Research Interests

Broad research interests: Additive manufacturing, Biomaterials, Bioelectronics, Smart polymers, Polymer composites, Nanomaterials, Medical devices.

In my undergraduate on materials engineering (at National Institute of Technology Rourkela), I worked on interface engineering of fiber-reinforced polymer composite materials for structural applications as part of B.Tech thesis. 

My PhD research at IISc Bangalore focused on soft materials development for biomedical applications. My doctoral research was highly interdisciplinary in nature, combining aspects of materials engineering, design, synthesis of particles, additive manufacturing, and characterization to yield novel materials/devices for specific biomedical applications. 

Specifically, I worked on fabricating polymer composites and hydrogels via additive manufacturing, mostly extrusion-based 3D printing, to create customizable scaffolds to meet diverse patient needs. We then perform various physical, mechanical, and morphological characterizations to test the suitability of the scaffolds in relevant applications. we're exploring shape-memory polymers and engineering shape-memory polymer composites that could be programmed to exhibit predictive shape deformations post-shape change. We also fabricate composites responsive to alternating magnetic fields, NIR, etc., to trigger remote shape recovery. 

In my postdoctoral research, I am working on bioelectronics, trying to integrate hydrogels with self-powered features for implantable devices. 

Click here for more information about my PhD advisor, Prof. Kaushik Chatterjee and the lab group. 

Click here for more information about my postdoctoral advisor, Prof. Sang-woo Kim and the lab group.