HMLab - IIT BHU - PI: Dr B K Shaw

Dr Bikash Shaw

Dr. Bikash Shaw, PhD

Bikash Shaw is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemistry, IIT (BHU) Varanasi, India. Currently, he is also affiliated to the University of Cambridge, England, as a Royal Society Newton Alumni Fellow (2024-2025). He completed his PhD from IACS, India in 2016 under the supervision of Prof. Shyamal Saha. After his PhD, he was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Stuttgart (Germany), IISER Kolkata (India), Lehigh University (USA). In 2018, he was awarded DST Inspire Faculty. In the same year, he was also awarded the prestigious Royal Society Newton International Fellowship at the University of Cambridge, England, where he worked with Prof. Thomas Bennett from 2019-2021 as a Newton Fellow. Later, he was awarded another prestigious international fellowship by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation at the Technical University Munich (TUM), Germany, where he worked with Dr. Gregor Kieslich from 2022-2024 as a Humboldt Fellow. Bikash's research interest lies in the field of solid- and liquid- state materials chemistry, functional hybrid organic-inorganic materials for device applications such as waste-heat energy harvesting Thermoelectrics. His strong track record is evidenced in the publication of several high impact journals including Nature Chemistry, Chemical Science, etc.

During postdoc research, Bikash has visited various national labs in USA and perform several X-ray total scattering experiments with beamline scientists. He recently also awarded a beamline slot at Diamond Beamline I15-1, Oxford.

Bikash has received several international awards in his research career such as prestigious Newton (2018) and Humboldt fellowships (2020). He was invited to the induction meeting at The Royal Society London in 2019 and in Humboldt Foundation ceremony in Rostock, Germany in 2022. He has also participated in several national and international conferences.

Education:

PhD (2016) - IACS, India (Supervisor Prof. Shyamal Saha)

MSc (2011) - Banaras Hindu University (BHU), India

BSc (2009) - University of Burdwan, India

Employment:

05/2025 - Present: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, IIT (BHU) Varanasi, India

07/2024 - 09/2025: Royal Society Newton Alumni Fellow - University of Cambridge, England

04/2022 - 07/2024: Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellow - Technical University Munich, Germany (Mentor Prof. Gregor Kieslich)

04/2019 - 09/2021: Royal Society Newton Fellow, University of Cambridge, England (Mentor Prof. Thomas Bennett)

05/2018 - 03/2019: Postdoctoral Research Associate - Lehigh University, USA (Mentor Prof. Himanshu Jain)

11/2016 - 04/2018: National Postdoctoral Fellow - IISER Kolkata, India (Mentor Prof. Swadhin Mandal)

09/2016 - 11/2016: Postdoctoral Research Associate - University of Stuttgart, Germany (Mentor Prof. Martin Dressel)

Research Grants:

International

2024 - 2025 The Royal Society London, England

Title: Collaborative approach for the thermoelectric merit application (AL\24100043)

1 Year (Amount: £ 5,150); Status: Ongoing

2022 - 2024 Humboldt Foundation, Germany

Title: Enhancing Electronic and Phononic Properties in Hybrid Perovskites (1189468)

2 Year (Amount: € 81,800); Status: Completed

2019 - 2021 The Royal Society London, England

Title: Spin-electronic Properties of Metal Organic Framework Liquid & Glass (NIF/R1/180163)

2 Year (Amount: £ 100,500); Status: Completed

Research Visits:

2019 Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (ALS Beamline), California, USA

2019 Oak Ridge National Lab (At Center For Nanophase), Oak Ridge, USA

2019 Brookhaven National Lab (NSLS-II Beamline), New York, USA

Awards:

2024 Newton International Alumni Fellowship, The Royal Society London

2024 Ramanujan Faculty, DST

2020 Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship, Humboldt Foundation Germany

2018 Newton International Fellowship, The Royal Society London

2018 Inspire Faculty, DST

2016 National Postdoctoral Fellowship, SERB

2011 CSIR JRF NET (AIR 193)

2011 GATE (AIR 511)

2009 Certificate of Merit and Memorial Medal, The University of Burdwan