308B Humphries Science Research Building
Office hours vary each semester. Please refer to your course syllabus. A virtual or
in-person appointment can be scheduled in advance via email.
Fall 2023: Wednesday and Friday 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
PHY 2048 General Physics I - MWF 1:25 p.m. to 2:40 p.m.
PHY 2049 General Physics II - MWF 11:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Komalavalli Thirunavukkuarasu (KT) is an Associate Professor at the Department of Physics, Florida A&M University (FAMU). She is an experimental physicist with a doctorate from the University of Augsburg, Germany, and a recipient of the prestigious Feodor-Lynen Fellowship award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and Emerging Researcher of the Year 2021 at FAMU. She is also affiliated with the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory and FAMU-FSU College of Engineering.
Her research focuses on low-energy spectroscopy on functional materials at extreme conditions. She studies quantum materials such as molecular magnets, carbon-based nanostructures, multiferroics, etc., using THz, IR, Raman, and EPR spectroscopies at low temperature, high pressure, and/or high magnetic fields. As of 2023, KT has acquired more than $3.5M in research funding as PI and Co-PI from the National Science Foundation, the Department of Defense, and the Department of Energy. She has mentored several high school, undergraduate, and graduate students in materials research. KT is part of several mentoring initiatives and is very passionate about science education and communication. KT continues to actively participate in university, professional, and community service activities that improve the scientific environment for young students and researchers, especially, the underrepresented minorities.
University of Augsburg, Germany - 2009
Ph.D. in Physics
University of Stuttgart, Germany - 2004
M.Sc. in Physics
Institute of Technology Madras, India. - 2003
M.Sc. in Physics
University of Madras, India - 1999
B.Sc. in Physics
Assistant Professor - 2016-2022
Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL
Visiting Associate-in-Research - 2015
MagLab, Tallahassee, FL
Postdoctoral research associate - 2012-14
MagLab/Florida State University (FSU), Tallahassee, USA.
Postdoctoral scientist - 2009 – 2012
II. Physics Institute, University of Cologne, Germany.
Graduate research assistant - 2006-2009
University of Augsburg, Germany
Research assistant - 2003-2006
1. Physics Institute, University of Stuttgart, Germany.
Patent Abstracts Technical Editor - 2000-2001
Domex Technical Information, Chennai, India.