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I am an Assistant Professor of Research in the Center for Advanced Materials Research at the University of Texas at El Paso. My research is focused on exploring semiconductor thin films/nanostructures and their implementation in optoelectronic, photovoltaic, and photo-electrochemical energy harvesting applications. My primary research areas include epitaxial growth of group III-V quantum dot and nanowire; infrared photodetector; intermediate band solar cell; light emitting diode; heteroepitaxial growth of UWBG β-Ga2O3 and r-GeO2; deep UV photodetector; flexible supercapacitors; and photo-electrocatalysis.

Research Interest

• Ultra-Wide Bandgap Oxide Semiconductors

• Group III-V Semiconductor Materials

• Optoelectronic and Photovoltaic Devices

• Materials for Power Electronic Devices

• Quantum Structures and Devices

• Photoelectrochemical Energy Harvesting

Employment

6. Assistant Professor of Research, Center for Advanced Materials Research, University of Texas at El Paso, September 2022 to present.

5. Research Scientist, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at El Paso, September 2020 to August 2022. Principal Investigator: Prof. C. V. Ramana.

4. Postdoctoral Research Associate, "Blue Sky Initiatives," Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan, April 2019 to August 2020. Principal Investigator: Prof. Pallab Bhattacharya.

3. Research Associate, "Nanomission, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India," Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. August 2018 to March 2019. Principal Investigator: Prof. Subhananda Chakrabarti.

2. Research Associate, " Stability and Performance of Photovoltaic (STAPP), India-UK Collaborative Research Initiative in Solar Energy," Department of Energy Science & Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. June 2014 to December 2014. Principal Investigator: Prof. Rajesh Gupta.

1. Visiting Lecturer in RCC Institute of Information Technology, West Bengal University of Technology, spring 2013.

Education

Awards

Professional Activity

• Guest Editor, Micromachines special issue on Emerging Optoelectronic Materials and Devices, 2023

• Type-II Graduate Faculty, University of Texas at El Paso, 2021 to present

• Review Panel - Committee Member, NASA HQ HOTTech panel, 2021

• Reviewer, JOM (TMS)

• Reviewer, Results in Engineering

• Reviewer, Applied Physics Letters

• Reviewer, Journal of Luminescence

• Reviewer, Journal of Applied Physics

• Reviewer, Nanoscale Research Letters

• Reviewer, Materials Science & Engineering B

• Reviewer, IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology

• Guest Editor, Micromachines special issue on Emerging Optoelectronic Materials and Devices

• Member of the core team in ‘Indigenization of Strategic Technologies: Government, Stakeholder and Think Tank’s perspectives,’ Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, 2017

• Member of the core team in ‘National Training and Skill Development Program on Solar Energy,’ Jadavpur University, 2012-2014

Media Coverage

• “High-Entropy Alloys Show Surprising Superparamagnetic Behavior” featured on AZONANO.

• “Cactus Plant Inspires Cost-Effective Hydrogen Production” featured in the UTEP NEWSFEED, Today Headline, Technology Networks, and Hydrogen Central, among others.

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