Sharath Ananthamurthy, who has been appointed Vice-Chancellor of Kuvempu University, wants to take some time out of busy administrative work to be in the laboratory and continue his work in biophysics.
Sharath Ananthamurthy, who has a Ph.D. from Iowa University, USA, has been trained in atomic and molecular physics. In recent years, he has been working in biophysics. “My work is on microorganisms. I use the novel tool optical tweezer, whose invention won Arthur Ashkin the Nobel Prize in 2018,” Prof. Ananthamurthy told The Hindu over the phone on Wednesday.
“I am an academic. My first love lies in the laboratory. I want to spend time there with students. I am hoping to make myself free from the administrative work as Vice-Chancellor and fulfil my wish to continue my research,” he said.
