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The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool.
- Richard P. Feynman
Team leader..
NB
I am neither Nile Blue nor Nota Bene!
Simply - Nirmalya Ballav!
Joined IISER Pune in 2011
Research: Interfacial Materials Chemistry: Fundamentals to Applications
E-mail: nballav@iiserpune.ac.in
Ph.D Students
Nahid Hassan
Reg. No. 20193676 (IISER Pune - IDEAS Scholar)
M.Sc. - Physical Chemistry (University of Calcutta)
Joined IISER Pune - Aug 2019
Research Topic: Energy Storing Materials
Umashis Bhoi
Reg. No. 20193667
M.Sc. - Chemistry (University of Hyderabad)
Joined IISER Pune - Aug 2019
Research Topic: Metal-Organic Thin Films
Ajay Shahu Ugale
Reg. No. 20213208
M.Sc. - Physical Chemistry (Dr. BAMU Aurangabad)
Joined IISER Pune - Jan 2021
Research Topic: Electrochemical Energy Storage
Sauvik Saha
Reg. No. 20213215
M.Sc. - Chemistry (IIT Guwahati)
Joined IISER Pune - Aug 2021
Research Topic: Thin Films of Coordination Polymers
Rimpa Mandal
Reg. No. 20223225
M.Sc. - Physical Chemistry (Bankura University)
Joined IISER Pune - Aug 2022
Research Topic: Magnetic Semiconductor Materials
M Kalyani
Reg. No. 20233215
Int. BSMS (Major in Chemistry): IISER Tirupati
Joined IISER Pune - Jan 2023
Research Topic: Perovskite-based materials
Aradhana Acharya
Reg. No. 20233230
M.Sc. - Chemistry (Pondicherry University)
Joined IISER Pune - Aug 2023
Research Topic: Thermoelectric materials
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R.B Augastus Camellus
Reg. No. 20223224
M.Sc. - Chemistry (St. Joseph's College, Trichy)
Joined - Jan 2024
Research Topic: Covalent Organic Framework
Group - Alumni
Ph.D Graduates
Dr. Pooja Sindhu
Reg. No. 20183595
M.Sc. - Chemistry (NIT Jamshedpur)
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Years in group: 2018-2023
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Thesis Title: Heterostructured Thin Films of Coordination Polymers: Study on Growth and Electrical Conductance
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Dr. Debashree Roy
Reg. No. 20173498
M.Sc. - Inorganic Chemistry (University of Delhi)
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E-mail: roydebashree16@gmail.com
Years in group: 2017-2021
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Thesis Title: Seed-Mediated Growth of Anisotropic Au Nanostructures: Mechanistic Insights and Application Possibilities
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Current position: Post doctoral fellow in Prof. Liane Moreau's group
Dr. Shalini Pandey
Reg. No. 20142016
M.Sc. - Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune
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Years in group: 2018-2020
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Thesis Title: Targeting Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress as a Therapeutic Strategy in Cancer
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Dr. Kriti Gupta
Reg. No. 20142012
M.Sc. - Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune
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E-mail: kriti.2342@gmail.com
Years in group: 2016-2020
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Thesis Title: Anchoring Cu(II)-based Low-Dimensional S=1/2 Spin Lattices onto Functionalized Graphene
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Current position: Post doctoral fellow in Prof. Dr. Franc Meyer's group
Dr. Shammi Rana
Reg. No. 20143304
M.Sc. - Inorganic Chemistry (Panjab
University)
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E-mail: shammi03rana@gmail.com
Years in group: 2014-2019
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Thesis Title: Chemical Reduction at Solid-Liquid Interface: Growth and Electrical Conductance of Thin Films of Cu/Ag-TCNQ and Cu-Hexacyanoferrate
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Current position: Post doctoral fellow in Prof. Steven De Feyter's group
Dr. Plawan K. Jha
Reg. No. 20123204
M.Sc. - Physical Chemistry (Banaras Hindu
University)
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E-mail: plawanchemistry@gmail.com
Years in group: 2012-2018
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Thesis Title: Chemically Reduced Graphene Oxide for Supercapacitor Applications
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Current position: Postdoctoral Researcher in Prof. Carita Kvarnström's group
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Dr. Ranguwar Rajendra
Years in group: 2011-2017
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Thesis Title: Gold and Gold-Silver Alloy Nanostructures: Synthesis and Applications
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Current position: Post doctoral fellow in Prof. Gilad Haran's group
Dr. Barun Dhara
Reg. No. 20113140
M.Sc. - Inorganic Chemistry (Vidyasagar
University)
E-mail: barun.dhara87@gmail.com
Years in group: 2011-2017
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Thesis Title: Metal-Organic Coordination Polymers and Composites: Electrical Conductivity, Photoluminescence, and Electro-catalysis
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Current position: Post doctoral fellow at RIKEN
Research Associate
Dr. Sujit Bhand
Reg. No. 20184512
Ph.D - Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU)
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E-mail: sujitvbhand@gmail.com
Years in group: 2018-2020
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Research Topic: Photoresponsive Thin Films
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Current position: Research Scientist in Livguard Energy Technologies (SAR Group)
Past Position: Research Associate in Dr. Bharat Kale's group
Post-doctoral Fellow
Dr. Syed Zahid Hassan
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Ph.D - Photoresponsive layered materials (Tokyo Metropolitan University)
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E-mail: zhdhsn91@gmail.com
zhdhsn91@postech.ac.kr
Years in group: 2017-2018
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Research Topic: Functionalizing layered type inorganic nanosheets
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Current position: Post doctoral fellow in Prof. Dae Sung Chung's group
MS Students
Pranay Ninawe
Reg. No. 20161060
E-mail: pranay.ninawe@students.iiserpune.ac.in
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Thesis title: Integration of a 2D Metal-Organic Framework with Functionalized Graphene
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Current position: Ph.D. student in Dr. Jesús M. Velázquez's group
Manish Kumar
Reg. No. 20161102
E-mail: manish.kumar1102@students.iiserpune.ac.in
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Thesis title: Growth Study and Electrical Transport of Thin Film Coordination Polymers
Aswani Sl
Reg. No. 20151186
E-mail: aswanisathish@gmail.com
Thesis title: Growth Study of Ag/Ag TCNQ Thin Film at Solid-Liquid Interface
Jainendra Singh
Reg. No. 20141011
E-mail: jainendrasingh4554@gmail.com
Thesis title: Thin Film of Cobalt Hexacyanocobaltate
Anupam Prasoon
Reg. No. 20141001 (KVPY fellow)
E-mail: anupamprasoon143@gmail.com
Thesis title: Modulating Electrical Conductivity by Activating Open-Metal Sites in Interfacially Grown
Coordination Polymer Thin Film
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Current position: Ph.D. student in Prof. Xinliang Feng's​ group
Ashwini Jadhav
Reg. No. 20131118
E-mail: ashwini14.jadhav@gmail.com
Thesis title: Modulation of Electrical and Thermal Conductivity in Metal-Organic Frameworks by Conducting Polymers
Current position: Ph.D. student in Prof. Carita Kvarnström's group
Vikash Kumar
Reg. No. 20131011
E-mail: vikash.kumar31125991@gmail.com
Thesis title: Visible Emission from Hexagonal Boron Nitride Nanosheets upon Molecular Doping
Current position: Ph.D. student in Prof. Muhammad Rabnawaz's group
Vimlesh Kumar Bind
Reg. No. 20091064
E-mail: vimleshbind77@gmail.com
Thesis title: Supramolecular Phthalocyanine Aggregates