Dr. Mohammad Adil Afroz

m.afroz@alumni.iitg.ac.in

Mohammad Adil Afroz obtained his BSc (Hons.) and MSc in Industrial Chemistry from the Aligarh Muslim University in 2009 and 2011, respectively. Then he received M.Tech in Polymer Science and Technology from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi in 2013. In 2020, he was awarded a Ph.D. degree in Chemistry from the Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati under the supervision of Professor Parameswar K. Iyer. His doctoral thesis entitled “Development of New Materials and Methods for Dye-Sensitized and Perovskite Solar Cells”. Currently, he is working as a Research Associate in our group. His current research interest is the development of hybrid perovskite materials for optoelectronic devices.

Dr. Manjunatha K

manjunathakempasiddaiah@gmail.com

Dr. Manjunatha K completed his BSc at Tumkur University in 2015, and MSc in Organic Chemistry from JAIN (Deemed-to-be University), Bangalore in 2017. In October 2021, he was awarded a Ph.D. degree in Chemistry from the department Centre for Nano and Material Sciences, JAIN (Deemed-to-be University) under the supervision of Prof. Siddappa A. Patil. His doctoral thesis entitled “Design, Synthesis and Evaluation of Catalytic Activity of New Palladium Based Heterogeneous Nanocatalysts for Organic Transformations”. Then, he joined as Post-Doctoral Fellow at the National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), Odisha. He is currently serving as an ANRF-National Postdoctoral Fellow in our group, where his research focuses on developing advanced catalytic materials for the electrochemical reduction of CO2 into value-added fuels and chemicals.

Dr. Saurabh Kumar Saini

saurabhsn01@gmail.com

He completed his BSc and MSc in Physics from HNB Garhwal University, Srinagar, Uttarakhand, in 2015 and 2017, respectively. In 2019, he joined a PhD program at CSIR-National Physical Laboratory and was awarded his PhD in 2024 for his research on “Ultrafast Dynamics of Topological Materials: Creation of Van der Waals Heterostructures & Interfaces for Photodetector Applications.” Currently, he is working on topological materials with perovskite heterostructures for photodetector and solar cell applications.

Dr. Joy Sarkar

joyphysics0689@gmail.com

He completed his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Physics from the University of North Bengal, Siliguri, West Bengal, in 2015 and 2017, respectively. In 2019, he joined the Ph.D. program at the University of North Bengal and was awarded his doctorate in 2025 for his research on “Fabrication and Characterization of Perovskite Solar Cells and Performance analysis using Theoretical study.” His research interest is in perovskite solar cells, lead-free perovskites, DFT calculations, and SCAPS-1D device simulations. Currently, he is working on semi-transparent perovskite solar cells fabrications and characterization.

Dr. Tanwistha Chakrabarti

tanwistha.c@gmail.com

Tanwistha Chakrabarti completed her BSc in Physics from University of Calcutta in 2015 and MSc in Physics from Presidency University in 2017. She was awarded with Ph.D. degree in 2025 from IISER Berhampur for her research on “Hole Transport and Absorber Layer Optimization for Efficient and Stable Solution-Processed Lead Halide-Based Inverted p-i-n Perovskite Solar Cells”. Currently she is working on development of transparent perovskite solar cell devices for building integrated photovoltaics.

Dr. Prathul Nath

pnathp@ph.iitr.ac.in

Prathul completed his PhD from the same group in 2025 June. He did B.Tech in Engineering Physics from NIT Calicut followed by M.Tech. in Solid State Technology from IIT Kharagpur, WB.