Postdoc Scientist, Max-Planck-Institut for Sustainable Materials, Dusseldorf, Germany(formerly Max-Planck Institut fur Eisenforschung)
Phone: +91-8861544578
Emailid :mahander123@gmail.com; m.singh@mpie.de
Short Bio
I am a trained material scientist and electrochemist with research work in the field of material design, degradation and advanced microscopy and microanalysis studies for improved structure-property relationships. My work encompasses a broad range of topics including defect structure formation, phase formation, interface phenomena, segregation, and diffusion, as well as their model description. I am particularly skilled in atomic-scale characterization using aberration-corrected Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) and (Cryo)-Atom Probe Tomography (APT). I have contributed to the field through > 40 peer-reviewed publications, and has served as a reviewer for several leading material science journals.
Post PhD Experience
Max-Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials, 2022-till date
Research: Battery degradation studies using advanced microscopy and microanalysis techniques.
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, 2015-20
Research: Nanoscale characterization of Al-alloys, thermoelectric materials, Solar absorber coatings using APT and Cs-Corrected TEM.
Education
Ph.D., Energy Research
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, 2015-20
Thesis: Co3V based low density Co-based superalloys for energy conversion applications.
M.E., Materials Engineering
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, 2015-20
Thesis: Synthesis and Characterization of nanostructured stabilized Ag-(Ni, Co, Fe) nanowires having positive enthalpy of mixing.
B.E., Metallurgical Engineering
Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh, India, 2007-11
Industrial Experience
India Yamaha Motors, Fbd, India, Assistant Manager, 2011-2012
Auditor of heat Treatment and Electroplating Shop
Steel Authority of India, Bhilai, Semester Industrial Trainee, 2010
Tundish Metallurgy
Research Skills
Cryo-Atom Probe Tomography (APT)
Transmission Electron microscopy (TEM), Cs-corrected STEM techniques
XRD, SEM, EBSD, TKD, Alloy synthesis