Principal Investigator
Hemant Kumar, Assistant Professor of Physics, focuses on computational materials physics, nanomaterials, biomolecules, and materials for energy storage. He came to IIT Bhubaneswar in 2019 after completing his postdoctoral research at the University of Pennsylvania.
He received his MSc at JNU in 2008 and a PhD at IISc in 2014.
Postdoctoral Researcher
Energy Storage: Solid-state Batteries
Graduate Students
PhD Scholar (August 2019-current)
2D materials, vdW Heterostructures
PhD Scholar (January 2020-current)
2D Materials
PhD Scholar (July 2020-current)
2D Materials, Functional Material Design
PhD Scholar (July 2020-current)
Genome Organization
PhD Scholar (July 2022-current)
Energy Storage
PhD Scholar (July 2023-current)
Energy Storage
PhD Scholar (July 2024-current)
Energy Storage
PhD Scholar (July 2024-current)
Biophysics
Project Student
MSc Project
(July 2024-current)
Energy Storage
Project Associate
(October 2024-current)
Energy Storage
Project Intern
Project Intern
2D materials
Group Alumni
Rupali Paul
Project Associate
(Oct 2023-Jun 2024)
Biophysics
Deepanshu Kaushik
MSc Project
(Jul 2023-Apr 2024)
Functional Material Design
Dr. Ram Sewak
Project Scientist I
(Jun 2022-Dec 2023)
Solid-State Battery, Machine-learning based material design
Chayan Roy
MSc Project
(Jul 2022-Apr 2023)
Machine-learning for molecular simulations
Animesh Baral
Project Intern
Machine Learning
Rishabh Jain
(BTech 2023)
Machine-Learning assisted solid-electrolyte material design
Jainam Raval
(BTech 2023)
Big data analysis to uncover the genome folding inside cell nucleus
Doni Bhasvana
(BTech 2023)
Machine-Learning assisted solid-electrolyte material design
Sourav Sasmal
(MSc 2022)
Currently PhD Scholar at IISc Bangalore
Santanu Mohapatra
PhD Scholar
(Jan 2021-Dec 2021)
Self Assembly
Swarendu Maity
(MSc 2021)
Currently PhD Scholar at JNCASR Bangalore
Vikasmita Samanta
(MSc 2021)
Currently PhD Scholar at IIT Madras
Subhrajit Sahoo
(MSc 2021)
Piyush P. Raut
(BTech 2021)
M. Eswar Sai Prasad
(BTech 2021)
Pavan Guguloth
(BTech 2021)
Piyush P. Raut
(BTech 2021)
Souvick Chakraborty
(MSc 2020)
Currently PhD Scholar at IISER Kolkata