Dhaneesh Gopalakrishnan, Former PhD student, Monash University

Dhaneesh Kumar Gopalakrishnan obtained his PhD working with A/Prof Agustin Schiffrin at Monash University. Within FLEET’s research theme 1 and Enabling technology theme A, Dhaneesh synthesised and characterised 2D organic-based materials, searching for those that exhibit topological electronic properties. Synthesis and characterisation of these materials were carried out in the state-of-the-art scanning probe microscopy set-up in the Schiffrin lab, enabling precise engineering and probing of these materials down to the atomic scale.