PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Senior Research Scientist, Chair of Electronic Devices, RWTH Aachen University, Germany (April, 2017 - current).

- Large area synthesis, characterization and advanced electronic application of 2D materials and their heterostructures.

- Teaching, cosupervision of Ph.D. students, experimental designs, supervision of Master students and summer interns.

• Postdoctoral Researcher/Research Assistant, Graphene Based Nanotechnology, University of Siegen, Germany (Feb. 2014 to March, 2017)

- Large area synthesis, characterization , electronic and optoelectronic applications of 2D materials and their heterostructures.

- Co-supervision of Ph.D. students, experimental designs, supervision of Master students and summer interns.

• Postdoctoral Researcher, Dept. of Materials Science and Engg. and Centre for Condensed Matter Sciences, National Taiwan University,Taiwan (May 2012 - Dec. 2013)

- Synthesis of single and multilayer graphene by CVD, synthesis and charcaterization of BN doped CVD graphene.

- Synthesis and characterization of 2D transition metal dichalcogenides by CVD.

- Supervision of Summer interns, experimental designs.

• Scientist Fellow, CVD/PVD Lab, Surface Engineering Division, National Aerospace Laboratories (CSIR), Bangalore, India (June, 2011 to April, 2012).

- Set up of HF-CVD system for graphene growth.

- Set up of CVD systems for synthesis of doped and undoped ZnO nanostructures.

- Supervision of M.Tech. Students

• Research Associate at Surface and Nanoscience Division, Materials Science Group, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam (January, 2011 to June, 2011).
• Senior Research Fellow at Materials Science Division (now Materials Science Group), Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam, India (June 2007 to December, 2011).
• Junior Research Fellow at Materials Science Division, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam, India (June 2005 to June, 2007).

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION

• Ph. D. (Physics) from University of Madras in 2011
• M.Sc. (Physics) from Maharishi Dayanand University in 2003.

ACADAMIC CREDITS

Scholarship Received

• National scholarship holder for five years

Exams Qualified

• National Eligibility Test for Lectureship (NET) – 2004
• Graduate Aptitude Test Examination (GATE) - 2004

Teaching Experience

• Master's course in Winter Semster, RWTH Aachen.
• Lecturer in Physics for nine months at Hindu Institute of Technology, Sonepat in 2004.

Fellowship received

• Department of Atomic Energy (DAE, India) Fellowship in 2005.
• Quick Hire Scheme - Fellowship (CSIR-NAL, India) in 2011.
• Postdoctoral Fellowship (NSC, Taiwan) in 2012.

RESEARCH EXPERTISE and EXPOSURE

1) Chemical vapor deposition of Graphene and two-dimensional (2D) materials.

2) Transfer of 2D materials from growth substrates to desired substrates for various applications.

3) Fabrication and characterization of devices based on 2D materials for optoelectronic and electronic applications.

5) Physical vapor vapor deposition of thin films using thermal evaporation, magnetron sputtering and electron beam.

6) Thin films characterizations techniques like XRD, SEM, AFM, TEM, Raman spectroscopy, XPS, AES, UV-Vis, FTIR, SIMS, Nanoindentation and Tribometer.