Brief Bio.

Dr. Thakur was born in Madhya Pradesh, India in 1987. He graduated in Biotechnology from Jiwaji University, Gwalior in 2007 and later in 2009 obtained his master's degree in chemistry from Devi Ahilya university, Indore. He earned his PhD degree in 2016 from the Department of Chemistry, IIT Delhi under the supervision of Prof. Ashok K. Ganguli. His doctoral research was was focused on the magnetic and superconducting properties of new layered metal chalcogenide and pnictide compound. In Sept. 2016, he joined the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Dresden (with Prof. Martin Jansen and Prof. Claudia Felser) as a visiting scientist working in the field of crystal growth of novel complex 5d transition metal oxides. In Jan. 2021, he moved to Technical University Dresden (with Prof. Michael Ruck) for another postdoc on an independent research grant where he worked on the design and realization of new Quantum Materials based on 4d and 5d transition metal oxides until Dec 2023. In Jan 2024, he was appointed as an Assistant Professor in the department of chemical sciences, IISER Berhampur. His research broad research area is preparatory solid state chemistry. 

Professional Experience

• Jan 2024- till date: Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemiocal Sciences, IISER Berhampur

• Jan 2021-Dec 2023: Postdoctoral Scientist at Inorganic Chemistry II, Technical University Dresden.

• Sept 2016-Dec 2020: Visiting Scienbtist at the Solid State Chemistry group at Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids

Research Projects: 

1. Design and realization of triangular lattice based frustrated magnets/quantum spin liquid phases

2. New 4d/5d transitional metal based hexagonal halide perovskites

3. van der Waals superlattice materials

4. Bulk Moire crystals

5. New silver ruthenates and iridates using hydrothermal synthesis and soldi state methods

6. Magnetism in transition metal phosphates