Alumni

Title Student Degree Thesis Title Year
Dr, Swarnamayee Mishra Ph. D.

Structural, Magnetic, Magnetocaloric, and Multiferroic Properties of Some Quaternary Oxides

2022
Ankush Kumar Ph.D.

Electrical Transport in Metal Wire Networks: Experimental Strategies and Theoretical Insights

2017
Arpan De PhD

Epitaxial growth of InN and InxGa1-xN nanostructured films on structurally modified substrates using MBE 

May 2017
Arun N Ph.D.

Studies of Photoelectric Signals and Molecular Features of Bacteriorhodopsin and Electric-Field Induced Patterns on Polymer Surfaces

2010
Ayan Dutta Ph.D.

Theoretical investigations of optical polarizations in chromophoric aggregates and nonlocal charge distributions in clusters

2001
B. Loukya PhD

Electron Magnetic Chiral Dichroism of Epitaxial Magnetic Thin Films at Nanoscale

2010-2015
Bharath B Ph.D.

Design and Fabrication of Neuromorphic Devices towards Emulating Artificial Intelligence

2021
Bhargava B L Ph.D.

Room Temperature Ionic Liquids: Classical and Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics Simulation Studies

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Current Position: Assistant Professor at NISER, Bhubaneswar, India

(www.niser.ac.in/~bhargava/)

2008
C. Kavitha Ph.D.

High pressure Raman scattering studies on mid-chain Hydrocarbons, Perfluorocarbons and temperature dependent Brillouin scattering studies on ABO4 Tungstates and AgGaS2

2008
Chaitali Sow Ph.D.

Penta-Twinned Bipyramidal Au Microcrystallites: Unraveling non-Cubic Phases and Investigating Phase Transformations

2021
Dhanya R PhD

Application of Brillouin scattering in studying the physical properties of metal organic frameworks, nanotubes, ionic liquids and spin ice

2015
Dhritiman Gupta Ph.D.

Studies of polymer based solar cells and performance limiting factors

2009
Dinesh Jagadeesan Ph.D.

Diverse applications of glucose derived functionalised carbon nanostructures

2009
Dinesh Kabra Ph.D.

Studies of length scales in semiconducting polymers using scanning photocurrent contrast microscopy

2007
Divya Bharathi Korlepara PhD

Computational investigations of mechanisms, pathway complexity and dipole dynamics in supramolecular polymers

2015 - 2020
Divya. C Ph.D.

Raman Spectroscopy for Biomedical Applications: Studies of Lysozyme Aggregation, Detection of Extracellular Vesicles under Autophagic Conditions and Indels In Plants

2022
Dr. Alagiri Swamy Ph. D.
Dr. Anshuman Jyothi Das Ph. D.

Light harvesting stratergies for large area, stable and efficient organic solar cells

2013
Dr. Anzar Ali Ph. D.

A study of critical behavior and magnetocaloric effect in rare earth double perovskites, 3d-metal chromites, and ferromagnetic Weyl semimetals Co3Sn2S2

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 IISER Mohali (Supervisor: Dr. Yogesh Singh)

2021
Dr. Ashar AZ Ph. D.

Surface engineering and lateral charge transport studies in organic and hybrid organic inorganic systems

2017
Dr. Chandan K Mishra PhD

Exploiting Shape Sensitive Interactions in Colloidal Suspensions− From Directed Self-assembly to the Structural Glass Transition (Best Thesis Award in Physical Sciences 2017)

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Currently Asst. Professor at IIT Gandhinagar

https://chandanmishra.people.iitgn.ac.in/index.html 

2017
Dr. Ganesh N. Ph.D

Spatial Dependence of Photocarrier Transport in Hybrid Perovskite Device Structures

2022
Dr. Hima K Nagamanasa PhD

Pinned, driven and confined colloidal supercooled liquids and glasses (Best PhD Thesis Award in Physical Sciences)

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Currently Asst. Professor at UMass Amherst USA

https://sites.google.com/view/kandula-lab/home

2016
Dr. Krishna Chand Maurya Ph.D.

Light-Matter Interactions: Plasmon & Phonon Polaritons in Refractory Nitrides for Nanophotonics 

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Post Doctoral Fellow: University of Wurzburg, Germany (Supervisor: Prof. Sven Hofling)

2018-23
Dr. M. Pandeeswar Ph.D.

Bioinspired Nanoarchitectonics of Arylenediimides for Optical, Electronic and Biological Applications

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Current Position: Assistant Professor at IIT BHU

2015
Dr. Monojit Bag Ph. D.

Transport dynamics and fluctuations in active bulk heterojunction polymer solar cells

2011
Dr. Nimish Dwarkanath PhD

Unravelling Unusual Adsorption Properties in Flexible Porous Solids Using Molecular Simulations

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Current position :Associate Data Scientist, IHX Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru

2022
Dr. NV Manohar Rao Ph. D.

Polymer field effect transistor as a probe to study injection barrier and donor-acceptor interface

2010
Dr. Pavitra N Shanbhag Ph. D.

Investigation of structural, magnetic and electronic properties of certain inorganic transition metal compounds

2022
Dr. Premakumar Yanda Ph. D.

Magneotelectric and Multiferroic Properties of Green Phases R2BaCuO5 and Aeschynites RFeWO6 (R = Rare earth)

 

2021
Dr. Raaghesh A.V. Ph. D.

Electric field assisted growth and control of morphology of films for organic devices

2019
Dr. Ravi Shankar P N Ph. D.

High-Pressure Synthesis, Structure, and Multiferroic Properties of Doubly Ordered Perovskites and Other Polar Oxides

2021
Dr. Ravichandran Shivanna Ph. D.

Charge generation and transport studies in fullerene-free bulk heterojunction polymer solar cells

2015
Dr. Sabyasachi Mukhopadhyay Ph. D.

Studies of a active layer morphology in bulk-heterojunction polymer based solar cells using optical and force micrsoscopy methods

2012
Dr. Satyaprasad P Senanayak Ph. D.

Dielectric and interface engineering strategies for polymer field effect transistors

2014
Dr. Somnath Ghara Ph. D.

Magnetic and Magnetoelectric Properties of Some Collinear and Noncollinear Spin Ordered Magnetic Oxides

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Current Position: Postdoc, Institute of Physics, University of Augsburg, Germany

2017
Dr. Soumya Dutta Ph.D.

Polymer field-effect transistors : electrical transport properties and studies of photoinduced charge generation and relaxation processes

2007
Dr. Srinath VK Kompella Ph. D.

Computational Investigations to Unravel the Origins of Lag Phase, Chirality Transfer, and Diastereoselectivity in Supramolecular Self Assemblies 

2023
Dr. Sudarshan Behera Ph. D.

Molecular Dynamics Investigations of Solvent-Free Protein Liquids and Ligand-Induced Changes in Enzymes

2022
Dr. Swathi K Ph. D.

Device and dielectric engineering for low voltage polymer transistors

2018
Dr. Vini Gautam Ph. D.

Optoelectronic polymer devices for biomimicking visual response and developing neuronal interfaces for artificial retina applications

2014
Dr.Rana Saha Ph. D.

Investigations of certain novel aspects of the structure and properties of transition metal oxides

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Current Position: Postdoctoral research fellow in the group of Prof. Stuart Parkin

Address: Nano-Systems from ions, spins, and electrons (NISE)

Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics
Weinberg 2, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany

2016
G.V. Pavan Kumar Ph.D.

Utilization of surface enhanced Raman scattering in biomolecular detection and characterization

2008
Gangaiah Mettela Ph.D.

Micro and Nano Structures of Au and Ag: Unusual Morphologies, Crystal Structures and Properties

2015
Gargi Raina Ph.D.

Investigation of Molecular Clusters and Other Species Employing a Cluster Beam Apparatus

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Currently, Professor in Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

2004
Gopal K Pradhan Ph.D.

Inelastic scattering investigations on novel materials

2010
K.D. Mallikarjuna Rao Ph.D.

Novel Electrodes and Active Materials for Optoelectronics and Memory Devices

Currently, Faculty in Indian Association for the Cultivation Of Science, Kolkata

2014
Karteek K Bejagam PhD

Computational investigations of supramolecular polymerization

2011-2016
Malleswararao Tangi PhD

Kinetically controlled growth of InN thin films by MBE and their structural, optical and electronic properties

September 2014
Manoj A G Namboothiry Ph.D.

Photoelectric properties of hybrid conjugated polymer based bilayer structures

2004
Marimuthu Krishnan PhD

Phase Behaviour of Linear Molecular Crystals in Bulk and on Graphite : A Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study

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Current Position: Assistant Professor at IIIT Hyderabad, India

(www.iiit.ac.in/people/faculty/mkrishnan/)

1999 - 2005
Moumita Saharay Ph.D.

Computer Simulation Studies on Supercritical Carbon dioxide

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Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Systems and Computational Biology, School of Life Sciences, UoH, India

(http://sls.uohyd.ac.in/new/fac_details.php?fac_id=132)

2008
Mr. Ankit Kumar PGDMS Student 2022-2023
Narendra Kurra Ph.D.

2D Nanocarbons: Functional Aspects and Device Fabrication

Currently, Assistant Professor in Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram

2013
Neena Susan John Ph.D.

Investigations of Metal and Metal-Organic Bilayer Nanostructures Employing Atomic Force Microscopy and Related Techniques

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Currently, Faculty in Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences (CeNS), Bangalore

2007
Nikita Gupta Ph.D.

In-depth study and applications of 2D functional materials: Twisted multilayer graphene and Metal wire networks

2020
P. John Thomas Ph.D.

Mesoscopic Organization and Properties of Nanocrystals of Metals, Metal Oxides and Other Materials

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Currently Lecturer in Physical Chemistry (Nanoparticles & Nanocrystals)
School of Natural Sciences
BANGOR UNIVERSITY
 

2003
P. Vinmathi Vanitha Ph.D.

Ferromagnetism, metallicity, charge ordering, and related aspects of rare earth manganates and cobaltates

2003
Partha Pratim Kundu PhD

Experimental and quantum calculation of molecular systems of biological and chemical importance by Raman, infrared and SERS

2014
Priyanka Jain Ph.D.

Synthesis of Dendronic Raman Markers and Raman Investigations of Polarons in Lead Halide Perovskites and Host-Guest Interactions in ZIFs

2022
R. Srinivasa Gopalan Ph.D.

Investigations of molecular crystals using experimental charge density

2001
R.Vengadesh Kumara Mangalam Ph.D.

Ferroic Materials: Synthesis, Structure, and Properties

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Current position: Assistant Professor, SRM Institute of Science and Technology,Chennai

2009
Radha Boya Ph.D.

Synthesis and Direct Patterning of Functional Nanostructures on Flat and Flexible Substrates towards Device Fabrication

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Currently, Faculty in The University of Manchester, Oxford Road

Manchester M13 9PL

United Kingdom

2012
Rajdeep Singh Payal PhD

Atomistic Simulations of Room Temperature Ionic Liquids: Biomass Dissolution, Interfaces and Mixtures

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Current Position: Assistant Professor, VIT Bhopal

(https://sites.google.com/site/rajdeepspayal/)

2010 - 2015
Reji Thomas Ph.D.

Structural, Spectroscopic and Experimental Charge Density Investigations of Organic Molecular Crystals

Currently, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Farook College

2009
Ritu Gupta Ph.D.

Nanomaterials and Nanodevices of relevance to Water, Energy and Healthcare

Currently, Faculty in Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur

2013
Sandeep Kumar Reddy PhD

Investigations of Carbonic Acid, Dimethyl Carbonate and the Adsorption of CO2 in Framework Solids

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Current Position: Assistant Professor Grade-I, Centre for Computational and Data Sciences, IIT Kharagpur, India

(http://www.beta.iitkgp.ac.in/department/CD/faculty/cd-skreddy)

2008 - 2013
Sanjay Kumar Nayak PhD

Experimental and first-principles theoretical investigations of the growth and properties of pristine and Magnesium doped GaN nanostructures   

March 2018
Satish Shetty PhD

Effect of surface nitridation on the growth of GaN films on c-sapphire, Si (111) and Si (100) surfaces

June 2014
Satyanarayana Bonakala PhD

Modelling gas adsorption in porous solids

2011 - 2016
Shantanu Aggarwal PhD

Tailored Plasmonic Nano Architectures for Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy and its Applications in Probing Biomolecular Interactions

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MS thesis:

Developing new nano-structures for SERS and its applications in small molecule binding in proteins and plasmonic enhancement in solar cell efficiency

2020
Soumya Saswati Sarangi PhD

Molecular Dynamics Simulation Studies on the Structure, Dynamics and Interfacial Properties of Room Temperature Ionic Liquids

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Current Position: Assistant Professor at VSSUT, Burla, India

(www.vssut.ac.in/faculty-profile.php)

2004 - 2011
Srinivasa G Raju PhD

Computer Simulation Studies of Intermolecular structure, Microheterogeneity and Dynamics in Room Temperature Ionic Liquids

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Current Position: Data Scientist at Software AG India

2006 - 2011
Sudip Das PhD

Molecular dynamics simulation studies of interfacial activation and thermostability of enzymes

2014 - 2020
T. Bhuvana Ph.D.

Investigations of metal organic precursors as direct write electron beam resists and their nanopatterning for functional devices

Currently, INSPIRE Faculty in Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

2009
T. Vijaykumar Ph.D.

Conducting AFM based Lithography for Patterning and Electrical Characterization of Nanomaterials

2008
Tarak Karmakar PhD

Computational Investigations on Decarboxylase and Phosphoribosyltransferase Enzymes

2011 - 2016
Th. Birendra Singh Ph.D.

Novel Organics Polymer based Photodetector structures

2004
Usha Bhat PhD

Quantitative imaging and alternative proposals on image simulation and reconstruction in atomic resolution transmission electron microscopy

2015 (Aug)-2021
V.Rajaji PhD

High pressure investigations of structural, electronic, and topological quantum phase transitions in strong spin orbit coupling systems.

2019
Varun Thakur PhD

Morphological evolution and properties of epitaxial GaN nanowall network grown on c-sapphire 

June 2016
Ved Varun Agrawal Ph.D.

Investigations of ultrathin nanocrystalline metal films generated at the liquid-liquid interface

Currently, Principal Scientist in CSIR-National Physical Laboratory

2008
Venkata Srinu Bhadram PhD

Raman scattering and Synchrotron X-ray diffraction studies on rare-earth based functional oxides.

2014