Brief Biography

Qualification

Ph.D. University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, 2003

Achievements:

· Raman fellowship for Post Doctoral Studies in US under Indo US 21st Century

· Knowledge initiative (2013 14) availed at Florida State University, USA.

· BOYSCAST fellowship (2008 09); DST, New Delhi.

· Senior Research Fellowship (2003 04); CSIR, New Delhi.

· Departmental fellowship (2000 03)

Experience:

1. Professor, School of Physical Sciences, JNU Dec 2017 to Onward)

2. Associate Professor, School of Physical Sciences, JNU Dec 2014 to Nov 2017)

3. Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi May 2004 to Nov 2014)

International Collaboration/Consultancy

· Prof. Naresh Dalal, Florida State University, USA

· Prof. Geoffrey F. Strouse, Florida State University, USA

Best Peer Reviewed Publications:

1. Evidence of a ZnCr2Se4 Spinel Inclusion at the Core of a Cr Doped ZnSe Quantum Dot” Weiwei Zheng, Kedar Singh, Zhenxing Wang, Joshua T. Wright, Johan van Tol, Naresh S. Dalal, Robert W. Meulenberg, and Geoffrey F. Strouse* J. of American Chemical Society 134 ( 5577 5585)

2. Quantum Phase Transition from Superparamagnetic to Quantum Superparamagnetic State in Ultra Small Cd1 xCr(II)xSe Quantum Dots? W. Zheng, P. Kumar, Aaron Washington, Z. Wang, Naresh S. Dalal, Geoffrey F. Strouse, and Kedar Singh* J. of American Chemical Society 134 ( 2172 2179

3. Thermal and mechanical properties of CNT Se90 XTe10AgX ( 5and 1 0) glassy composites Indra Sen Ram, Kedar Singh* Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 576 ( 358 362

4. Lightweight Reduced Graphene Oxide Fe3O4 Nanoparticle Composite for the Quest of Excellent Electromagnetic Interference Shielding Material AK Singh Ajit Singh, KK Haldar, Vinay Gupta, Kedar Singh*, Nanotechnology 29 (2018) 245204

5. Element directed aqueous solution synthesis of copper telluride nanoparticles characterizations and optical properties” Pushpendra Kumar and Kedar Singh* Crystal growth Design, 9, (2009),3008