Group Leader
Dr. Dheeraj K Singh
Assistant Professor of Physics
Department of Basic Sciences
Institute of Infrastructure Technology Research And Management (IITRAM)
Former Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, Germany 2015
Former JSPS Fellow, Japan, 2016
Email: dheerajsingh84@gmail.com
Education
Ph.D., Physics (2010)
Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi -221005, India
Supervisor: Late Prof. B. P. Asthana
Topic: Influence of Hydrogen Bonding on Spectral Features in Some Binary Systems: Concentration, Temperature or pH Dependent Raman Study and DFT Calculations
Awards/Fellowships
International
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Japan Society of Promotion in Science (JSPS), 2016
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Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, Germany, 2015
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Post Doc Fellowship at Sogang University, South Korea, 2013
National
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Nehru Post Doctorate Fellowship in Science (CSIR-Nehru PDF) 2011
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Dr. D.S. Kothari Post Doctorate Fellowship (UGC) 2011
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On the honorarium basis teaching at BHU Physics department 2011
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Senior Research Fellowship (CSIR-SRF) awarded by CSIR in 2010
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Research Fellowship in Science for Meritorious Students (RFSMS-UGC), UGC in 2009
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University Research Fellowship (JRF), B.H.U. funded by UGC during 2007 to 2008
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National Scholarship in I.Sc. (1999-2000)
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Poster presentation award in conference on “Laser and spectroscopy of Nano-materials
Book Editor
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Modern Techniques of Spectroscopy: Basics, Instrumentation and Applications, Springer Nature (ISSN:2363-5096)
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Advances in Spectroscopy: Molecules to Materials, SPRINGER Publications, Nature Group, 2019, (ISSN: 0930-8989)
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Lead Guest Editor in Special Issue (Ab initio and DFT) of Advances in Chemistry, 2017
PhD Students
Deepak K Pandey
DST-INSPIRE Fellow
Working on nanometal oxides with ionic liquids for renewable energy applications
Hardik L Kagdada
Institute Fellow
Working on Perovskite materials for solar energy conversion using DFT calculations
Amit K Bhojani
SHODH Fellow
Working on Two-dimensional Materials for Renewable Energy Application
Nirav Kumar Joshi
Working on Fundamentals of ionic liquds
Collaborators
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Prof. Dr. Arnulf Materny, Jacobs University Bremen, Germany
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Prof. Dr. Johannes Kiefer, Universität Bremen, Germany
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Prof. S. Joo, Soongsil University, South Korea
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Prof. Ramesh L Gardas, IIT-Madras, Madras, India
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Prof. Rajeev Ahuja, IIT-Ropar, India; Uppsala University, Sweden
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Prof. Prabhakar Singh, IIT-BHU, Varanasi, India
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Dr. Rajesh Kushwaha, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, India
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Dr. Arvind Kumar, CSIR-CSMCRI, Bhavnagar, India
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Dr. Pankaj Poddar, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India
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Dr. Nidhi Gour, Indrashil University, India
Former Students
Dr. Paridhi Sanchora
Former SERB-DST Project Fellow
Completed her PhD on fundamentals interaction of ion-pairs in imidazolium based ionic liquids using vibrational spectroscopy and DFT calculations
Dhruvil Kapdi
M.Tech. Student
Mechanical and Aero-Space Engineering
Experimental and DFT calculations on the effect of adding nanoparticle with petroleum fuel for the performance and emission of Internal Combustion Engine
Aditya Chobey
B. Tech. final year project student in mechanical engineering
Utilization of heat energy via thermoelectric materials
Nirav Desai and Deepak Kumar
B. Tech. final year project student in mechanical engineering
Waste heat recovery using thermoelectric materials