I am Akanksha Adaval, a researcher, since last 12+ years, involved in projects pertaining to the fabrication of novel polymeric materials for piezoelectric sensing, energy harvesting and MEMS applications. I have obtained a doctoral degree (Ph.D.) in Materials Science and Engineering jointly from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay and Monash University. I have been conferred with the 'Best Thesis' Award for my Ph.D Dissertation. Priorly, I have a bachelor’s (B.Tech) and a master’s (M.Tech) degree in Chemical Engineering. I bring in an additional industrial experience of working in an R&D institute. I have been involved in various domains of science and engineering from oil and petroleum, nanoscience and nanotechnology to polymer engineering, piezoelectric composites and MEMS devices. I have been actively involved in different processes for thin film fabrication and characterizations. Additionally, I have been trained and have hands-on experience on various instruments like optical and electron microscope, x-ray diffraction and other structural characterization instruments. My research works have been published in various reputed journals like Polymer, Polymer Composites, Soft Matter and ACS journal.