Research experience 

• 01/2024 - till date: Senior Research Fellow, Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (USA)
  
  

• 04/2021 - 12/2023:   Postdoctoral Associate, Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (USA)
  
  

• 09/2019 - 03/2021:         Senior Research Fellow, Metallurgical Engineering & Materials Sc, IIT Bombay (India)
  
  

• 03/2019 - 08/2019: Research Associate, Metallurgical Engineering & Materials Sc, IIT Bombay (India)
  
  

• 01/2013 – 12/2019:            Ph.D. Research, Metallurgical Engineering & Materials Sc, IIT Bombay (India)
  
  

• 11/2011 – 06/2012:             Master's Thesis,  Polymer Science and Engineering Division, CSIR - National Chemical Laboratory, Pune (India)
  
  

• 05/2011 - 07/2011:         Summer Intern, Department of Physics, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, (India)

Teaching experience 

• 08/2012 – 12/2012:      Guest Lecturer (Nanotechnology)

Education 

• 01/2013 - 12/2019:       Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Metallurgical Engineering & Materials Science, IIT Bombay (India)

• 08/2006 - 07/2012:                B. Tech.- M. Tech. (with honours) in Nanotechnology, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur (India)

Awards 

• Sept 2024: 'Outstanding Postdoctoral Fellow Award' by the University of Michigan

• Aug 2020: 'Excellence in PhD Research Award' by IIT Bombay

• Jan 2019: Travel Grant: Tel Aviv University International Travel Grant to attend Winter School -2019  at  Tel Aviv University, Israel

• Apr 2018: Certificate for outstanding contribution in reviewing 'Carbon'

• Feb 2018: Travel Grant: IRCC, IIT Bombay International Travel Grant to attend Gordon Research Conference on Batteries, Ventura, USA

• May 2017: Travel Grant: DST ( Govt. of India) International Travel Grant to attend 231st ECS meeting in New Orleans, USA

• May 2017: Travel Grant:  IIM (Indian Institute of Metals) International Travel Grant to attend 231st ECS meeting in New Orleans, USA

• Feb 2017: Award: Prof. Edgar Zanotto Poster Award in MRSI 2017 ( by MRS India) conference

• Dec 2016: Award: Best Poster Award in ISMC 2016, BARC, Mumbai (India)

• Jun 2015: Award: Best Poster Award in FiMPART 2015 ( by MRS Singapore), Hyderabad (India)

• May 2014: Award: Best Poster Award in MR-14 (Material Research Symposium), IIT Bombay (India)

• Jun 2012: Award: CSIR-UGC NET [Chemical Science] Rank 32

• Apr 2011– Oct 2011: Grant: DST Student Project, Funding: Rajasthan State DST

Journal Reviewer

• Journal of Materials Chemistry A

• Energy and Environmental Science

• ACS Energy Letters

• Chemistry of Materials

• Inorganic Chemistry 

• Carbon 

• Journal of Power Sources

• ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 

• ACS Applied Nano Materials 

• Nanomaterials and Energy

• International Journal of Recent Research Aspects (IJRRA; ISSN: 2349-7688) 

Conferences

19. MK Jangid, AL Davis, DW Liao, NP Dasgupta. Operando Visualization of Rate Capability Improvements in 3-D Composite Solid-State Battery Electrodes. Great Lakes Microscopy Society (GLMS) Annual Meeting, Ann Arbor, MI, USA (10/2025).

18. MK Jangid, TH Cho, T Ma, DW Liao, H Kim, Y Kim, M. Chi, NP Dasgupta. Preserving Chemo-Mechanical Integrity of Cathode Particles by ALD Coatings for Stable High-Voltage Solid-State Batteries. U-M Electric Vehicle Center Symposium. 2025, Ann Arbor, MI, USA (04/2025).

17. MK Jangid, TH Cho, T Ma, DW Liao, H Kim, Y Kim, M. Chi, NP Dasgupta. Enabling high-voltage stability in solid-state battery cathodes with ALD coatings. ECS PRiME 2024, Honolulu, HI, USA (10/2024).

16. MK Jangid, AL Davis, DW Liao, NP Dasgupta. Operando Visualization of Improved Rate Capability in 3-D Architectured Solid-State Battery Electrodes. Cell Symposia: Technology barriers to electric vehicle implementation, Ann Arbor, MI, USA (05/2024).

15. MK Jangid, AL Davis, DW Liao, NP Dasgupta; Understanding the Improved Rate Capability in 3-D Composite Solid-State Battery Electrodes Using Operando Microscopy; GRC on Batteries, Ventura, CA, USA. [02-03/2024].

14. MK Jangid, FJ Sonia, R Lakra, V Srihari, HK Poswal, M Aslam, P Pant, A Mukhopadhyay; In-situ investigations of stress developments and structural stability of Si electrodes in the presence of ‘buffer interlayers during Li-(de)alloying; National Conference on Advanced Lithium Ion Batteries: Science and Technology (NALiBST-2019), Electrochemical Society of India and IISc Bangalore, Bengaluru, India [12/2019].

13. MK Jangid, FJ Sonia, M Aslam, A Mukhopadhyay; In-situ investigations of amorphous Si film anode in presence of ‘buffer interlayers’ for Li-ion batteries; Winter School-2019 on Nanomaterials for Energy Storage and Conversion; Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel. [01/2019]. 

12. MK Jangid, FJ Sonia, AP Vemulapally, M Aslam, A  Mukhopadhyay; Electrochemical behavior, stress development and structural integrity of amorphous Si anodes for Li-ion and Na-ion batteries in presence/absence of graphene-based buffer interlayers; Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Batteries, Ventura, CA, USA. [02-03/2018]. 

11. MK Jangid, FJ Sonia, R Lakra, V Srihari, HK Poswal, M Aslam, P Pant, A Mukhopadhyay; In-situ investigations of the ‘stress mitigation’ during (de)lithiation of silicon thin film anode in the presence of ‘buffer interlayers’; International Meeting on Energy Storage Devices (IMESD) –2018, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, India. [12/2018].

10. MK Jangid, FJ Sonia, R Lakra, M Aslam, P Pant, A Mukhopadhyay; In-situ monitoring of S]stress developments during electrochemical lithiation/delithiation of amorphous silicon films in presence/absence of ‘buffer’ interlayers; 231st ECS Meeting, New Orleans, LA, USA. [05-06/2017].

9. MK Jangid, FJ Sonia, M Aslam, P Pant, A Mukhopadhyay; Investigation of structural integrities and stress developments during lithiation/delithiation in amorphous Si films in the presence of buffer layers; MRS India, Indian Institute of Technology  Bombay, Mumbai. [02/2017].  (Prof. Edgar Zanotto Poster Award)

8. MK Jangid, FJ Sonia, R Lakra, R Kali, B Ananthoju, M Aslam, P Pant, A Mukhopadhyay; Structural and electrochemical stability of silicon thin film anode for Li-ion batteries using graphene and NiTi as buffer layer;  MEMS department Symposium,  Indian  Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai. [02/2017].

7. MK Jangid, FJ  Sonia, M Aslam, A Mukhopadhyay; Critical analysis of stress developments and structural integrities of Si/graphene anodes for Li-ion batteries; ICARBM 2017, C-MET Pune. [03/2017].

6. MK Jangid, FJ Sonia, R Lakra, R Kali, B Ananthoju, M Aslam, P Pant, A Mukhopadhyay; Investigation the role of multilayered graphene and NiTi shape memory alloy as potential buffer materials for silicon thin film anode for Li-ion batteries; ISMC 2016,  BARC, Mumbai. [12/2016]. (Best Poster Award)

5. MK Jangid, FJ Sonia, R Lakra, R Kali, B Ananthoju, M Aslam, P Pant, A Mukhopadhyay; In-situ monitoring of stress developments during lithiation/delithiation in a-Si thin films electrodes, ‘buffered’ by graphene and shape memory alloy; NMD-ATM 2016,  Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. [11/2016].

4. MK Jangid, R Lakra, FJ Sonia, R Kali, B Ananthoju, M Aslam, P Pant, A Mukhopadhyay; Understanding the effectiveness and role of graphene and NiTi as possible mechanical buffers for Si-based anode materials for  Li-ion batteries; ICAER 2015, Indian  Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai. [12/2015].

3. MK Jangid, FJ Sonia, R Kali, B Ananthoju, M Aslam, A Mukhopadhyay; Understanding the effects of graphene as buffer layer in mitigating lithiation induced stresses in Si via in-situ monitoring of  stress development; FiMPART-2015 (Frontiers in Materials  Processing Applications, Research and Technology). [06/2015]. (Best Poster Award)

2. MK Jangid, FJ  Sonia, R Kali, B  Ananthoju, M Aslam, A Mukhopadhyay; Understanding the role of graphene as buffer layer for stress mitigation in silicon as anode for Li-ion batteries; NMD-ATM 2014, College of Engineering Pune, Pune. [11/2014]. 

1. MK Jangid, FJ Sonia, B  Ananthoju, M Aslam, A Mukhopadhyay; Electrochemical cycling and in-situ stress measurement of Silicon, Graphene and Silicon-Graphene composite thin film anode materials for Li ion battery;  Materials Research Symposium (MR-14), Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai [05/2014]. (Best Poster Award)