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Abhay Raj Singh Gautam

PhD (University of Virginia)
Associate Professor
Interface structure and dynamics

Research Interests

  • Interface structure and dynamics

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Abhijit Mishra

PhD (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign)
Associate Professor
Peptide-lipid interactions

Research Interests

  • Peptide-lipid interactions
  • Design of antimicrobial peptides
  • Antibacterial coatings
  • Cell-penetrating peptides

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Abhiraj Sharma

PhD (Georgia Institute of Technology)
Assistant Professor
(Jointly with Civil Engineering department)
Density functional theory, Ab initio calculation, Computational materials physics

Research Interests

  • Density functional theory
  • Ab initio calculation
  • Computational materials physics
  • Mechanics of material
  • Low-dimensional nanostructures
  • Material under extreme conditions

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Amit Arora

PhD (The Pennsylvania State University)
Associate Professor
Numerical Modeling of Additive Manufacturing

Research Interests

  • Numerical Modeling of Additive Manufacturing
  • Modeling of Joining Processes
  • Friction Stir Welding and Processing
  • Corrosion Studies of Surface Composites
  • Aluminum Metal Matrix Composites

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Anagh Bhaumik

PhD (North Carolina State University)
Assistant Professor
Structure-property correlations of doped carbon-based and 2D materials

Research Interests

  • Synthesizing and characterizing carbon-based nanomaterials and 2D thin films by using highly non-equilibrium techniques and utilizing these novel materials to manufacture multifunctional electronic devices ranging from solar cells, ferroelectrics, nano-bio sensors to qubits for quantum computing.

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Emila Panda

PhD (Max Planck Institute for Metals Research and University of Stuttgart)
Associate Professor
Transparent conducting oxides

Research Interests

  • Transparent conducting oxides
  • Thin film solar cells
  • Interface thermodynamics

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Gopinadhan Kalon

PhD (IIT Delhi)
Associate Professor
(Jointly with Physics department)
Experimental (soft) condensed matter physics

Research Interests

  • Experimental (soft) condensed matter physics
  • Graphene based nanofluidics/desalination techniques
  • Ion/Proton transport through confined structures
  • Device functionalities utilizing surface and interface physics
  • Two-dimensional heterostructures

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Pradipta Ghosh

PhD (IISc Bangalore)
Assistant Professor
Microstructure characterization of nanocrystalline materials

Research Interests

  • Synthesis of nanocrystalline metals alloys and composites by severe plastic deformation techniques such as high pressure torsion, rolling and rotary swaging
  • Microstructure characterization of nanocrystalline materials with SEM, TEM, EBSD, X-ray diffraction techniques
  • Characterization of deformation mechanisms in nanocrystalline materials with in-situ synchrotron experiments
  • Characterization of thermal and deformation induced instabilities in nanocrystalline materials

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Prafull Pandey

PhD (IISC Bangalore)
Assistant Professor
Physical Metallurgy, Phase Transformations, Alloy Design, High Temperature Alloys, Superalloys , Al alloys, Cu alloys, Superelastic Alloys

Research Interests

  • Physical Metallurgy
  • Phase Transformations
  • Alloy Design
  • High Temperature Alloys,
  • Superalloys
  • Al alloys
  • Cu alloys
  • Superelastic Alloys
  • Transmission Electron Microscopy
  • Deformation Mechanism

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Raghavan Ranganathan

PhD (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
Assistant Professor
Atomistic/Molecular simulations of structure-property relations

Research Interests

  • Atomistic/Molecular simulations of structure-property relations (mechanical, thermal and dynamic properties)
  • Dynamics of soft matter including polymer blends and nanocomposites
  • Viscoelasticity of hard inorganic materials and composites
  • Thermodynamics and kinetics of phase transformations in materials
  • Modeling reactive processes in materials subjected to extreme conditions

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S P Mehrotra

PhD (IIT Kanpur)
Visiting Professor
Mineral processing and process metallurgy, Transport phenomena

Research Interests

  • Mineral processing and process metallurgy
  • Transport phenomena
  • Mathematical modelling & simulation
  • Process design and development
  • Process control in mineral processing and extractive metallurgy

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Sriharitha Rowthu

PhD (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne)
Assistant Professor
Wetting and dewetting phenomena

Research Interests

  • Wetting and dewetting phenomena
  • Soft lithography
  • Colloidal processing
  • Tribology
  • Catalysis for corrosion protection

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Superb Misra

PhD (Imperial College London)
Associate Professor
Biomaterials and tissue engineering, Nanomaterials

Research Interests

  • Biomaterials and tissue engineering
  • Nanomaterials

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Vivek Verma

PhD (NTU Singapore)
Assistant Professor
Recovery and recycling of metals from spent Li-ion batteries, Metal recovery

Research Interests

  • Recovery and recycling of metals from spent Li-ion batteries
  • Metal recovery
  • Hydrometallurgy
  • Extractive metallurgy