Current Research Interests
- Electrochromic devices for smart window applications.
- Gas sensing applications of conducting polymers, graphene oxide, and metal oxides, etc.
- Development of Supercapacitors.
- Fabrication and characterization of optoelectronics devices such as light emitting diodes, photovoltaic cells,etc., and to understand their conduction mechanism.
- To explore biomedical applications of the designed sensors for disease diagnosis and cure.
Academic Qualifications
- Post-Doc: Center for Advanced Materials,University of Massachusetts, USA (2000).
- Ph.D. : Department of Physics & Astrophysics, University of Delhi & National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi. (1997).
- M.Sc. (Physics) : Department of Physics & Astrophysics, University of Delhi, Delhi (1992).
- B.Sc.(H) Physics : University of Delhi (1990).
Academic Positions
- Professor : Department of Physics & Astrophysics, University of Delhi ( 4th July 2010 - Present).
- Associate Professor : Department of Physics & Astrophysics, University of Delhi (2006- 2010).
- Reader : Department of Physics & Astrophysics, University of Delhi (2003- 2006).
- Sr. Lecturer : Maitreyi College, University of Delhi (1998-2003 ).
- Lecturer(adhoc+permanent) : Maitreyi College, University of Delhi (1993-1998 ).
Awards and Distinctions
- Invited by the committee of Nobel Laureates to attend Meeting with Nobel Laureates, as a special invitee at Lindau, Germany (2009).
- Invited by the committee of Nobel Laureates to attend Meeting with Nobel Laureates in Physics at Lindau, Germany (2001).
- BOYSCAST fellowship of Department of Science and Technology (2000).
- Recipient of the award of Visiting Associate of CSIR by Council of Scientific and Industrial
Research, New Delhi, India (1998).
Patents
- International: 06
- National: 01
Selected Patents
- A PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF CONDUCTING POLYMERIC
MEMBRANE AND A CONDUCTING POLYMERIC MEMBRANE PREPARED
THEREBY USEFUL AS A FILTER FOR CAPTURING VIRUSES IN POTABLE
LIQUIDS
Indian Patent No. : 215049
- A CONDUCTING POLYMER MEMBRANE AND A PROCESS FOR THE
PREPARATION OF THE SAME MEMBRANE
United States Patent No. 6,156,202 Germany Patent No. 19914200 Romania patent No. : 120690