Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Clean Energy: Thermoelectrics, Waste-Heat Harvesting, Electroceramics, Oxide electronics: Pyroelectrics, Ferroelectrics; Semiconductor Devices, Perovskite Solar Cell. Next Generation Chip-scale Technology: RRAM, Optical Memory based on Plasmonic Lens.
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Department of MSE IIT Kanpur, Kanpur 208016
Electronic materials and devices, Nano-photonics
PhD, Pennsylvania State University, 2007.
M.Tech., Indian Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University (IIT-BHU), 2004
B.Tech., College of Ceramic Technology, University of Calcutta, 2002
ESO 205A:Nature and Properties of MaterialsMSE303: Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Materials
MSE340: Phase Transformation in Materials
MSE467: Materials for Semiconductor Industry
MSE615: Structure and Characterization of Materials MSE631: Electroceramic Materials and ApplicationsMSE663: Electrical and Magnetic Properties of Ceramic Materials
MSE 689: Multifunctional Oxides Thin Films and Devices
Member of American Ceramics Society (ACerS), The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS), Association of Iron and Steel Technology (AIST), American Society of Metals (ASM), American Physical Society.
Editorial board member of
- Journal of Surface and Hybrid Coating Technology, published by STM journals(2014 onwards). - Journal of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, published by STM journals(2011 onwards)
Received "P K Kelkar Young Faculty Research Fellowship" from IIT Kanpur for outstanding research carried out at IITK (2019).
Highlighted our recent work on “Oxide Thermoelectrics” in Journal of Materials Research “2019 Early Career Scholars in Materials Science” from Materials Research Society (MRS) to promote outstanding research by future leaders in Materials Science.
Selected for the "IEI Young Engineers Award 2014" in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering.
Received highly prestigious postdoctoral fellowship in Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, USA (2008-2009).
Received the "Kennametal Graduate Student Fellowship" award for the academic excellence and achievements in 2007, The Pennsylvania State University, USA.
Awarded "PennState Student Leadership Stipend" from Fall 2005 to Spring 2006, The Pennsylvania State University, USA
Associate Professor, Indian Institute of technology Kanpur (2018 - Present).
Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of technology Kanpur (2010 -2018)
Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of technology Mandi (2013)
Post Doctoral Researcher, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, USA (2009-2010)
Post Doctoral Fellow, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, USA (2008-2009)
Graduate Research Assistant, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, USA (2004-2007)