Principal Investigator
JAYEETA LAHIRI
Dr. Jayeeta Lahiri completed her PhD in Physics from Department of Physics, University of South Florida, Tampa, USA in 2010. Then she worked as a postdoctoral research fellow at Center of Functional Nanomaterial, Brookhaven National Laboratory, New York from 2010-2012.She was employed as a postdoctoral research fellow at Graphene Research Center, National University of Singapore, Singapore from 2012-2013. She worked briefly at Department of Physics, IIT Guwahati before joining University of Hyderabad in 2014. She joined Banaras Hindu University in September 2020. She has received Ramanujan Fellowship from SERB.
Postdoctoral Fellows
MEHAK ARORA
Mehak completed her Ph.D. in 2023 from the Department of Physics, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar. She joined Dr. Lahiri's research group as WISE PDF in July 2025.
Email: mehakaroraphy.rsh@gndu.ac.in
Ph.D. Students
NURUL HASSAN
Nurul completed his master's program from University of Hyderabad in June 2017. He joined Dr. Lahiri's research group in August 2017. His research focuses on synthesizing and characterizing graphene-BN hybrid material for sensing and optical applications.
Email: nurulhcu@uohyd.ac.in
SUNIL KUMAR
Sunil completed his master's program from Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya in 2019. He joined Dr. Lahiri's research group in September 2021. His research is focused on hexagonal BN ultrathin film and nanostructures for electronic application.
Email: kumar.sunil@bhu.ac.in
Project Students
PRATEEK KUMAR
Prateek completed his Msc from the Department of Physics, Banaras Hindu University in 2024. He joined Dr. Lahiri's research group in August 2024 as a Junior Research Fellow (JRF).
Former Postdoctoral Fellows
RAVI PRATAP
PDF from February 2024 to January 2025.
Email: ravibhu33@gmail.com
Former PhD Students
NILANJAN BASU
PhD Student from 2015-2021
Currently working as Assistant Professor at Manipal Academy of Higher Education.
Email: nilanjanbasu85@gmail.com
NARESH SHAYAGA
PhD student from 2015 - 2023
Currently working as Postdoc at Cense IISc Bangalore
Email: nareshshyaga4@gmail.com
Former Interns
CHANDANI (summer intern from May to July 2024)
ASHIK MANOJ N (summer intern from May to July 2023)
Former M.Sc. Project Students
SNEHASHISH SATPATHI- Project student from August 2024 - June 2025, at the Department of Physics, Banaras Hindu University
HEMLATA GAUTAM - Project student from August 2024 - June 2025, at the Department of Physics, Banaras Hindu University
TUHIN MAHANTA - Project student from August 2023 - June 2024, at the Department of Physics, Banaras Hindu University
CHANDRAKANTH PARIDA - Project student from August 2023 - June 2024, at the Department of Physics, Banaras Hindu University
KRISHNA MAHATO - Project student from August 2022 - June 2023, at the Department of Physics, Banaras Hindu University
MANISH YADAV - Project student from August 2022 - June 2023, at the Department of Physics, Banaras Hindu University
DEBOPRIYO DUTTA - Project student from August 2017 - June 2018, at the School of Physics, University of Hyderabad
TEJAS D. RAJU - Project student from August 2017 - June 2018, at the School of Physics, University of Hyderabad
PRANITA SHARMA - Project student from August 2017 - June 2018 at the School of Physics, University of Hyderabad
DEBLINA DUTTA - Project student from August 2015 - June 2016 at the School of Physics, University of Hyderabad