Arti Agrawal

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Arti Agrawal
Alma materIndian Institute of Technology, Delhi
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics, optics and engineering
Doctoral advisor Anurag Sharma

Arti Agrawal is a scientist and engineer known for her work on computational photonics as well as diversity, equity, and inclusion in STEM; she has been recognized in both of these areas by a number of awards. [1] [2] Her research is focused on numerical modeling and simulation of photonic devices and optical components. Agrawal is currently serving as Associate Professor and the Director of Women in Engineering and Information Technology at the University of Technology Sydney [1] [3] and Associate Vice President of Diversity for the IEEE Photonics Society. [4]

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Early life and education

Agrawal was born in New Delhi, India. [5] She earned her Ph.D. in Physics at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi in 2005, developing mathematical techniques to study optical beam propagation in waveguides [6] [7] with Anurag Sharma. Agrawal was awarded a Royal Society Postdoctoral Fellowship to study photonic crystal fibers at the City, University of London; she then spent almost a decade working there as a researcher, lecturer, and PhD adviser. [1] [3]

Research and career

Agrawal is an author or editor of a number of books on computational photonics [8] [9] and over 50 peer-reviewed articles. [10] [11] She teaches physics, optics, and engineering courses. [1] Her areas of expertise include finite element methods, solar cells, photonic crystal fibers, nanophotonics, non-paraxial optics, supercontinuum generation, and biomedical optics.

Agrawal has engaged with numerous organizations and projects relating to diversity, equity, and inclusion in STEM, including outreach to young students, creating internship and scholarship opportunities for women, founding networking groups, organizing conferences, and is currently leading a department dedicated to women in STEM. [5] [2] [12] She focuses her efforts on women, people of color, and those identifying as LGBTQ+. [5] [2] [12]

Awards, selected

Academic service, selected

Publications, selected

Personal life

Agrawal identifies as a lesbian [19] [5] [20] and has founded and worked with a number of organizations to support LGBTQ+ students in STEM. [5] [19] [21] [12] She maintains a personal blog about science, policy, equality and diversity, and teaching. [22]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Arti Agrawal, Distinguished Service Award, IEEE Photonics Society".
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Arti Agrawal, Living History, OSA".
  4. 1 2 "Membership Council, IEEE Photonics Society".
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Arti Agrawal, Interview, SAGE (Science in Australia Gender Equity)". Archived from the original on 2022-01-07. Retrieved 2020-06-13.
  6. ↑ Agrawal, Arti (2004). "Paraxial and Non-Paraxial Wave Propagation Through Optical Waveguides, PhD dissertation" (PDF).
  7. ↑ Sharma, Anurag; Agrawal, Arti (2004). "New method for nonparaxial beam propagation". JOSA A. 21 (6): 1082–1087. Bibcode:2004JOSAA..21.1082S. doi:10.1364/JOSAA.21.001082. ISSN   1520-8532. PMID   15191191.
  8. 1 2 Agrawal, Arti; Benson, Trevor; Rue, Richard De La; Wurtz, Gregory, eds. (2017). Recent Trends in Computational Photonics. Springer Series in Optical Sciences. Springer International Publishing. ISBN   978-3-319-55437-2.
  9. 1 2 "Finite Element Modeling Methods for Photonics, Artech House". us.artechhouse.com. Archived from the original on 2020-06-13. Retrieved 2020-06-13.
  10. ↑ "Publications of A. Agrawal, CityLibrary, City University of London".
  11. ↑ "Arti Agrawal, Profile, ORCiD".
  12. 1 2 3 4 "About GWN Multicultural, LGBTQ+ Women's Network". 5 September 2015.
  13. ↑ "2020 Diversity & Inclusion Advocacy Recognition Winners". The Optical Society.
  14. ↑ "Fellows List, Australian Institute of Physics".
  15. 1 2 "Prestigious award for City engineering academic, City University of London News". 2016.
  16. ↑ Cabrera-España, Francisco J.; Agrawal, Arti (2016-07-01). "Hut-like pillar array Si solar cells" (PDF). Solar Energy. 132: 357–362. Bibcode:2016SoEn..132..357C. doi:10.1016/j.solener.2016.03.026. ISSN   0038-092X. S2CID   67851487.
  17. ↑ Agrawal, Arti; Kejalakshmy, N.; Chen, J.; Rahman, B. M. A.; Grattan, K. T. V. (2008-11-15). "Golden spiral photonic crystal fiber: polarization and dispersion properties". Optics Letters. 33 (22): 2716–2718. Bibcode:2008OptL...33.2716A. doi:10.1364/OL.33.002716. ISSN   1539-4794. PMID   19015719.
  18. ↑ Sharma, Anurag; Agrawal, Arti (2004-06-01). "New method for nonparaxial beam propagation". JOSA A. 21 (6): 1082–1087. Bibcode:2004JOSAA..21.1082S. doi:10.1364/JOSAA.21.001082. ISSN   1520-8532. PMID   15191191.
  19. 1 2 "Arti Agrawal, Profile, 500 Queer Scientists".
  20. ↑ "Arti Agrawal, LGBTQ Faith project".
  21. ↑ "We Need to Support Our LGBT Community, IEEE Spectrum". 11 January 2019.
  22. ↑ "artiagrawal".
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