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Visitors  
   
   

Prof. Yury Gogotsi 

Charles T. and Ruth M. Bach Distinguished Professor, Director, A. J. Drexel Nanomaterials Institute, Drexel University, USA

December 07, 2018: CAFM Organized Institute Colloquium Speaker

Dr. Siddhartha Pathak 

2012 Director's Postdoctoral Fellow, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, USA

August 20, 2014: AFML Speaker on Mechanical Properties of Carbon Nanotubes

Mr. Benjamin Legum 

Ph.D. Student, Materials Science and Engineering, Drexel University, USA

Current Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Center for Applied Research & Intellectual Property Development, Clarion University of Pennsylvania, USA

 

July 21-27, 2013: APS-IUSSTF Physics Student Visitation Program

Prof. (Emeritus) Aharon Gedanken 

Department of Chemistry and Nano Materials Center at the Institute of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials, Bar-Ilan University, Israel

December 08-09, 2010: Institute Colloquium Speaker November 05-09, 2015:  DCS Visitor Seminar Speaker

 

 

 

   
Alumni  
   
Postdoctoral Fellow  
   
   

Dr. Karamjyoti Panigrahi 

December 2022 - 2023

Research: Hybrid Perovskites

Subsequent Affiliation:   Working at Ola Electric

Dr. Arghya Bandyopadhyay 

December 2013 - 2019

Research: Biological Studies of Nanostructures

Subsequent Affiliation:   National Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biological Sciences, IISER Kolkata

Dr. Quazi Arif Islam 

March 2017 - October 2019

Research: Electrocatalysts

Subsequent Affiliation:   Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Materials Science and Chemistry, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, Hubei, China

Assistant Professor, Alipurduar College, North bengal University, India

Dr. Anima Ghosh 

July 2017 - September 2019

Research: Perovskite Solar Cells and Electronic Band Structure Calculations

Subsequent Affiliation:   Postdoctoral Fellow, IAMS, Academia Sinica & CCMS, National Taiwan University

Dr. Sirshendu Gayen 

April 2018 - May 2019

Research: Transport Properties

Dr. Dibyendu Ghosh 

March 2015 - July 2018

Research: Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cells, Perovskite Solar Cells, Photodetectors

Subsequent Affiliation:   Postdoctoral Fellow, IACS Kolkata, India

Dr. Dhirendra K. Chaudhary 

February 2017 - February 2018

Research: Perovskite Solar Cells

Subsequent Affiliation:   Project Scientist, FlexPV Group at National Center for Flexible Electronics, IIT Kanpur, India

Dr. Raj Kumar Das 

September 2016 - July 2017

Research: Energy Materials

Subsequent Affiliation:   Assistant Professor, Akal University, Talwandi Sabo, Bathinda, Punjab, India

Dr. Anupam Singha Roy 

August 2014 - October 2015

Research: Heterogeneous Catalysis

Subsequent Affiliation:   CSIR-RA at CSIR - Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun, India 

Dr. Subhasis Roy 

August-November 2013

Research: Solar Cell Fabrication

Subsequent Affiliation:  Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Calcutta, West Bengal, India 

Dr. Shiv Prakash Singh 

April-November 2013

Research: Designing Materials for Methanol Oxidation

Subsequent Affiliation: Postdoctoral Researcher at the Vitreous Materials Laboratory (LaMaV), Materials Engineering Department, Federal University of Sao Carlos (UFSCAR), Sao Carlos, SP, Brazil. This position is funded by Research Foundation of Sao Paulo (FAPESP), Sao Paulo, Brazil

   
   
Ph. D.  
   

Dr. Arnab Mandal 

2017-2023

Thesis Title: Optical and Optoelectronic Properties of Two-dimensional Metal Halide Perovskites

Subsequent Affiliation: Postdoctoral Fellow: (1) JNCASR Bangalore

Dr. Sahanaz Parvin 

2015-2021

Thesis Title: Multi-metallic Nanostructures for Tailored Water Electrolysis

Subsequent Affiliation: Postdoctoral Fellow: (1) IISER Kolkata (2) Lehigh University, USA

Dr. Rahul Majee 

2014-2020

Thesis Title: Physicochemically Engineered Perovskite Oxides as Oxygen Electrocatalysts for Rechargeable Zinc-air Battery

Subsequent Affiliation: Postdoctoral Fellow: (1) IISER Kolkata (2) The University of St Andrews, Scotland

Dr. Bharati Debnath 

2012-2019

Thesis Title: Synthesis, Characterization, Low Temperature Magnetic Interactions and Catalytic Properties of Transition Metal-Oxide Nanostructures

Subsequent Affiliation: Postdoctoral Fellow: (1) IIT Ropar, (2) IISER Pune, (3) Research Scientist, TCG-CREST & Nano-Institut München und Fakultät für Physik
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU)

Dr. Sutanu Kapri 

2012-2019

Thesis Title: Tailored Nanomaterial Systems for Cancer Therapy

Subsequent Affiliation: ...

Dr. Ganga Halder 

2012-2019

Thesis Title: Photoanode and Counter Electrode Strategies to Enhance the Power Conversion Efficiency of Quantum Dot Solar Cells

Subsequent Affiliation: ...

Dr. Abheek Datta 

2011-2016

Thesis Title: Nano-confinement Effects in Heterogeneous Catalysis

Subsequent Affiliation: Postdoctoral Fellow, (1) The Department of Chemical Sciences, Ariel University, Israel, (2) Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Japan 

Dr. Anustup Sadhu 

2011-2016

Thesis Title: Synthesis, Characterization, Structural, Magnetic and Magnetoresistance Properties of Manganite Nanostructures

Subsequent Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Techno India University, Salt Lake City, Kolkata, India

 

   
Int. Ph.D. (MS Thesis)  
   

Aniruddha Ghosh 

2017-2020

MS Thesis Title: Rational Design of NiCoP by Cation Exchange Strategy for Efficient Water Electrolysis in Basic Medium

Subsequent Affiliation: Doctoral Student, IISc Bangalore, India

Md. Yusuf Ali 

2015-2018

MS Thesis Title: Halide Composition and Anisovalent Doping Strategies to Enhance the Performance of Halide Perovskite Solar Cells

Subsequent Affiliation: SurMat Doctoral Student, Max-Planck Institute, Germany 

   
BS-MS (5th Year Thesis)  
   
   

Tathagata Chatterjee 

Batch: 2023

Thesis: Temporally Resolved Three Perovskite Structures in One Pot 

Subsequent Affiliation: Graduate Student, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA

Sitavro Mandal 

Batch: 2023

Thesis: Structural Evolution of Perovskites by Amine Configuration 

Subsequent Affiliation: Graduate Student, Universitat Jaume I, Spain

Abir Das 

Batch: 2023

Thesis: Water Splitting by Doped Transition Metal Dichalcogenides 

Subsequent Affiliation: Graduate Student, Pennsylvania State University, USA

Satya Prakash Panda 

Batch: 2022

Thesis: Amine Functionalized Cs3Bi2I9 Nanocrystals for Photocatalytic Reduction of CO2

Subsequent Affiliation: Graduate Student, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Italy

 

 

Sudipta Mondal 

Batch: 2022

Thesis: Metal-Induced 3D to 2D Phase Transformation: Formation of Ruddlesden-Popper Superlattice Nanoplatelets

Subsequent Affiliation: Graduate Student, University of Michigan, USA

 

Samarth Razdan 

Batch: 2022

Thesis: Systematic Study of the Effects of Solvents on Structural and Optical Properties of CsPbBr3 Nanocrystals

Subsequent Affiliation: ...

Aditya Shukla 

Batch: 2021

Thesis: Layered Double Perovkite Cs4CuS2Cl12: Nano-to-Bulk Synthesis and High Pressure Studies

Subsequent Affiliation: Graduate Student, Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark

 

 

Trishalina Das 

Batch: 2021

Thesis: Trifunctional Bimetallic Nitride Electrocatalysts

Subsequent Affiliation: Graduate Student, McGill University, Canada

Nikalabh Dihingia 

Batch: 2020

Thesis: Self-supported Cobalt Phosphide based Homologous Electrocatalysts for Alkaline Water Electrolysis

Project Assistant till 2021: Online Mode

Subsequent Affiliation: Graduate Student, Penn State University, USA

Rachana Bhattacharyya 

Batch: 2020

Thesis: Colloidal Synthesis of Cs4CuSb2Cl12 and Cs4CuSb2ClxI12-x Nanocrystals for Photodetector Application

Project Assistant till 2021: Online Mode

Subsequent Affiliation: ...

 

Sourav Pal 

Batch: 2020

Thesis: Graphitic arbon Nitride and L-phenylalanine Functinoalized PBI Supported Cobalt Nanoparticles for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction 

Subsequent Affiliation: ...

 

Subhajit Bhattacharjee 

Batch: 2019

Thesis: Lead-free Perovskite Nanosystems for Photocatalytic Applications (Best MS Thesis Award)

Subsequent Affiliation: Graduate Student, University of Cambridge, UK

Current Position: Scientist/Researcher - New and Emerging Energy Technologies (NBR), Shell

 

Satarupa Das 

Batch: 2019

Thesis: Magnetite Incorporated Nano-systems for Arsenic Removal and Hydrogen Economy

Project Assistant till 2020: Metal Alloy Electrocatalysts

Subsequent Affiliation: Graduate Student, University of Warwick, UK

Meiraba Meitei, Chirom 

Batch: 2019

Thesis: Hollow Carbon Nanospheres for Dye Encapsulation and Hydrogen Fuel Generation

Subsequent Affiliation: Graduate Student, University of Houston, USA

 

Harsha Dixit 

Batch: 2018

Thesis: Doped Hematite Nanorods to Enhance Photoelectrochemical Ability for Oxygen Evolution Reaction

Project Assistant up to December 2018: Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation

Arun Kumar 

Batch: 2018

Thesis: Bimetallic Alloy Nanoparticles as Bifunctional Electrocatalyst for Overall Water Splitting

Project Assistant up to August 2018: Electrocatalysis

 

Kasturee Nayak 

Batch: 2018

Thesis: Low Temperature Processable Electron Transporting Layer and Organic Co-harvester Effect on perovskite Solar Cells

Project Assistant up to August 2018: Carbon Electrocatalysts

Ashwani Kumar 

Batch: 2017

Thesis: Porous NiFe-oxide Nanocubes, Derived from Metal-organic Framework, as a Bifunctional Electrocatalyst for Overall Water Splitting

Project Assistant up to August 2018: Water Splitting and Photolysis

Subsequent Affiliation: Graduate Student, Sungkyunkwan University (Natural Science Suwon Campus), South Korea

Devika Surendran 

Batch: 2017

Thesis: Defect Induced Microporous NiO Nanoparticles for Electrochemical Water Oxidation

Subsequent Affiliation: Graduate Student, CSIR-NIIST, Thiruvananthapuram, India

 

 

 

 

Atharva Sahasrabudhe 

Batch: 2015                   Personal Website

Thesis: Core/Shell/Quasi-Shell Quantum Dot Absorbers: A Dual Sensitization Strategy for High Performance Photovoltaics

Project Assistant up to June 2016: Counter Electrodes for Quantum Dot Solar Cells; Metal Oxide Nanocatalysts for Oxygen Evolution Reaction; Flexible Electrodes for Overall Water Splitting

Subsequent Affiliation: Graduate Student, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

 

 Vishwas Srivastava

Batch: 2013

Thesis: Immobilizing Pristine and Mn-doped CdSe Quantum Dots on Carbon Nanowhiskers for Solar Energy Conversion

Subsequent Affiliation: Graduate Student, Division of the Physical Sciences, University of Chicago

   
Project  
   

Ritika Chatterjee 

August 2016 - July 2017

Research: Water Purification

Subsequent Affiliation:   PhD student at CSIR - Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad, India

   
   
Internship  
     

Pijush Patra                     (IIT Kharagpur)

February 2021 - April 2021: Conducting Polymer

Soumyadip Dutta                                (IIT Kharagpur)

February 2021 - April 2021: Conducting Polymer

Pubali Kar                   (University of Kalyani)

July 2017 - December 2017: Halide Perovskite Nanosheets

Eesha Andharia        (SRM University)

December 2013 - March 2014: Magnetic Exchange Bias

Nirupam Dey  (Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira, Belur Math)

February-April 2013: Colloidal ZnSe Nanocrystals

   
   
Summer Project  
   

Ashish Samantaray                         (IISER Kolkata)

May-July 2019: Hydrogen Evolution Reaction by Nanoparticles

Prianshu Biswal                         (IISER Kolkata)

May-July 2019: Semiconductor Nanocrystals

T. Subbulakshmi                    (Kalasalingam Univ.)

May-July 2017: Porous NiO Nanoparticles

Aprajita Bansal                    (NIT Surat)

May-July 2013: Magnetic Nanoparticles and Porous Nanostructures

Bhaskar Sen                       (IIT Roorkee)

May-July 2012: Manganite Nanoparticles and Carbon Oxidation

Manpreet Kaur                   (Amity University)

May-July 2012: ZnO Nanoparticles Filled CNTs and Carbon Oxidation

Rajhans Sharma          (Amity University)

May-July 2012: Magnetic Nanoparticles and Carbon Oxidation

Radhakant Singh       (Cochin University of Science & Technology)

May-July 2011: ZnO Nanoparticles

 

Anindya Ganguly               (IIT Madras)     

May-July 2011: CNTs from Natural Resources

Biswajit Mandal                   (IIT Madras)

May-July 2011: Synthesis of Co-O Nanorods

Tuhin Samanta                   (IIT Madras)

May-July 2011: Doping in Co-O Nanoparticles

 

   

BS-MS IISER Kolkata

4th Year Project

 
   

Swapnil Barmase 

Autumn 2012 - Spring 2013: Porous Carbon

Shipra 

Spring 2013:Synthesis of CdS Quantum Dots

Nitesh Kumar 

Autumn 2012:Chemical Functionalization of CNTs

Prabir Biswas

Autumn 2011 - Fall 2012:ZnO Nanoparticles

Spring 2013:NiO Nanoparticles

 Swapil Paliwal

Spring 2012: Ferrofluids

  Armita Dash

Spring 2012:Colloidal Titania Nanocrystals

Manish Arya

Spring 2011:Nanomaterial Concepts

   
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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