Mr. Manab Mandal (PhD Scholar – July 2019 to present)

Brief Bio: I did my B.Sc from Scottish Church College and completed my M.Sc from University of Calcutta. After that, I joined IIT Madras as a Junior research fellow in the department of physics. My primary research goal is to enhance the thermoelectric properties of 2D tropological insulators and heterostructures.
Email: manabmandal13@gmail.com

Mr. Ramesh Rajarapu (PhD Scholar – Jan 2019 to Present)

Brief Bio: I have done M.Sc. Physics from Osmania University, Hyderabad. I have joined as a Ph.D. scholar in the department of Physics, IIT Madras. I am doing research on Growth of vdW materials and their heterostructures for quantum electronic and optoelectronic devices.
Email: rajarapuramesh855@gmail.com

Mr. Ravindra Kumar (PhD Scholar – April 2019 to Present)

Brief Bio: I did my Bachler’s from Kumaun University Nainital in 2017. Currently, I am doing M.Sc.-Ph.D. dual degree in Department of physics IIT Madras. My research area is to synthesis and characterization of 2D oxide materials and their heterostructure for the application of photovoltaic and electronic devices.
Email: ravindraph98@gmail.com

Mr. Sharad Kumar Yadav (PhD Scholar – Jan 2019 to Present)

Brief Bio: I am working on numerical and experimental ion transport phenomena across angstrom size slits of single-layer MoS₂. Current research is focused around postulating Ionic Coulomb blockade effects in MoS₂ based slits along with studying the effect of MoS₂ geometry, its surface charge, solution concentration, pH and applied electric field on the measured ionic current for a wide range of MoS₂ devices. I did my B.Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Gautam Buddha Technical University Lucknow, M.Tech Electronics Engineering (Digital Systems) from NIT Allahabad and M.Sc. in Nanotechnology and Renewable Energy, University of Surrey, United Kingdom.
Email: me18d303@smail.iitm.ac.in

Mr. Amel Krishnan ( PhD Scholar - Aug 2020 to present)

Brief Bio: I did my B.Tech in Mechanical engineering from NIT Calicut in 2015 and completed M.Tech in Mechanical engineering from IIT Madras in 2018. After that, I worked as a Senior Manager in Engineering Research Centre of Tata Motors from 2018-20. Currently, I have joined as an interdisciplinary scholar in the institute and my research area will be based on 2 dimensional materials.
Email: mm19d301@smail.iitm.ac.in

Ms. Madhura Ghosh Dastidar ( PhD Scholar - July 2020 to present)

Brief Bio: I graduated from IIT Kharagpur with a Master’s (M.Sc.) degree in Physics, in 2020. I joined the Department of Physics at IIT Madras in July 2020, as a PhD scholar. My primary research goal is to contribute towards the development of quantum technologies and communication. Currently, I am working on the fabrication of Single Quantum Emitters based on defects in 2D materials and diamond.
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