Faculty

Prof Sri Sivakumar
Coordinator & Project Co-Investigator, Centre for NanosciencesArea of Interest: Synthesis and characterization of nanomaterials, Layer-by-Layer (LbL) assembly, Polymer capsules, Thin films, Drug delivery, Photonic crystals and Growth Mechanism of Nanomaterials

Prof Ashutosh Sharma
Professor, Department of Chemical EngineeringArea of Interest: Soft nanofabrication Mechanics, patterns and instabilities of soft visco-elastic interfaces and ultrathin films Self-organized meso-patterning of polymers, carbon, ceramics and hydrogels

Prof Ashok Kumar
Professor, Department of Biological Sciences and BioengineeringArea of Interest: Biomaterials, Tissue engineering, Regenerative medicine, Stem cell research, Bioprocess engineering and Environmental biotechnology.

Prof Nishith Verma
Professor, Department of Chemical EngineeringArea of Interest: Adsorption Synthesis of nanomaterials including adsorbents and catalysts Environmental Pollution Control (air/water purifications) Carbon-based Electrodes Lattice Boltzmann Modelling and Simulation

Prof Sandeep Verma
Professor, Department of ChemistryArea of Interest: Areas of nucleobase and peptide scaffolds as artificial enzymes and disease models, chemical origins of life and biopolymer-mineral composites as bone formation mimics.

Dr Thiruvancheril G. Gopakumar
Associate Professor, Department of ChemistryArea of Interest: Molecular materials for electronic applications, 2D molecular materials with tunable electronic properties, molecular assembly and their control on surfaces, molecular switches and its operations on surfaces.

Prof Jayant K. Singh
Professor, Department of Chemical EngineeringArea of Interest: Thermophysical Properties of Complex Fluids, Phase transitions in Nanoconfined Systems, Smart Surfaces, Selective Adsorption and Separation, Multi-scale Modeling, Machine Learning, Anti-cancer Drug Formulation

Prof Shantanu Bhattacharya
Professor, Department of Mechanical EngineeringArea of Interest: Bio MEMS, Lab on Chip, Nano Technology, Microsystems Fabrication and MicroFluids

Dr Rahul Mangal
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical EngineeringArea of Interest: Soft matter, polymer nanocomposites and active matter

Prof Yogesh M Joshi
Professor, Department of Chemical EngineeringArea of Interest: Structure and dynamics of Colloidal Glasses and Gels, Soft Matter, Rheology of Complex Fluids, Polymer Science and Engineering, Polymer Nanocomposites

Dr Prabhat K. Dwivedi
Principal Scientific Officer, Center for NanosciencesArea of Interest: Soft Patterning on Soft Materials at Nano and Micro scale, Fabrication of Chalcogenide Glass Micro lenses, Microfludic Devices.