Dr. Kamlendra Awasthi
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics
DST-INSPIRE Faculty
Alexander von Humboldt Fellow
DST Young Scientist
E-mail: kawasthi.phy[@]mnit.ac.in, kamlendra.awasthi[@]gmail.com
Tel: +91-141-2713441
Education
- Ph.D. (Physics) Department of Physics, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, India
- M.Phil. (Condensed Matter Physics), Center for Development of Physics Education, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, India
- M. Sc. (Physics), Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University, Kanpur (U.P.) India
Mentors
- Prof. Y. K. Vijay, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, India (Ph. D. Thesis Supervisor)
- Prof. Ashutosh Sharma, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India (Mentor, DST Young Scientist Project)
- Prof. Manfred Stamm, Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden, Germany (Mentor, Alexander von Humboldt Project)
Professional Experience
- 2015- Present, Assistant Professor, Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur, India
- June 2020- June 2022, Head, Materials Research Centre, Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur, India
- 2012-2015, DST-INSPIRE Faculty, Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur, India
- 2009-2011, Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden, Germany
- 2008-09 & 2011-12, DST Young Scientist, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India
Research Interests
- Structure and morphology of polymeric membranes for energy and biological applications
- Highly ordered arrays of nanostructured materials for optoelectronics application
- Hydrogen Energy: Generation, Separation and Sensing
- Block copolymer thin films for membrane applications
- Functional nanomaterials for gas separation and sensing
- Ion beam irradiation of polymer and its nanocomposites
Honors, Awards and Fellowships
- Associate Editor, Frontiers in Chemistry
- Guest Editor, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Materials Today Chemistry, Materials Letter X , Bulletin of Material Science, Macromolecular Symposia
- Convener, Institute Innovation Council of MHRD Innovation Cell, Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur
- Early Career Research Award, SERB, DST, New Delhi, India
- Adjunct Assistant Professor, Center for Energy and Environment, MNIT Jaipur, India
- DST-INSPIRE Faculty Award, DST-Govt. of India, New Delhi, India
- Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship, Humboldt Foundation, Germany
- Young Scientist Fellowship, DST-Govt. of India, New Delhi, India
- Guest Scientist Fellowship, Max Planck Institute for Physics of Complex Systems Dresden, Germany
- Visiting Scientist Fellowship, European Membrane Society
- Visiting Scientist Fellowship, European Research Society
- Visiting Research Fellow, Dongshin University, South Korea