In a board, my research focuses on materials modelling for oxide growth (material degradation), energy conversion, and storage using the avant-grade computational method. More specifically on:
Random structure search
Solar fuel production, photocatalyst- water Splitting
Catalytic reaction mechanism (HER, OER, ORR, CO2 reduction)
Hybrid perovskites solar cell-structural modification and stability
Organic crystal structure search for organic green battery
Thermodynamics and kinetics of battery/supercapacitor material
Oxide growth: Formation and transport of cationic and anionic defects in the oxide
Diffusion through metal-oxide interface and grain-boundary
2D Materials, 3D porous structures
Professional Experience
Des 2021 -
Assistant Professor Grade I:
Department of Metallurgical and Materials EngineeringIndian Insitute of Technology Jodhpur Rajasthan 342030, IndiaOct 2021 -
Visiting Researcher:
Materials Science and TechnologyMaterials Science in Radiation and Dynamics ExtremesLos Alamos National LaboratoryLos Alamos, NM-87545, USAFeb 2020 - Oct 2021
Director's Post Doctoral Fellow:
Materials Science and TechnologyMaterials Science in Radiation and Dynamics ExtremesLos Alamos National LaboratoryLos Alamos, NM-87545, USAMay 2019 - Jan 2020
Post-Doctoral Researcher:
Materials Science and TechnologyMaterials Science in Radiation and Dynamics ExtremesLos Alamos National LaboratoryLos Alamos, NM-87545, USAFeb 2019 - April 2019
Post-Doctoral Researcher:
Applied Materials PhysicsDepartment of Materials and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of TechnologyS-100 44 Stockholm, SwedenCommittee Member
MRS (Materials Research Society, USA) Early Career Professionals Subcommittee
TMS (The Minerals Metals & Materials society, USA) Young Professionals Committee
Associate Member
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
Education
2014 - 2019: Ph. D. in Energy Materials Modelling
Thesis Title: Materials Modelling for Energy Harvesting: From Conversion to Application Through Storage
2012 - 2014: M. Tech. in Materials Science & Engineering
Thesis Title: Ceria – Aluminium Oxide - Carbon Nano Tube Composite for Catalytic Conversion
International Journal Reviewer
Adjudicative reviewer: Journal of Materials Chemistry A
Recognized as an outstanding peer reviewer (of 2020) for Journal of Materials Chemistry A, RSC.
Reviewer: Journal of Materials Chemistry A, Fuel Cell, New Journal of Chemistry, Energies, Catalysts, RSC Advances, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Energy & Environmental Science, ACS Energy & Fuel
Grant Reviewer
American Chemical Society (ACS) PRF DNI grant
Scholastic Achievements & Awards
§ Post Doc
2021: Admitted as an associate member of Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
2021: Recognized as an outstanding peer reviewer (of 2020) of RSC out of ~51000 peer reviewers
2019: Selected as Los Alamos National Lab (USA) Director’s Post Doc Fellow.
2019: Carl-Tryggers Fellowship, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
§ Ph.D.
2019: Received “Bjurzons premium”: Uppsala University Best Ph.D. thesis award within the natural sciences.
2019: Received MRS (Materials Research Society- USA) Graduate student award 2019. Ref: DOI: https://doi.org/10.1557/mrs.2019.143
2019: Liljewalch travel grant from Uppsala University, Sweden.
2017: Received the Anna Maria Lundin travel scholarship from Smålands Nation, Uppsala.
2017: Received Rector's travel grant from the Wallenberg Foundation.
2015: Achieved STSM (Short term scientific mission) fellowship of COST Action MP 1103 organised by European Cooperation in Science Technology.
2014: Received Erasmus Mundus India To Europe (EMINTE) Scholarship for doing Ph.D. in Uppsala University, Sweden
§ M.Tech.
2014: Received A. K. BOSE Gold Medal from Indian Institute of Metals (IIM) for best M.Tech. thesis in Materials Science among all the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT's).
2014: Received Bogineni Chenchu Rama Naidu Gold Medal, for highest CPI (10/10) in M.Tech, IIT Kanpur.
2013: Received IITK Academic Excellence Award in Materials Science & Engineering for the academic year 2012-13.
§ M.Sc.
2012: Secured 1st position with distinction in M.Sc. in Sardar Patel University in 2012.
2012: Qualified GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) examination in 2012 with all India Rank 8 in XE (Engineering Sciences) paper and awarded of MHRD Scholarship, Govt. of India.
§ B.Sc.
2010: Secured 1st Class-1st position in B.Sc. (Industrial Chemistry)
2010: Awarded Ramgopal- Bimala Agarwal Medal for securing highest marks in B.Sc. among all subjects in the college.
2010: Received Ajit Mukherjee Memorial Medal for scoring highest marks consistently in 1st, 2nd & 3rd year of B.Sc.
MRS Graduate Student Award 2019
Bjurzons premium (Best Ph.D. Thesis award) 2019
IIM Metal News, Vol 17, No. 6, December 2014