Members

PRINCIPLE INVISTIGATOR

Prof. Navakanta Bhat

Prof. Navakanta Bhat

Professor, Centre for Nanoscience and Engineering
Dean, Division of Interdisciplinary Sciences
Indian Institute of Science
Bangalore - 560 012

Tel : +91-80-2293-3312
Tel/Fax : +91-80-2360-6475
navakant(at)iisc.ac.in

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

Shruthi

Shruthi

Administrative Assistant
SF-09, CeNSE
+91 80 22933325 shruthir(at)iisc.ac.in

POST DOCTORAL FELLOWS

Archini Paruthi

Archini Paruthi

National Post Doctoral Fellowship (N-PDF)
TF-28, CeNSE
archinip(at)iisc.ac.in

Research Area:
Nanomaterials, Bio-nanochemistry,
Nanosafety of oxide-based structures,
Electrochemical Biosensing for cardiac health monitoring.

Education:

  • Start Early PhD (Materials Science and Engineering), Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar (July 2014 - Nov 2020)
  • B.Tech. (Biomedical Engineering), VIT University, Vellore (2010-2014)

Experience:

  • Postdoctoral Research Associate, CeNSE (Jan 2021- Feb 2022).
  • Visiting Research Fellow (School of Pharmacy), University of Colorado, Denver, USA (2019).

Ayan

Ayan Pal

IOE Postdoctoral Fellow
CeNSE
ayanpal(at)iisc.ac.in

Research Area:
2D materials, Quantum dots, Gas sensors.

Education:

  • Ph.D. Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (2014-2019)
  • M.Sc. Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (2012-2014)
  • B.Sc. in Chemistry, Midnapore College, Vidyasagar University (2009-2012)

Experience:

  • SRF direct at the Centre for Nanotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (August 2019-October 2021)

Rizwin

Rizwin Khanam

Research Associate
SF-31, CeNSE
rizwinkhanam(at)iisc.ac.in

Research Area:
Metal Oxide based Materials, Ion beam irradiation, SERS, Gas sensing.

Education:

  • Ph.D. Physics, Tezpur University, Assam (2017)
  • M.Sc. Physics, Tezpur University, Assam (2011)

Experience:

  • Assistant Professor, Maharani Lakshmi Ammani College, Bangalore. (Nov 2022 - June 2023)
  • Guest faculty, Tezpur University, Tezpur. (Feb 2020 - Feb 2022)
  • Project Scientist, IIT Delhi, New Delhi. (Nov 2018 - Oct 2019)

Puja Ghosh

Puja Ghosh

Research Associate
SF-31, CeNSE
pujaghosh(at)iisc.ac.in

Research Area:
Gas Sensing, Metal Oxide based Materials.

Education:

  • Ph.D. Physics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata. (May 2017-September 2022)
  • M.Sc. Physics, Vidyasagar University, West Bengal. (2014-2016)
  • B.Sc. Physics, Midnapore College, West Bengal. (2011-2014)

Sooraj Sanjay

Sooraj Sanjay

Research Associate
FF12, CeNSE
soorajsanjay(at)iisc.ac.in
sooraj.sanjay(at)gmail.com

Research Area:
Nano-electronic devices (FETs, ISFETs), 2D materials, Semiconductor device technology.

External Links:
Google Scholar, LinkedIn

Education:

  • Ph.D., 2023, Centre for Nano Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru.
  • B.Tech Electronics and communication Engineering (2012 - 2016), National Institute of Technology, Calicut, India.

Experience:

  • Engineer - DFT (July 2016 - Dec 2017), Qualcomm India Pvt Ltd, Bangalore.

PhD STUDENTS

Ravi Kesh Mishra

Ravi Kesh Mishra

PhD (2016) with Prof. Srinivasan Raghavan
FF12, CeNSE
ravim(at)iisc.ac.in

Research Area:
Semiconductor technology, Metal-Semiconductor contacts, 2D materials

External Links:
Google Scholar

Education:

  • M.Tech Microelectronics, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IITB) – 2014
  • B.E ECE, Manipal Institute of Technology (Manipal, Karnataka) - 2011

Experience:

  • Process Integration Engineer, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. (TSMC) (Aug 2014- Feb 2016)

Sarath A

Sarath A

PhD (NE, 2018)
SF08, CeNSE
saratha(at)iisc.ac.in
sarath.arkl(at)gmail.com

Research Area:
Ferrites for RF CMOS applications.

Education:

  • BS-MS, School of Physics, 2017, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram, India

Kavya Nayak

Kavya Nayak

PhD (NE, 2019)
FF09, CeNSE
kavyanayak(at)iisc.ac.in

Research Area:
Biosensors.

Education:

  • M.Sc. Physics, 2018, National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, India.
  • B.Sc., 2016, S.V.S. College, Bantwal, Karnataka, India.

Deepak

Deepak

PhD (NE, 2019)
SF10, CeNSE
sharmadeepak(at)iisc.ac.in

Research Area:
Artificial olfaction system based on layered materials.

External Links:
Google Scholar, Portfolio

Education:

  • B.Tech Electronics and Tele-communication Engineering (2013-2017), Bharati Vidyapeeth College of Engineering, Pune, India.
  • Diploma in Network Security (2013-2016), Bharati Vidyapeeth College of Engineering, Pune, India. (Gold-medal)

Experience:

  • Researcher – TCS Innovation Labs (March 2018 - July 2019).
  • Graduate Student Intern, DRDO-ARDE (June 2016 - June 2017).

Ananya Tiwari

Ananya Tiwari

PhD (NE, 2021)
SF10, CeNSE
ananyatiwari(at)iisc.ac.in

Research Area:
2D materials in nanotransistors, ISFETs.

External Links:
LinkedIn, Portfolio

Education:

  • M.Tech Materials Science Engineering, 2018, Indian Institute of Technology Indore (IIT Indore).
  • B.E. Electrical Engineering, 2015, Madhav Institute of Technology and Science (MITS) Gwalior.

Experience:

  • Assistant Professor (2019 - 2020), Jawaharlal Nehru College of technology (JNCT), Rewa.

Project Staff

Dibyendu Mandal

Dibyendu Mandal

Project Associate (2022)
dibyendum(at)iisc.ac.in

Research Area:
Magnetic core-shell inductors, Power electronics

Education:

  • M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering, 2020, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India.
  • B.E. Mechanical Engineering, 2016, Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, Bengaluru, India.

Collaborators:

  • Prof. Siva Umapathy, Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry and Department of Instrumentation and Applied Physics, IISc.
  • Prof. Srinivasan Raghavan, CeNSE, IISc.
  • Prof. Sujit K. Sikdar, Molecular Biophysics Unit, IISc.
  • Prof. S. A. Shivashankar, CeNSE, IISc.
  • Prof. Prosenjit Sen, CeNSE, IISc.