Twisted 2D Materials

I obtained BSc. and MSc. in Physics from the University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India, in 2008 and 2010. From 2010 to 2013, I was a Junior and Senior Research Fellow at the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Sciences, Kolkata, working on designing and developing thin film silicon solar cells.

In 2013, I received the Taiwan International Graduate Program (TIGP) fellowship to pursue my Ph.D. in Taiwan. I jointly obtained Ph.D. in Nanoscience and Technology from National Tsing Hua University and Academia Sinica, Taiwan, in July 2017. My Ph.D. thesis work was focused on the design, fabrication, and characterization of novel optoelectronic devices based on semiconductor nanomaterials. From Aug. 2017 to July 2018, I worked as a postdoctoral fellow at National Taiwan University.

In July 2018, I moved to the Czech Republic as a Postdoctoral Fellow (V3) at the J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague. In 2020, I was promoted to the Research Scientist (V4) position and subsequently to J Heyrovsky Young Scientist (V5) post. 

In July 2023, I joined Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden as a Junior Group Leader to establish my own research group on 2D quantum materials research.

My works spanned diverse areas such as semiconductor Physics, nanoscience and technology, optoelectronic devices, and materials chemistry, including projects such as design, fabrication, and characterization of highly stable and ultra-high performance nano-optoelectronic devices based on 0D, 1D, and 2D composite materials. I published more than 40 research articles in leading journals, including Nature Communications, Advanced Materials, ACS Nano, Nano Letters, etc. Many of my pivotal research has been recognized for high importance by journals and reported widely in media. I also have exhibited outstanding leadership and teaching skills. I successfully led projects by teaching and working with Postdocs, Ph.D., and Master's students in Taiwan and the Czech Republic.

I received the Otto Wichterle Award 2021, which is an honor given by the Czech Academy of Sciences to stimulate and encourage outstanding, promising young scientists in the Czech Academy of Sciences for their remarkable contributions to the advancement of scientific knowledge in a given area of science while they are not older than 35 in the calendar year when the nominations are submitted. Additionally, I have been awarded many scholarships and fellowships, including, Merit-cum-Means scholarship, Department of Science and Technology Scholarship, Govt. of India; Taiwan International Graduate Fellowship, Taiwan, etc. Based on my outstanding research achievements during my Ph.D., I obtained JSPS Hope Fellowship to attend the prestigious 9th Hope Meeting with Nobel Laureates 2017 in Tokyo, Japan.