Dr. Digvijay Singh is a materials scientist specializing in the design, development, and characterization of high-performance alloys for extreme environments, including cryogenic temperatures, hydrogen exposure, corrosion, and cyclic loading. He currently serves as a Ramanujan Faculty Fellow in the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee, where his research focuses on developing next-generation cryogenic alloys for liquid hydrogen technologies, sustainable energy systems, and advanced aerospace applications. His work particularly emphasizes martensitic transformation mechanisms in austenitic steels, with a focus on the role of crystal orientation, phase stability, and stacking fault energy in governing bidirectional transformation-induced plasticity (B-TRIP) and fatigue resistance.

Prior to joining IIT Roorkee, Dr. Singh worked as a CNRS Researcher at Institut Jean Lamour (France) and as a Visiting Scientist at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), where he developed advanced in-situ thermo-mechanical characterization platforms using high-energy synchrotron X-rays. He also served as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan, where his work provided key insights into reversible martensitic transformations for improving low-cycle fatigue performance in cryogenic steels. He obtained his Ph.D. from IIT Indore, where his research on gradient nanostructuring demonstrated significant improvements in mechanical strength, corrosion resistance, and oxidation behavior of metallic materials.

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee

Ramanujan Faculty

02/2026 - Present

• Next-Generation Alloys for Extreme Environments: Advancing Fatigue and Hydrogen Embrittlement Resistance for Sustainable Cryogenic Infrastructure

Institute Jean Lamour (IJL)-CNRS, France

CNRS Researcher

01/2025 - 01/2026

European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), France

Visiting Scientist

01/2025 - 01/2026

• Development of in-situ thermo-mechanical characterization (ITM) platform on ID31 synchrotron beamline at ESRF.

• High throughput Combinatorial metallurgical investigation to resolve time and space dependence microstructure evolution in advanced alloys.

National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan

Postdoctoral Researcher

04/2022 - 11/2024

• Design & development of next-generation cryogenic fatigue resistant alloys.

• Martensitic transformation and deformation mechanism of advanced TRIP/TWIP steels for cryogenic (Liq. H2/N2) and seismic damping applications.

National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan

Visiting Researcher

07/2019 - 01/2022

• TEM investigations on gradient nanostructured AISI 304L Steel and AZ91D alloy

International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy & New Materials (ARCI), Hyderabad

Project Assistant

07/2016 - 06/2017

• Synthesis and characterization of Nickel Titanate (NiTiO3) for Energy and Tribology applications

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Indore

Doctoral Degree (Ph.D.) in Metallurgy Engineering & Materials Science

07/2017 - 01/2022

• Thesis entitled “Study on Microstructure and Properties of Surface Mechanical Attrition treated Gradient Nanostructured Alloys”

National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK), Surathkal

M. Tech, Materials Engineering

07/2015 - 06/2017

Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology and Sciences

B. Tech, Mechanical Engineering

07/2010 - 06/2014