Dr. Sajan Daniel George

Dr. Sajan Daniel George FICSProfessor and CoordinatorCentre for Applied NanosciencesDepartment of Atomic and Molecular PhysicsManipal Academy of Higher EducationManipal, Karnataka, India - 576 104Phone: 0091-820-2925081Email: sajan.george_at_manipal.edu

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Career

2018 - till date, Professor, Department of Atomic and Molecular Physics, MAHE, Karnataka, India - 576 1042016 - till date, Coordinator, Centre for Applied Nanosciences, MAHE, Karnataka, India - 576 1042017-2019, Dr. TMA Pai Endowment Chair in Applied Nanosciences, MAHE, Karnataka, India - 576 1042012 - 2017, Associate Professor, Dept. of Atomic and Molecular Physics, MAHE,, Karnataka, India - 576 1042009 - 2012, Scientist, Centre for Smart Interfaces, DFG Cluster of Excellence, TU Darmstadt, Germany 2007-2009, Scientist, Inst. of Nano and Microprocess Technology, Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany 2006-2007, Assistant Professor, Centre for Laser Spectroscopy, Manipal University, Karnataka, India - 576 1042005-2006, KU Leuven Fellow, Catholicate University of Leuven, Beligum 2004- Ph.D in Photonics from International School of Photonics, CUSAT, India 2002-2004, CSIR-SRF, International School of Photonics, Cochin University of Technology, Cochin, India - 682 0222000-2002, CSIR-JRF, International School of Photonics, Cochin University of Technology, Cochin, India - 682 022
Research InterestsSurface Engineering for Photonics and Microfluidic Applications, Light Assisted Particle Manipulation Techniques, Photothermal Techniques, Multi-modal spectroscopy for Biomedical Applications, Nano sensing and imaging applications
Awards and HonorsFellow, Indian Chemical Society, India (2021-Editor, Scientific Reports - Nature Publishing Group, USA (2013-Editor, Photonics, MDPI, Switzerland (2020-Editor, International Journal of Wettability Science and Technology, Old Publishing Group, USA (2020-One of the Top Performer of MAHE-SMILE program (2019)Dr. TMA Pai Endowment Chair in Applied Nanosciences (2017-)Recipient of FCT Fellowship, Ministry of Portugal, Portugal (2006-not availed)KU Leuven Postdoctoral Fellowship, Belgium (2004-2005)Best Researcher Award, International School of Photonics, Cochin University of Science and Technology (2004)Senior Research Fellowship, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Government of India (2002-2004)Junior Research Fellowship, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, Government of India (2002-2004)Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE 2000), conducted by IIT Kharagpur, IndiaQualified National Eligibility Test for Lectureship (2000)Fr. Stanely Roman Retirement Memorial Award for outstanding undergraduate Physics student, FMNC, Kollam (1996)Innovation AwardsPaper based Droplet assay for chemical analysis, Sajan D. George, Alina Peethan, Aravind M, Santhosh Chidangil, Special Mention at Innovation Festival: Best of MAHE Innovations (February 29, 2020)Laser-Based Crystallization of Amino Acids Abdul Ajees Abdul Salam, Deepak Mathur, Aseefhali Bankapur, Sajan George, Santhosh Chidangil and Sudarshan Acharya, Second Prize at Innovation Festival: Best of MAHE Innovations (February 29, 2020) Rapid Crystallization of drug molecules using Nd:YAG Laser, Dr A. Abdul Ajees, Ms. Shilpa T, Dr. Sajan D George, Dr. Aseefhali Bankapur, Dr. Santhosh Chidangil, Third Prize at Innovation Festival: Best of MAHE Innovations (April 13, 2017)