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Welcome to Surface and Interface Science - Nanomaterials and Energy Research group
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Dr. Sudeshna Chattopadhyay
Professor
Department of Physics
Department of Metallurgy Engineering and Materials Science (MEMS)
Department of Biosciences and Biomedical Engineering (BSBE)
Indian Institute of Technology Indore
Email: sudeshna[at]iiti.ac.in,
chattopadhyay.sudeshna[at]gmail.com
Education
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Ph. D.: Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata, India.
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M. Sc. (Physics): University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India.
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B. Sc. (Physics): University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India.
Work Experience
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Professor, IIT Indore (till to date); Joined as Assistant Professor, IIT Indore, June 2012.
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Visiting Professor, New Mexico State University, USA (2015).
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Affiliated Assistant Professor of Physics in Department of Physics, New Mexico State University (NMSU), USA (Sept 2015 ‐date).
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Visiting Professor, RWTH Aachen University, Germany (2013).
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Center for Electrical Energy Storage, Energy Frontier Research Centers, USA (2010 ‐2012).
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Research Associate, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, USA (2010 ‐2012).
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Guest Researcher, Chemical Sciences and Engineering Division, Argonne National Laboratory, USA (2010 ‐2012).
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Physics, Northwestern University, USA, (2008‐2010).
Achievements
Awards/Fellowships/Recognition
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Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD) Award
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Affiliated Assistant Professor, New Mexico State University (NMSU), USA
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Research Associateship and Postdoctoral Research Fellowship from Northwestern University, USA.
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Joint CSIR-UGC (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research & University Grants Commission, India) Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) award in subject PHYSICAL SCIENCES and eligibility for Lectureship - National Eligibility Test (NET).
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Research Fellowship, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, India
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National Scholar, West Bengal Board of Secondary Education, India
Research Highlights
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Surface and interface Science
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Soft matter and Nanomaterials
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Organic / Inorganic Hybrid materials
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Energy conversion and storage research
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Battery materials
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Nanotechnology in Biomedical Applications and environmental remediation
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Techniques- X-ray scattering (XRD, XRR, GISAXS, GID), Spectroscopy (vuv, uv-vis, IR, PL, Raman, EELS, XPS, NEXAFS, SIMS), Atomic force microscopy, Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD), Magnetron sputtering, spin coating, electrochemistry.
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