Tejas Kalavalapalli, featured ILCC liquid crystal artist, July 2018
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His research interests currently include Polymer Science, Material Science and Green Chemistry.
He clicked this picture during a summer research project with Dr. Ingo Dierking's Liquid Crystal group at the Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester.
He has a great love for the environment and hopes to pursue a Master's degree and later on a PhD in Material Science or Environmental Engineering and hopes to make a difference to the world!
e-mail: kytejas(at)yahoo.com
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Jury comment:
A lovely flowery composition of "smectic petals” marks the end of the first summer month.
A lovely flowery composition of "smectic petals” marks the end of the first summer month.