Dr. Sweta Lal completed her PhD in Chemical Engineering from IIT Hyderabad in 2019. She did her M.Tech in Chemical Engineering from NIT Jaipur and was a Gold medallist there.
Her research interests include the development and fabrication of electrochemical sensors-devices, micro fuel cells for milli-micro-nano watt power generation, and electrocatalysts for energy conversion.
Students
PhD:
Vishal Thakur: December 2023 - Present
PhD Thesis: Bio-Electrochemical Systems with Graphene Oxide-based Electrodes for Hydrogen Generation.
Ava V Nair: December 2023 - Present
PhD Thesis: Performance Comparison of Micro Fuel Cells with different Flow Field Patterns.
Masters':
Jeevan Ginoy, M.S. (Chemistry), July, 2023-Present.
M.S. Thesis: Electrochemical sensing of Uric Acid with Transition Metal Oxide based Electrodes
Sai Krishna, M.S. (Chemical Engineering), IISER Bhopal, July 2022-May 2023.
M.S. Thesis: "Urea-Powered Fuel cells on Paper-Scaffolds."
Athira C H, CIPET-IPT Kochi.
M.Sc Thesis, Polymer Science (Co-PI), PI- Dr. Paramita Das, Nov 2022- April 2023.
Project Associate/ JRF:
Sohel Chaus, Project Associate, IISER Bhopal, December, 2023 - Present.
Project: Flexible Electronics for Compact Self-powered Paper-based Analytical Device for Uric Acid Sensing in Human Urine. Funding Agency: MoE-STARS.
Summer Interns:
Nikhil Thakur, B.Tech (Chemical Engineering), NIT Hamirpur, May-July, 2022, Summer Intern.
Project Title: "Synthesis of Nickel Oxide nanoparticles for electrochemical sensing of uric acid."
Mayukh Joddar, B.Sc-M.Sc (Chemistry, Dual Degree), NIT Surat.
Summer Intern, May-July, 2023.
Shikha Yadav, B.Tech (Chemical Engineering), SSBUICET, Punjab University, Chandigarh.
Summer Intern, May-July, 2023.