Dr. Nilanjan Basu (Project Staff - 2021 to present)

Brief Bio: Hello, I am Nilanjan Basu. I love doing experiments. Currently, I am working as a research fellow under Dr. Pramoda Kumar Nayak at the department of Physics, IIT Madras India. My field of work is the growth, characterization, and application of two-dimensional materials. For growth, I work on CVD and sputtering systems and for characterization, I use generally Raman spectroscopy and other microscopy techniques. I completed my Ph.D. in physics in January 2022 from the University of Hyderabad. I am always looking for new ideas and new collaborators, please reach me at. Have a glance at my google scholar profile for my previous works. Apart from doing experiments I also love trekking, traveling, photography, and aquariums.
Email: nilanjanbasu85@gmail.com

Mr. Mukesh Kumar (Project Staff - 2021 to present)

Brief Bio: I am Mukesh Kumar, currently working on the project entitled “Renewable Energy using 2D Materials (Hydrogen Storage, Blue Energy)”. I received a degree, Master of Science in Physics (2017-2019) from IIT Mandi, Himachal Pradesh, India. During M.Sc. I worked on Project entitled “Understanding lattice vibrations in (Pb1-xBix) (Ti1-xMnx) O₃”, “Phase Transition in (Pb1-xBix) (Ti1-xMnx) O₃ using Raman spectroscopy”, “Super Conductivity”, “Electro Voting Machine” etc.
Email: mks7696prajapati@gmail.com / mk666998@gmail.com

Mr. Pranshoo Upadhyay (Project Staff - 2021 to present)

Brief Bio: Brief Bio: I am Pranshoo Upadhyay, have completed my B.Tech in ECE from IIIT Jabalpur. My previous research experience was in negative capacitance and phase transition materials with their application in ultra-low power devices. I have done my final year project in January 2021 under Dr. Pramoda Kumar Nayak in the field of 2D nanomaterials. My aim is to unravel the physics of various unique phenomena in 2D materials and their interaction with light. Currently, I have joined as project associate in the field of 2D Topological Insulators.
Email: upranshoo9c@gmail.com

Dr. Prahalad Kanti Barman (Project Staff - April 2021 to present)

Brief Bio: Dr. Prahalad joined the group in April 2021 as a Senior Research Fellow. He completed his PhD from IISER TVM in the School of Physics. Here, he is doing the project on twisted 2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenides and heterostructures.
Email: prahalad19@gmail.com

Mr. Vishal Kumar Pathak (Project Staff - May to July 2021)

Brief Bio: I am Vishal Kumar Pathak, currently working in the project based on renewable energy source (organic solvent transport in nanochannels for energy applications), along with DFT study of different solid state materials. I completed graduation in Integrated MSc (Physics) from NIT Rourkela in 2019.
Email: vp6076@gmail.com

Ms. Vijay Laxmi (Project Staff - July 2021 to January 2022)

Brief Bio: She has joined the group in July 2021 as a Project Associate. She was doing Ph.D. at Shenzhen University, China. She has done Master from Banasthali University, Rajasthan. She completed her graduation from Delhi University. Her Project Entitled “CVD growth of 2-D materials and their Optoelectronic properties”.
Email: vijaylaxmigupta90@gmail.com

Mr. Manavendra Pratap Singh (Project Staff - October 2019 to March 2021)

Brief Bio: Manavendra Pratap Singh was working as project associate in this group from October 2019 to March 2021. He completed Masters from IIT Patna in the Department of Physics. Currently, he is perusing his Ph.D in CENS, IISC Bangalore.
Email: manavendra791997@gmail.com

Mr. Arindam (Project Staff - August 2018 - October 2018)

Brief Bio: Arindam received his B.Sc. degree in Physics from Midnapore College (Autonomous), Vidyasagar University, West Bengal, India, in 2016. After his bachelor’s degree, he moved forward to pursue a master’s degree in Physics. On completion of his two-year degree program, Arindam was awarded an M.Sc. degree by Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur in 2018. He then worked as a Project Associate at the Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Madras under the supervision of Dr. Pramoda Kumar Nayak (from Aug 2018 to Oct 2018). For pursuing his PhD in Physics, he then decided to move to Tyndall National Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
Email:

Mr. Yathishamai (Project Staff - November 2018 to September 2019)

Brief Bio: I have Completed my Bachelors degree and Masters degree from Mangalore University-Karnataka, Here I worked as a project associate in DST funded 2-Dimensional Topological Insulators from November 2018 to September 2019.
Email: yathishamai584@gmail.com

Mr. Soumyaranjan Jhankar (Project Staff)

Brief Bio: Hey!! I am Soumyaranjan Jhankar. A recent graduate with a degree in Master of Physics from National Institute of Technology Rourkela. A young researcher working on Quantum Information Processing. Specializing in Theoretical and Computational Physics with the experimental work on top of it. I have worked on Single-Photon Quantum Emitters at IIT Madras which is funded by the QuEST program of DST. I have joined IUCAA in January 2021 as a Junior Research Fellow.
Email: sjfey.ein.hp@gmail.com

Mr. P Swaroop (Project Staff)

Brief Bio: I graduated with an Integrated Masters in Physics degree from National Institute of Technology, Rourkela (2019). At IIT Madras, I joined as a Junior Research Fellow (Jan-Oct 2020) during which I worked on the growth of TMDCs using the CVD technique. Starting April 2021, I will be joining CNRS Toulouse, France as an Early Stage Researcher (Ph.D.) under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions scholarship program.
Email: palaiswaroop@gmail.com