Ph.D. Students
Aman Kumar Lal Das
Aman is a metallurgist by training. He graduated with M.Tech degree in Metallurgical Engineering from IIT (BHU), Varanasi. His Ph.D. work involves microstructural evolution and phase stability in multicomponent NiMnSb half Heusler alloys.
Saptarshi Mukherjee
Saptarshi is a metallurgist by training. He graduated with M.Tech degree in Metallurgical Engineering from IIT (BHU), Varanasi. His Ph.D. work involves synthesis of high entropy oxides and electron microscope investigation of local composition fluctuation induced microstructural changes. He is co-advised by Prof. N. K. Mukhopadhyay.
Satyam Choudhury
Satyam is a metallurgist by training. He graduated with M.Tech degree in Metallurgical Engineering from IIT (BHU), Varanasi. His Ph.D. work involves electron microscope investigation of commensurately modulated structurally complex oxides, higher order 2D perovskites and Ruddlesden-Popper phases. He is co-advised by Prof. R. K. Mandal.
M.Tech. thesis: Elucidation of crystal structure of Bi-Cr-O system through transmission electron microscopy. Submitted to Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi. Degree awarded in 2018. Advised by Joysurya Basu
Soham Mukherjee
Soham is a metallurgist by training. He graduated with M.Tech degree in Metallurgical Engineering from IIT (BHU), Varanasi. His Ph.D. work involves modeling and electron microscope investigation of local solidification microstructures in superalloys additively manufactured by direct energy deposition. He is a joint student with Prof. R. K. Mandal.
Alumni
Avnish Singh Pal
Avnish graduated with Ph.D. degree in Metallurgical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi in January 2023. His research work involves nanoarchitectonics of self-assembled chessboard-like structures in multicomponent oxides for nanoelectronics and energy applications. Avnish is currently a Post Doctoral Fellow in Prof. Christian Kuebel's group at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany.
Ankit Singh
Ankit graduated with his Ph.D. degree in Metallurgical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi in November 2022. He was a joint student with me and Prof. R. K. Mandal. Ankit's research work involved electron microscopy of interfaces and defects in AuCu multilayer, lithium nickel manganese oxide thin films on single-crystal SrTiO3 and bulk amorphous steels. Ankit is currently a Post Doctoral Fellow at National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan.
Sandeep Pradeepkumar Maurya
Sandeep graduated with his Ph.D. in Ceramic Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi in December 2022. He was a joint student with me and Dr. Imteyaz Ahmad. Sandeep's research work involved synthesis, structural and functional characterization of CIGS based solar cells. During his Ph. D. he has made a working CIGS based thin film solar cell. Sandeep is currently at the International Liberian Nanotechnology Institute, Braga, Portugal as a Research Scientist.