Team Members

Dr. Nihar Pradhan (PI) 

Associate Professor of Physics

Jackson State University

Jackson, Mississippi


Dr Anirudha V. Sumant (Co-PI)

Materials Scientist

Group Leader: Nanofabrication and Devices

Center for Nanoscale Materials, 

Argonne National Lab, Illinois

Prof. Jerzy Leszczynski (Co-PI)

Professor of Chemistry and President's Distinguished Fellow

Jackson State University, Mississippi

Prof. Ahmed Al-Ostaz (Co-PI)

Professor and Brevard Family Chair of Civil Engineering Director, Center for Graphene Research and Innovation, University of Mississippi

Dr. Sasan Nouranian (Co-PI)

Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering

University of Mississippi, Mississippi

Dr Dineshkumar Sengottuvelu (Co-PI)

Research Scientist, Center for Graphene Research and Innovation

University of Mississippi, Mississippi

Dr Mohammed Majdoub (Co-PI)

Research Scientist, Center for Graphene Research and Innovation

University of Mississippi, Mississippi

Dr. Akshay Wali

Postdoctoral Research Scientist, 

Jackson State University, Mississippi

Past: PhD from Pennsylvania State University (ECE)

Dr. Pabitra Narayan Samanta

Postdoctoral Research Scientist, 

Jackson State University, Mississippi

Dr Devashis Majumdar

Research Scientist,

Department of Chemistry, Physics & Atmospheric Science, Jackson State University



Supporting Staff:

Ms.  Galina  Lobodina

Department of Chemistry, Physics & Atmospheric Science, Jackson State University

Mr Roshan Padhan

ECE Graduate student at Jackson State University 

(Pradhan's research group)

Mr Isaiah Fultz

Physics Undergraduate Students at Jackson State University (Pradhan's research group)