry (I and II Lecture and Lab), Physical Chemistry (Lecture and Lab)
Research Mentoring Experience:
Supervising students on their research projects since Fall 1996 on various problems in Biophysics and Solid State Physics. Students present the results from these projects in different meetings: (1) MIE Science Day at Spelman College, (2) Georgia Academy of Sciences, (3) American Chemical Society (ACS), (4) American Physical Society (APS), (5) National Society of Black Physicists (NSBP), and (6) National Council of Undergraduate Research (NCUR), and (7) Optical Society of the SouthEast.
Current and Active Proposals:
(a) PI of the Spelman part of the project funded to Clark Atlanta University (CAU), Atlanta by the National Science Foundation (NSF) on “Coalition for Research and Education Enhancement in Materials (CREEM)”. The project at Spelman College titled “Spectroscopic Characterization of Metal Graphene Interfaces”. This funding runs from Sept. 2010 to Aug. 2015. ($250,000).
(b) Co-PI of the Department of Energy (DOE) Massie Grant funded to Physics Department. My part of project is titled “Study of Biomolecules by EPR Spectroscopy”and runs from Sept. 2009 to Aug. 2013 ($200,000).
Synergistic activities:
(1) Several undergraduate students’ presentations and four refereed publications. (2) Developed Magnetic Resonance and Mössbauer Spectroscopic Advanced lab exercises for Physics majors (PHYS 362). (3) Developed X-ray diffraction project for Advanced Lab II for Physics majors (PHYS 462). (4) Participated in the development of two modules (a) Materials and (b) Light and Color for the Interdisciplinary Course (IDS 101) and served as coordinator of the course for the AY 20001-2002. (5) Developed computer assisted Chemistry experiments for General Chemistry (111 and 112) using LoggerPro software and the laboratory manuals in collobaration with Dr. Bhatia at Morehouse College. (6) Member of the Advisory Board for the NASA funded curriculum development project of Atlanta Metropolitan College, Atlanta (2006- 07). (7) Member of the College Board Advanced Placement (AP) Physics course Reader and Syllabus Reviewer (8) A panel member at NSF in 2009-2013 for Instrumentation Grant.
Peer-Review:
Reviewing articles for Biomacromolecules, Carbohydrate Chemistry, The American Journal of Physics, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Journal of Molecular Structure, Proceedings of the National Council of Undergraduate Research, and Materials Research Bulletin and Research proposals from DOE and NSF
Selected Publications (From a list of about 50 refereed articles)
- B. Stewart, D. Hylton, and N. Ravi, “A Systematic Approach for Understanding Slater-Gaussian Functions in Computational Physics”, J. Chem. Educ. 90, 609-612 (2013).
- B. Stewart, D. Hylton, and N. Ravi, “Visualization of Atomic Oribitals” Proceedings of the National Council of Undergraduate Research (NCUR) April 2013, p. 303-308.
- J. Hargrove,H. B. Mihiri Shashikala,L. Guerrido,N. Ravi and X-Q. Wang, “Band Gap Opening in Methane Intercalated Graphene” , Nanoscale 4, 4443-4446 (2012).
- T. T. Baby, R. B. Rakhi, N. Ravi, and S. Ramaprabhu, “Cerium Oxide Dispersed Multi Walled Carbon Nanotubes as Cathode Materials for Flexible Field Emitters”, J Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 12, 1-6 (2012).
- N. Ravi, V. Ibeanusi, and Jeilani, “Gas Phase Fragmentation Reactions of Phthalates Ions” A chapter in the textbook “Phthalates: Chemical Properties, Impacts on Health and Environment”- Nova Publishers, ISBN: 978-1-62081-994-44 (2012).
- Y. Jeilani, B. Cardelino, and N. Ravi, “57Fe Mössbauer Spectroscopic and Density Functional Theory (DFT) Study on the Interactions of the Metal Ion with Monosaccharides”, A monograph. Nova Publishers ISBN: 978-1-61122-301-9 (2011).
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