Grateful for the opportunity to introduce myself and for your valuable time.
I am Dr. Shamim Sk, a materials researcher specializing in thermoelectric materials for energy conversion and waste heat recovery. My work integrates experimental synthesis, property characterization, and first-principles modeling to uncover high-performance materials for sustainable technologies. I am currently a postdoctoral fellow at Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Israel.
My journey began with a Ph.D. in Physics from Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, India, where I developed a custom high-temperature setup for simultaneous Seebeck and thermal conductivity measurements, enabling studies up to 800 K. Using this, I investigated systems like Fe₂VAl, Na₀.₇₄CoO₂, and CoSi, exploring doping, nanostructuring, and carrier dynamics.
Complementing my experimental work, I apply density functional theory (DFT) and Boltzmann transport theory to model thermoelectric properties----bridging theory and practice to accelerate materials discovery.
Conferences and Talks
March 3-7, 2024 ---- “TMS 2024 Annual Meeting & Exhibition” at Hyatt Regency Orlando, Orlando, Florida, USA (oral talk on “Thermoelectric properties of TaSb2 and NbSb2 using experimental and computational tools”).
Dec. 17-18, 2023 ---- “International Workshop on Recent Advances in Thermoelectric Materials & Device Development” at National Institute for Materials Science, WPI-MANA, Tsukuba, Japan.
Dec. 05-06, 2023 ---- “ISSP Regular Workshop” at University of Tokyo, Kashiwa Campus, Tokyo, Japan.
May 14-16, 2019 ---- “Discussion Meeting on Recent Advances in Magnetism (DMRAM)” at IIT Mandi, Kamand, H.P. India (oral talk on “Exploring the best scenario for understanding the high temperature thermoelectric behaviour of Fe2VAl”).
Dec. 18-22, 2018 ---- “63rd DAE Solid State Physics Symposium 2018” at GJUS & T, Hisar, Haryana, India (presented poster).
April 02-04, 2018 ---- "Annual Meeting on Physics of Strongly Correlated Electron System (PSCES 2018)” at IIT Mandi, Kamand, H.P., India.
Reviewer of peer-reviewed Journals
Vacuum
The European Physical Journal B
Physica B: Condensed Matter
Springer Nature
Applied Physics Express
Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
Academic Achievements
2016 ---- CSIR-NET in Physics, Rank 87
2015 ---- GATE Examination (Physics), All India Rank 618, GATE Score 445
2012-2014 ---- The AMU Alumni Association of Michigan, USA Scholarship in M.Sc.
2012-2014 ---- Bharat Shewa Trust Scholarship in M.Sc.
2011-2014 ---- The AMU Alumni association of Australia Scholarship in B.Sc & M.Sc.