Dr. Sajan Daniel George F.Inst.P, FRSC, FICS
Professor and Head - Department of Atomic and Molecular Physics
Coordinator -Centre for Applied Nanoscience
Manipal Academy of Higher Education
Manipal, Karnataka, India - 576 104
Phone: 91-820-2925081
Email: sajan.george_at_manipal.edu
Articles in Scopus: 151
Book Chapters: 8
Patent Applied: 7
Career
2022 - till date Professor and Head, Department of Atomic and Molecular Physics, MAHE, Karnataka, India - 576 104
2018 - till date Professor, Department of Atomic and Molecular Physics, MAHE, Karnataka, India - 576 104
2016 - till date Coordinator, Centre for Applied Nanosciences, MAHE, Karnataka, India - 576 104
2017-2019 Dr. TMA Pai Endowment Chair in Applied Nanosciences, MAHE, Karnataka, India - 576 104
2012-2017 Associate Professor, Dept. of Atomic and Molecular Physics, MAHE,, Karnataka, India - 576 104
2009-2012 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 - 576 104
2005-2006 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 - 682 022
2000-2002 CSIR-JRF, International School of Photonics, Cochin University of Technology, Cochin, India - 682 022
Awards and Honors
Fellow, Institute of Physics, UK (2023)
Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry, UK (2022)
Fellow, Indian Chemical Society, India (2021)
Editor, Scientific Reports - Nature Publishing Group, USA (2013-
Editor, International Journal of Wettability Science and Technology, Old Publishing Group, USA (2020-
One of the Top Performers in the MAHE-SMILE program (2019)
Project Funding Evaluator - US Department of Defense, Government of Singapore, Government of Romania, DST and SERB, Government of India, Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment, Kerala, India
Ph.D. Thesis Evaluator - McGill University (Canada), University of Mumbai, Mangalore University, Cochin University of Science and Technology, University of Kerala, MG University (India)
Dr. TMA Pai Endowment Chair in Applied Nanosciences (2017-)
Recipient of AufthenG 19 - Government of Germany (2009)
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, India
Qualified National Eligibility Test for Lectureship (2000)
Fr. Stanley Roman Retirement Memorial Award for outstanding undergraduate Physics student, FMNC, Kollam (1996)
Innovation Awards
Paper 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)