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Research Interests and Keywords: Interfaces in Materials (central theme); Alloy Design, Microstructure Evolution, Oxidation behavior, Materials Processing and Phase Transformations; High Temperature Alloys and Ceramics, Disordered Solids (High-Entropy Alloys and Metallic Glasses), Nanomaterials, in-situ measurements, Materials Theory and Modeling.
Pratik K. Ray
Pratik K. Ray
Contact Info pratik [at] iitrpr.ac.in; Tel: + 91 1881-23-2409
Office BM-17, Har Gobind Khorana Building, IIT Ropar
Professional Timeline
2025 - till date Associate Professor, IIT Ropar, INDIA
2019 - 2025 Assistant Professor, IIT Ropar, INDIA
2017 - 2019 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Iowa State University, USA
2015 - 2019 Associate Scientist, Ames Laboratory, US-DOE, USA
2011 - 2015 Post-Doctoral Researcher, Ames Laboratory, US-DOE, USA
Education
PhD (2011) Iowa State University, USA
MTech (2006) Indian Institute of Technology Madras, INDIA
BTech (2004) National Institute of Technology Rourkela, INDIA
Brief Bio: Pratik is presently an Associate Professor in the Department of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Ropar and leads the Interface Dynamics and Energetics of Alloys Research Laboratory (IDEAs Lab). Pratik's primary research interests lies in developing a fundamental understanding of interfaces in materials, focusing on phase boundaries, grain boundaries and solid-liquid interfaces, including the physics of defects. Interfaces play a key role in development of engineering materials such as superalloys, steels, high-entropy alloys, colloids and a variety of intriguing intermetallics which are investigated and designed at the IDEAs Lab.
Key Administrative Responsibilities at IIT Ropar
Chairman, Central Research Facility (05/2025 till date)
Head of the Department, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering (06/2022 - 06/2025)
Membership and Affiliations
Life Member, Materials Research Society of India
Awards and Honors
Reviewer Appreciation Certificate (Transactions of IIM), 2022
University Research Excellence Award (Iowa State University), 2011
Sudarshan Bhat Gold Medal (MTech thesis and academic performance, IIT Madras), 2006
Institute Gold Medal (BTech project, NIT Rourkela), 2004
Institute Silver Medal (NIT Rourkela), 2004
Metallurgical Engineering Association Gold Medal (NIT Rourkela), 2004
Summer Research Fellowship of the Indian Academy of Sciences, 2003 and 2005
15th Rank in Regional Mathematics Olympiad (Odisha), 1998
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