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Ashish Garg
PhD (University of Cambridge)
Professor, Department of Sustainable Energy Engineering
Research Interest
Perovskite, Organic and Tandem Solar Cells, Energy Harvesting Materials and Devices, Multiferroic and Magnetoelectric Materials and Composites, Development of Special Steels and Alloys, Materials Processing and Characterization
Office
Department of Sustainable Energy Engineering (SEE)
IIT Kanpur,
Kanpur 208016
Labs addresses: WL-104,105
Specialization
Solar photovoltaics, Solar energy, Ferroics and multiferroics, Recycling, Thin film growth, Device fabrication, Materials development, Materials characterization, Decarbonization
Education
PhD, University of Cambridge, Materials Science, 2002
M.E., IISc Bangalore, Metallurgy, 1998
B.E., NIT Nagpur, Metallurgical Engineering, 1995
Teaching Area
Electronic Materials
Materials Science
Materials Characterization
Electronic Ceramics
Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells
Structure of Materials
Phase Equilibria and Phase Transformations
Professional Affiliations
Life Member, Indian Institute of Metals
Life Member, Cambridge Philosophical Society
Selected Publications
Please see updated list on https://sites.google.com/view/ashish-garg-iitk-group/
S. Mukherjee, A. Roy, S. Auluck, R. Prasad, R. Gupta and A. Garg, Room Temperature Nanoscale Ferroelectricity in Magnetoelectric GaFeO3 Epitaxial Thin Films, Phys. Rev. Lett., 111, 087601 (2013)
S. Mukherjee, A. Garg and R. Gupta, Spin Glass-like Phase below - 210 K in Magnetoelectric Gallium Ferrite, Applied Physics Letters, 100, 112904 (2012)
S. Mukherjee, R. Gupta and A. Garg, Probing Magnetoelastic Coupling and Structural Changes in Magnetoelectric Gallium Orthoferrite, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 23, 445403 (2011),
V.R. Singh, A. Garg and D. C. Agrawal, Structural Changes in Chemical Solution Deposited Lanthanum Doped Bismuth Ferrite Thin Films, Applied Physics Letters, 92, 152905 (2008)
A. Garg, Z.H. Barber, M. Dawber, J.F. Scott, A. Snedden, and P. Lightfoot, Orientation Dependence of Ferroelectric Properties of Pulsed Laser Ablated Bi4-xNdxTi3O12 Films, Applied Physics Letters, 83 (12 ), 2414-2416 (2003)
Awards & Fellowships
MRSI Medal (2013), Materials Research Society of India
Endeavour Research Fellowship Award (Australian Government), (2011)
Australia India Science and Technology Research Award (Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering) (2009)
INSA (Indian National Science Academy) Young Scientist Award (2008)
Ramanna Fellowship, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India (2006)
Professional Experience
2003 onwards, Faculty at IIT Kanpur
Professor, Sustainable Energy Engineering (2021-present)
Professor (2014-21), Associate Professor (2009-14), Assistant Professor (2003-09), Materials Science and Engineering
2001-2003, Research Fellow, Downing College, University of Cambridge, UK
1995-1996, Graduate Engineer, Tata SSL Limited (Tata Steel Company), Mumbai
2008-2011: Visiting Scientist, RMIT University and CSIRO, Melbourne
Ongoing Project
Schmidt Sciences Academic Network in Energy Modelling in Decarbonization (2025-)
Recycling of Solar Panels (DST) (2025-)
Chandrakanta Kesavan Center for Energy Policy and Climate Solutions (2021-)