Meet The Team
Scientific Contributions
Publications (33) (Published and Communicated): Research papers published in reputed refereed journals (Nature-3, Nature Materials, Advanced Materials-4, Nano Letters-2, Nature Communications-3, Science Advances-2, Applied Physics Letters-2, etc.)
Patents (Granted and Filed) – 40+: 36+ US Patents and 4 Indian Patent
Number of citations: 1800+; h-index - 17
Memberships
Indian Institute of Metal (Lifetime), IEEE, IEEE magnetics society, Materials Research Society (MRS), American Ceramic Society (ACS), St John’s College, University of Cambridge (Lifetime), Indian Physics Association (Lifetime), Cambridge Philosophical Society (1012-2015) and Institute of Physics (2012- 2016).
Awards
Dr. Bhagwati Prasad
(Principal Investigator)
Assistant Professor (CV),
Department of Materials Engineering
Indian Institute of Science (IISc)
Ph.D. (Materials Science)
University of Cambridge, UK
Tel- 080 2293 2679
Email- bpjoshi@iisc.ac.in
2011-2014
Nehru Trust for Cambridge University Fellowship: Funding for graduate studies St John’s College, Cambridge University: Bursary for graduate studies
2007-2008
Academic Excellence Award: M.Tech. programme at Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India
2006-2008
Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) Fellowship: Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) [Physics]; All India Rank-61 National Eligibility Test (NET) - Junior Research Fellowship (JRF)
Editorial Services
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Principal Editor - MRS Advances Member of Editorial Board - Nature Scientific Reports,
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Guest Editor-APL Materials (Topic:Materials Challenges for Nonvolatile Memory),
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Guest Editor-Electronics (Topic: Recent Advanced Applications of Magnetic materials and Quantum Material)
Education
2011-2015
Ph.D. (Materials Science and Metallurgy): University of Cambridge, UK,
2006-2008
M.Tech. (Materials Science): Departmental Rank-1 (1st in Class), Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India
2002-2004
M.Sc. (Physics): Gold Medalist (1st in University) H. N. B. Garhwal University, India
Work Experience
2021 -Present
Assistant Professor; Materials Engineering department, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, KA, India
2018 – 2021
Principal Research Scientist: Non-volatile Memory Research Group, Western Digital (erstwhile IBM Research), San Jose, CA, USA
2016 – 2018
Senior Postdoctoral Researcher; University of California Berkeley, USA Research area: Magnetoelectric spin-orbit logic and memory devices
2015 – 2016
Scientist; Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart, Germany
2008- 2011
Scientist (Sr. Manager); R&D Division, Tata Steel Limited, Jamshedpur, India
Postdoctoral Researchers
Dr. Vinod Kumar
vinodkiitb@gmail.com
Education:
M.Sc (Physics): Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Ph.D. (Physics): Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Research interest: Spintronics, 2D magnetism
Dr. Akash Surampalli
akashsurampa@iisc.ac.in
Education:
M.Sc (Physics): Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani
Ph.D. (Physics): UGC-DAE CSR, Indore
Research interest: Thin film functional materials
PhD Students
Education:
B.Sc (Physics): Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University, Uttrakhand
M.Sc (Physics): Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University, Uttrakhand
Research interests: Magnetoelectrics, ferroelectrics
Suryakanta Mondal
suryakantam@iisc.ac.in
Education:
B.Sc (Physics): Midnapore College (Autonomous), Midnapore
M.Sc (Physics): Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
Research interest: Spin-orbit torque based non-volatile memory devices
Kaushal Tiwari
kaushalt@iisc.ac.in
Education:
B.Sc (Physics): Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur
M.Sc (Physics): University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad
Research interest: Unconventional ferroelectric based memory devices
Uma Ganguly
umag@iisc.ac.in
Education:
B.Sc (Physics): Calcutta University
M.Sc (Physics): Calcutta University
Research interest:
Mahak Chhabra
mahakchhabra@iisc.ac.in
Education:
B.Sc (Physics): Kurukshetra University
M.Sc (Physics): Kurukshetra University
M.Tech (Functional Materials and Devices): Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur
Research interest:
MTech Students
Neeru Rajak
neerurajak@iisc.ac.in
Education:
B.Tech (Metallurgical Engineering): BIT Sindri, Dhanbad
Research interest: Nanocomposites based Magnetoelectric
BS (Research) Student
Yash Vardhan Bhobia
yashvardhan@iisc.ac.in
Education:
Bachelor of Science (Research): Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Research Interest:
Ashish Omar
ashishomar@iisc.ac.in
Education:
Bachelor of Science (Research): Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Research Interest:
Project Intern
Secretarial Assistant
Tannmoy
tannmoy2017@gmail.com
Education:
B.Tech (Metallurgical and Materials Engineering): NIT Rourkela (Expected 2024)
Education:
B.Com (Accounting): Bangalore University
M.Com (Accounting and taxation): Bangalore University