ABOUT ME
After completing my doctoral degree in Soft Condensed Matter from the University of Lucknow, India, I did my postdoctoral research at the UDSMM laboratory of the ULCO. Later on, I joined the ULCO as a permanent faculty member in 2018. As a researcher, I find myself a hard-working, determined, focused on the core, very friendly in group working, quick learner person with a never-ending thirst for knowledge.
EDUCATION
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Soft Matter:
Nematic, Smectic and Discotic Liquid Crystal Materials
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Junior & Senior Research Fellowship-DST (From 2009-2012) [Fellowship award]
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Senior Research Fellowship -CSIR (From 2013-2015) [Fellowship award]
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Dewan Jawahar Lal Nayar Memorial Award (2012) by Indian Liquid Crystal Society [Research award]
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CSIR International Travel Award for joining ICAMP at Cambridge University
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DST International Travel Award for joining ICAMP at Cambridge University and ILCC at Kent State University, Ohio, USA.
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Early Career Award (2013) in ICAMP 2013 at Cambridge University, United Kingdom. This award was sponsored by SPIE.
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Raman-Charpak Fellowship Award 2014 [Doctoral student exchange program between India & France]
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“Liquid Crystal Beauty Artist of the Month” for July-2015 by International Liquid Crystal Society.
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“3rd Best Paper Award” by “The Korean Information Display Society” during IMID-2015 at Daegu, South Korea.
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“IMID Travel Grant” 2015 to attend IMID conference.
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“ISCA Young Scientist Award” by Indian Science Congress during 104th ISC at SV University, Tirupati, 3-7, January 2017.
Nanomaterials:
Nanoparticles, Nanotubes, Quantum dots, Nanorods
Awards & achievements
Photovoltaic:
Organic solar cells, Perovskite Solar cells, Quantum dots solar cells
Energy Storage:
Columnar mesogens for energy storage, Supercapacitors
Thermoelectric Materials:
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2009-2016
Ph.D. (Liquid Crystal-Nanomaterial Composites)
University of Lucknow, India
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Reviewer
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Polymer Engineering & Science (Wiley)
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Nano Energy; Applied Materials Today; Optics Communication; Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids; Journal of Molecular Liquids; Results in Physics; Materials Chemistry and Physics, Vaccum, Materials Today Communications; Opto-Electronics Review, Dyes and Pigments, Optical Materials (Elsevier)
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RSC Advances; Materials Chemistry Frontiers (RSC)
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ACS Applied Nano Materials (ACS)
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Optics Express; Applied Optics (Optical society of America)
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Materials Research Express (IOP)
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Journal of Applied Physics (AIP)
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NPG Asia Materials
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Journal of Molecular Modeling (Springer)
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Global Conference on Materials Science and Engineering (CMSE 2017, 2018) held in China
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Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) SSPS (2017) in India
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Certificate of outstanding contribution in reviewing by J. Molecular Liquids, November 2017 and May 2018.
Editorial Member
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Karnatak University Journal of Science
Professional organization
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Life member of International Liquid Crystal Society
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Life member of Indian Science Congress
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Life member of Indian Liquid Crystal Society
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Life member of the International Association of Advanced Materials