Dr. Amaresh Mishra
Associate Professor
School of Chemistry
Sambalpur University
Jyoti Vihar – 768019
Sambalpur, Odisha, India
Email: amaresh.mishra@suniv.ac.in
ORCID Id: 0000-0002-1048-7946
Link to Google Scholar Citations
Education
Ph.D. 2000 Sambalpur University, Odisha, India, Mentor: Prof. R. K. Behera
M.Phil. 1993 Sambalpur University, Odisha, India
M.Sc. 1991 Sambalpur University, Odisha, India
B.Sc. 1989 Rajendra College, Balangir, Odisha, India
Professional career
12/2020 – Present Associate Professor, School of Chemistry, Sambalpur University, India
02/2016 – 12/2020 Reader, School of Chemistry, Sambalpur University, India
03/2007 – 02/2016 Group Leader, University of Ulm, RG: Organic semiconductors and dyes for photovoltaics (with Prof. Peter Bäuerle)
05/2005 - 02/2007 Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, Ulm University, Germany (with Prof. Peter Bäuerle)
06/2002 - 02/2005 Visiting Fellow, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai, India: (with Prof. N. Periasamy)
06/1999 - 01/2002 Post-doctoral Associate, University of Akron, Ohio, and University of South Florida, Tampa, USA (with Prof. George R. Newkome)
Research Interests
The research activities of the group focus on interdisciplinary research on:
Structural Design, Synthesis and Evaluation of Functional Organic Materials for Electronic and Biological Applications
Design and synthesis of O-, N-, and S-rich Heterocyclic Molecules
Design and Application of Interlayer Materials
Studies of the Photophysical Properties of Conjugated Donor-Acceptor Molecules
Organic Solar cells, Light Emitting Diode, dye-sensitized, and Perovskite Solar Cell
Country Visited for Research
10/2023 - 11/2023 Visiting Scientist at Institute of Organic Chemistry II, University of Ulm with Prof. Peter Bäuerle
09/2009 & 10/2013 Laboratory of Photonics and Interfaces, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland (Research collaboration with Prof. M. Grätzel on n-type DSSC and perovskite solar cells)
01/2013 (2 weeks) Academic Visitor, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia (Research collaboration on p-type dye-sensitized solar cells with Prof. U. Bach in the frame of Go8-DAAD Australia Germany Joint Research Scheme)
01/2010 - 02/2010 Academic Visitor, Bio21, University of Melbourne and Monash University, Australia (collaborations with Prof. Andrew B. Holmes and Prof. U. Bach in the frame of Go8-DAAD Australia Germany Joint Research Scheme)
Group Update
Congratulations Abhisekh Mishra for receiving the second prize in poster presentation at the 37th Annual Conference of Orissa Chemical Society 2023.
Congratulations Rashmirekha Pradhan for receiving the Prof. Dinabandhu Bhatta Memorial Award (best Research Paper in Organic Chemistry) 2023 by the Orissa Chemical Society at the 37th Annual Conference.
Welcome to our new Ph.D. Moksyaraj Bhoi as UGC-JRF to the group!
Congratulations to Rashmirekha Pradhan on the successful defense of her Ph.D. thesis on 23.09.2023. Many thanks to Prof. Kallol K. Ghosh and Dr. Surya P. Singh for thoroughly and thoughtfully examining Rashmi. Thanks to DST SERI and SERB for supporting Rashmi's thesis.
Congratulations Rashmi for the acceptance of a paper on ternary organic solar cells in Solar RRL on 23.08.2023.
Our research work has been highlighted in Solar RRL Front Cover Art in May 2023, issue 10.
Congratulations Rashmi for acceptance of a publication in Solar RRL with a front cover art.
An interesting review article on organic molecular acceptors has been accepted in Angewandte Chemie.
A great beginning for the new year: Congratulations Rashmirekha Pradhan for a publication on ternary organic solar cells using coumarin donor in J. Mater. Chem. C accepted on 01.01.2023
Welcome to our new Ph.D. student Karishma Naik as a DST-INSPIRE Fellow!
Congratulations Nirmala Niharika Bhuyan for receiving the Prof. Dayanidhi Patnaik Memorial Award (best Research Paper) 2022 by the Orissa Chemical Society at the 36th Annual Conference.
Congratulations Rashmirekha Pradhan for receiving the best Oral Presentation Prize at the 23rd OBPC, National Conference on 'Science & Technology in Combating Climate Change’, Sambalpur University, held on 26-27 November 2022.
Congratulations Rashmirekha Pradhan for the publication on ternary solar cells using new coumarin donors in ACS Applied Energy Materials accepted on 25.06.2022.
Congratulations Rashmirekha Pradhan for receiving the Dr. Subasini Lenka Award (Best Poster Prize) 2021 by Orissa Chemical Society at the 35th Annual conference held on 18-19th December 2021.
New Invited review article on semitransparent organic solar cells has been accepted in J. Mater. Chem. C 2022
Congratulations Nirmala Niharika Bhuyan for 2nd publication in J. Mol. Liq. Accepted on 01.10.2021.
Congratulations Rashmirekha Pradhan for the 3rd publication on ternary solar cells using coumarin-based donor in ACS Applied Energy Materials 14.09.2021.
Congratulations Nirmala Niharika Bhuyan for 1st publication in J. Mol. Liq. Accepted on 19.12.2020.
Congratulations Rashmirekha Pradhan for 2nd publication in J. Mater. Chem. A, Accepted on 04.12.2020.
A review article on "Material Perceptions and Advances in Molecular Heteroacenes for Organic Solar Cells, has been accepted in Energy Environ. Sci. 12.10.2020.
Congratulations Rashmirekha Pradhan for 1st publication in ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 17.08.2020.