Research Field:
		Semiconductor Nanostructures Carbon Nanotubes, Graphene Optoelectronic materials and devices Wide band gap semiconductor Nanostructures Defects in semiconductors Ion beam modification of materials

 

Awards and Fellowships:

 

1998:    ICTP-TRIL Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Trieste, Italy. 1999:     Visiting Scientist, Indira Gandhi Center For Atomic Research, Kalpakkam. 2000:    N. S. Satyamurthy Memorial Award for Young Scientist for outstanding research contribution in the field of 'Defects in Semiconductors' by Indian Physics Association (IPA), 2000. 2010:    DAAD Exchange Visit Fellowship, DAAD, Germany, 2010. 2012:   JSPS Invitation Fellowship for Research in Japan (long term), JSPS, Japan, 2012 Regular Reviewer, Several international Journals (Publishers: IOP, ACS, Elsevier, AIP, OSA etc.)

 

Membership:

 

	Member, Materials Research Society (MRS), USA. Member, Materials Research Society (MRSS), Singapore. Life Member, Materials Research Society of India (MRSI).

 

Major Conferences Organised:

 

2nd International Conference on "Advanced Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology (ICANN-2011)" Dec 8-10, 2011(Organizing Chairman). 1st International Conference on "Advanced Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology (ICANN-2011)" Dec 9-11, 2009 (Organizing Convenor). International Conference on Emerging Mechanical Technology-Macro to Nano, Feb. 16-18 2007, BITS, Pilani, India, Member, Technical Advisory Committee.

 

Recently Attended Conferences:

 

6th International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT-2011), Singapore, June 26-July 1, 2011. 8th International Nanotechnology Symposium - New Ideas for Industry   (NANOFAIR-2010), Dresden, Germany, July 6-7, 2010 3rd international conference on nanostructure self-assembly (NANOSEA-2010), Cassis, France, June 28 -July 2, 2010. 7th International Nanotechnology Symposium - New Ideas for Industry (NANOFAIR-2009), Dresden, Germany, May 26-27, 2009 2nd International Conference on Physics at Surfaces and Interfaces (PSI-2009), Feb 24-27, 2009, Puri, India.