GROUP
Principal Investigator
Dr. Nirat Ray
Research Interests
Experimental and first-principles design of novel artifical solids made from nanoscale building blocks; Electronic, optical and magnetic properties of nanostructures; Low temperature transport studies in low dimensional materials
Dr. Ray has a B. Sc. (H) from Hansraj College, University of Delhi (2006), M. Sc. in Physics from IIT Delhi and Ph. D. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA (2014).
Postdocs
Dr. Surbhi Gupta
Ph. D. (IUAC) IIT Delhi IPDF
Research area: Magnetic materials, Thin film magnetism
Ph. D. students
Charu Singh
M. Tech. Nanotechnology
B. Tech.
Electrical Engineering
Research area: Nanomagnetism, Magnetotransport and micromagnetic simulations
Soumyasuravi Thakur
M.Sc. (Physics)
Research area: Charge transport in 2D semiconductors, metals and their heterojunctions, 2D inks
Manjeet Godara
(UQ-IIT Delhi student), PMRF
B. Tech., M. Tech. Materials Science and Engg
Research area: Conducting MOFs
Aditi Manna
INSPIRE fellow
M. Sc. (Physics)
Research area: Quantum dots, field-effect transistors, charge transport
Sampriti Shome
M. Sc. (Physics)
Research area: Electronic and magnetic properties of metallic and alloy nanostructures
Alumni
Sunil Choudhary, B. Tech. IIT Roorkee, Project Assistant (Now at UCLA) Research area: Computational design of thermoelectric properties
Prince Singh, IIT Delhi SURA (Now at Arizona State University)
Srijan Samir Roy, IIT Delhi SURA
Dr. Neeraj Rathee, SERB -NPDF Fellow
Dr. Neeti Keswani, RA
Ph. D. thesis supervised
Ms. Kiran Yadav, First Principles Exploration of Electronic Property Modulation in Low-Dimensional Materials for Energy Applications , Thesis Submitted December 2023 (4.5 Years)
M. Tech. thesis supervised
C. Rakesh Raj, Electronic and Structural Properties of 2D metals (2021)
Arijit Chakraborty, (2024)
B. Tech. students
Rafshan-Ul-Atik (Jointly with Prof. R. Prasad), Molecular Dynamics Study of Self-assembly and Growth of One-component Decagonal Quasicrystal (2021)
Satyapragnya Kar. Electronic properties of 2D magnetic nanowire networks (2023)
Rishita Aggarwal. Electronic properties of Copper nanowire networks (2023)
JOIN OUR GROUP?
Our research spans multiple subject boundaries. We have students from Physics, electrical engineering and materials science and engineering.
Our group is always on the look-out for highly motivated postdoctoral scholars and graduate students. Please feel free to contact me for more details
I am looking for good postdoctoral candidates with fellowship from independent sources like CSIR/DST, etc. If you have common research interest, please feel free to send me an email with your detailed CV and a brief write-up on your research plan.
NOTE: Also, please see an open advertisement at IITD website or download the pdf file from the link given below: http://www.iitd.ac.in/content/post-doctoral-fellows-pdf
Students with Materials Science/Physics/Electrical engineering background are encouraged to apply for Ph. D. positions. Please apply using the following link: https://ecampus.iitd.ac.in/PGADM/login
Talented and hard-working B.Tech./M. Tech./M.Sc. students interested in spending time in the lab and diving into the world of electronic processes in low-dimensional materials are welcome to contact me regarding short-term projects, depending on availability, requirement and interest.
Contact information: Dr. Nirat Ray
E-mail: nirat_at_mse.iitd.ac.in