Soft Materials Lab

Post Doctoral Fellows

Dr. Sonalika Agarwal

DST Women Scientist (2017-2021)

Area of Specialization: Metal oxide nanostructures
Project Title: Encapsulate Nanostructured Metal Oxides for Gas Sensing Applications
Funded by: DST, New Delhi
Current Position: Post-Doc Fellow, Hiroshima University, Japan
Contact: sonalika.spsl@gmail.com

Dr. Yogita Kumari

DST Women Scientist (2017-2018)

Area of Specialization: Block copolymer nanotemplates
Project Title: Self assembled block copolymer nnaotemplates for optoelectronics
Funded by: DST, New Delhi
Current Position: .
Contact: yogita.kahleer@gmail.com

Doctoral Students

Dr. Priyanka Aggarwal

Ph.D. (2019-2024): Department of Physics, Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur

Area of Specialization: Hydrogen Energy
Thesis Title: Modified Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Electrocatalysts for Enhanced Hydrogen Evolution Reaction
Joint Supervisor: Dr. Debasish Sarkar, MNIT Jaipur, India
Current Position:
Contact: priyankaaggarwal341@gmail.com

Dr. Nishel Saini

Ph.D. (2019-2024): Department of Physics, Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur

Area of Specialization: Polymer membranes
Thesis Title: Nanostructured membrane comprising self-assembly of conjugated polymers for gas separation
Joint Supervisor: Prof. Myung Han Yoon, GIST, South Korea
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Hiroshima University, Japan
Contact: nishelsaini2@gmail.com

Dr. Poonam Kumari

Ph.D. (2019-2024): Department of Chemsitry, Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur

Area of Specialization: Carbon Nanomaterails
Thesis Title: Eco- friendly and Economically Viable Carbon Nano Onions for the Remediation of Wastewater
Joint Supervisor: Prof. Ragini Gupta, MNIT Jaipur
Current Position: Research Fellow, IIT-BHU, Varanasi, India
Contact: poonamduggu04@gmail.com

Dr. Sanjay Kumar

Ph.D. (2018-2023): Department of Physics, Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur

Area of Specialization: Gas Sensors
Thesis Title: Functionalized ZnO Nanostructures for Gas Sensing Application
Joint Supervisor: Prof. Yogendra K. Mishra, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
Current Position: Post Doc Fellow, Brno Univ. of Tech., Czech Republic
Contact: krsanjay108@gmail.com

Dr. Jyoti Yadav

Ph.D. (2016-2021): Department of Physics, Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur

Area of Specialization: Ion beam irradiation
Thesis Title: Effect of pressure on the physical properties of topological insulators
Joint Supervisor: Dr. Manoj Kumar
MNIT Jaipur, India
Current Position: Research Associate, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India
Contact: jyotiyadavx@gmail.com

Dr. Prashant Sharma

Ph.D. (2015-2021): Department of Physics, Malaviya national Institute of Technology Jaipur

Area of Specialization: Sensors
Thesis Title: Optical, electrical and structural studies of sensing films for pH sensors
Joint Supervisor: Dr. Manoj Kumar
Current Position: Technical Officer, CSIR-CEERI, Pilani, India
Contact: prashantceeri@gmail.com

Dr. Rajesh Kumar

Ph.D. (2014-2019): Department of Physics, Malaviya national Institute of Technology Jaipur

Area of Specialization: Polymer membranes
Thesis Title: Functionalized nano-channels in polymeric membranes for hydrogen separation
Joint Supervisor: -
Current Position: Post-Doc Fellow, Hiroshima University, Japan
Contact: rajeshjangir000@gmail.com

Dr. Lokesh Kumar Jangir

Ph.D. (2013-2018): Department of Physics, Malaviya national Institute of Technology Jaipur

Area of Specialization: Block copolymer nanotemplates
Thesis Title: Engineering of block copolymer nanotemplates for opto-electronic applications
Joint Supervisor: Prof. K. C. Swami
Current Position: Post Doc Fellow, IIT BHU, Varanasi, India
Contact: lokesh7785@gmail.com

Dr. Yogita Kumari

Ph.D. (2012-2017): Department of Physics, Malaviya national Institute of Technology Jaipur

Area of Specialization: Block copolymer nanotemplates
Thesis Title: Nanostructures block copolymer templates for solar applications
Joint Supervisor: Prof. K. C. Swami
Current Position: .
Contact: yogita.kahleer@gmail.com

Dr. Harshita Agrawal

Ph.D. (2011-2014): Department of Physics, Banasthali University, Banasthali, Rajasthan

Area of Specialization: Polymer nanocomposites
Thesis Title: PET and its ZnO/TiO2 nanocomposites: Synthesis and electrical, optical and phase transformation studies
Joint Supervisor: Dr. Vibhav Kumar Sarswat
Current Position: Research Associate, Centre for Nanoscience and Engineering, IISc, Bangalore, India
Contact: harshi22101989@gmail.com

Dr. Anil Kumar

Ph.D. (2012-2017): Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, MNIT Jaipur

Area of Specialization: Polymer nanocomposites
Thesis Title: Synthesis and charcterization of PANI based nanocomposites for electronic housing
Joint Supervisor: Dr. Vinod Kumar
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Lovely Professional University, Punjab, India
Contact: rsanil.nit@gmail.com

Master Students

2024

Surendra Serawat

Coaching Institute

Jiya

Ph.D. Student, IIT Ropar

Shrihari Kannan

2023

Mayank Bhardwaj

Aakash Educational Services Limited

Ramandeep Kaur

Ph.D. Student, IIT Bombay

Sahil

Aakash Educational Services Limited

Prashant Choudhary

2022

Yatin Gandhi

Innovate Labs Private Limited

Gurudev Kumar

Milan Mayavanshi

Pixent Interactive Private Limited

2021

2020

Subham Goel

Trilok Singh Meena

2019

Shalini Verma

Jai Prakash Yadav

Preeti Bharti

2018

Diksha Gupta

Bhoop Singh

Nimisha Rastogi

2017

Nitesh K Rawat

Jyoti Yadav

2016

Purva Bansal

Bharti Damor

2015

Chanda Bhamu

Pankhuri Gupta

2014

Ritika Nagar

Rajesh Kumar

Prabhat K Sharma

2009

Satyendra Kumar