People

      Pabitra Nayak

Dr. Pabitra Nayak

Principal Investigator

Email: pabitra dot nayak at tifrh dot res dot in

Phone: +91 40 20203067

Research experience

  • 2017-2019 Group leader, Department of Physics, University of Oxford
  • 2015-2017 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow at University of Oxford
  • 2014-2015 Postdoctoral Fellow at Physics Dept., University of Oxford
  • 2010-2013 Postdoctoral Fellow at Weizmann Institute of Science

Academic qualifications

  • 2003-2009 Ph.D. in Natural Sciences, Dec. 2009,
    From Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India,
    Advisor: Prof. N. Periasamy
  • 2001-2003 M.Sc. in Chemistry from Utkal University, India
  • 1998-2001 B.Sc. in Chemistry (Honours), Physics, Mathematics from Utkal University, India

  Current Members

Amogh K. Ravi

PhD student (Chemistry)
MSc. Chemistry (Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore)
Email: ramogh@tifrh.res.in
Research Interest:
Develop large area vacancy-ordered double perovskites films of varying morphology through electrochemistry and study their electronic properties for electro- and photo-electrocatalytic applications.

Brijesh Kumar Patel

Int.PhD student (Physics)
B.Tech Electrical Engineering (NIT, Raipur)
Email: brijeshpatel@tifrh.res.in
Research Interest:
Fundamental aspects of organic electronics and advancement of optoelectronic devices. Exploring function of organic materials in electronic devices and uncovering the principles behind their remarkable capabilities.

Shubham Gupta

PhD student (Chemistry)
MSc. Chemistry (University of Allahabad, Allahabad)
Email: gshubham@tifrh.res.in
Research Interest:
Synthesis of dopant systems for doping of organic semiconductors and perovskites which are used in organic electronics. Focused on development of efficient and thermally stable dopants and understanding the doping mechanism.

Sagar Singh

PhD student (Chemistry)
MSc. Chemistry (Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra)
Email: sagarsingh@tifrh.res.in
Research Interest:
Synthesis of organic dopants and additives for organic semiconductors and perovskites. Development of phase stabilized perovskite solar cell devices.

Shreya Pandit

PhD student (Chemistry)
MSc. Chemistry (Central /university of Jharkhand, Ranchi)
Email: spandit@tifrh.res.in
Research Interest:
Synthesis of dopants for organic semiconductors and electronic material devices.

Sudip De

PhD student (Chemistry)
MSc. Chemistry (University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad)
Email: sudipde@tifrh.res.in
Research Interest:
Synthesis of efficient and air stable n-type dopants for organic semiconductors and device application.

Dr. Vaishali Arunachalam

Postdoc
PhD (IISc, Bangalore)
Email: vaishalia@tifrh.res.in
Research Interest:
Understanding chemistry at the solid-solid or solid-liquid interface in energy materials using NMR spectroscopy and MD simulations. Currently studying formation mechanisms and structure elucidation of perovskites using NMR spectroscopy.

Dr. Sujit Kumar

PhD (IIT Kharagpur)
Email: sujitkumar@tifrh.res.in
Research Interest:
Development of next-generation semiconductor materials like halide perovskites and organic semiconductors and optoelectronic devices based on them. Currently working on molecular doping of halide perovskites to utilize them in devices for better functionalities.

      Alumni:

Summer Interns:
1.Sai Nandan (IIT Patna), 2022
2.Pranav (IIT Kharagpur), 2022
3.Udaijit Pattnaik (NISER    Bhubaneswar), 2023
4.Saumya Mahapatra (ICT-IOCL Bhubaneswar), 2023

Project Students:
1.Soumya Sankar (JRF 2020), currently pursuing PhD at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
2.Sai Sushma (2021), currently QA engineer at SGP India

Masters Thesis:
1.Krishan Gopal (TIFRH), 2023
2.Yadram Meena (IISER Pune), 2023

Postdocs:
1.Dr. Abhinanda Kundu (2020), currently research staff
2.Dr. Joydev Acharya (2021), currently working with Eurofin Advinus (2021)
3.Dr. Kshama Sharma (2024), currently a postdoc at CNRS Paris (2024)