Group Members
Principal Investigator
Dr. Mukesh Kumar
Dr. Mukesh Kumar is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, Punjab, India. In 2010, he earned his Ph.D. in Physics from Indian Institute of Technology Delhi for his research on numerous aspects of transparent conducting oxide nanostructures. He then moved to South Dakota State University, SD, USA in Feb 2010 for his post-doctoral research where he worked to develop novel scanning probe microscopy facilities for nanoscale charge transport in organic solar cell materials. Since Dec 2011, Dr. Kumar was working with Colorado School of Mines and National Center for Photovoltaics, National Renewal Energy Laboratory, Colorado, USA for the development of reliable and flexible thin films for next generation flexible solar cells and cathode materials for lithium ion batteries. Before joining at IIT Ropar, Dr. Kumar was working for Hysitron Inc., USA. Recently he received young scientist research award from DAE-BRNS and Bhaskara Advanced Solar Energy Fellowship under Indo-US Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF).
Education
Ph.D., Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India (2010)
M. Tech., Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India (2005)
Work Experience
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, IIT Ropar, Punjab, India (Dec 2013- Present)
Application Engineer-II, Hysitron Inc., Minneapolis, MN, USA (August 2013-Nov 2013)
Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, USA (Dec 2011-August 2013)
- Post-doctoral Research Fellow, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, USA (Feb 2010- Dec 2011)
Ph.D Scholars
Naveen Kumar
Naveen kumar is a Seniar Research Fellow in Department of Physics at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Ropar. He joins the Functional and Renewable Energy Materials Laboratory (FREM Lab.) in 2014 and start working efficiently. He receives his M.Sc.and B.Sc. degree in physics from University of Delhi.
Research Interests:
- Development of Indium free TCO’s
- High mobility TCO’s
Flexible TCO’s and devices
Email: naveenkumar@iitrpr.ac.in
Kanika Arora
Kanika Arora is a research scholar in the Department of Physics atIndian Institute of Technology (IIT) Ropar, India. She received her MSc. in Physics from C.C.S University in 2015. She received her BSc. in Physical Science from Delhi University in2013.
Research Interests:
- Growth and characterization of solar blind photodetector
Development of Thermally stable and high performance device
Email: kanika.arora@iitrpr.ac.in
Abhay V. Agrawal
He received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in physics from Aligarh Muslim University. Later in 2016, he joinedDr. Mukesh Kumar group to work as junior research fellow. He is working efficiently in field of 2D materials.
Research Interests:
- Synthesis and characterization of MoS2
- Study of electrical and optical properties of MoS2
MoS2 Gas sensing Application
Email: abhay.agrawal@iitrpr.ac.in
Kulwinder Kaur
Kulwinder Kaur is a Ph.D student in Department of Physics at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Ropar. She received her M.Tech degree in Solid State Materials from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi. Before this she has received M.sc (Hons.) Physics degree from Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar.
Research Interests:
CZTS solar cell fabrication
- Combinatorial growth of CZTS absorber
- Photon management in CZTS solar cell device
Email: kulwinder.kaur@iitrpr.ac.in
Nisika
Nisika is a PhD scholar in the Department of Physics at IIT Ropar. She received her Master’s degree in physics from Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra in 2015. She received her Bachelor’s degree in computer science in 2013.
Research Interests:
Stack layer growth of CZTS absorber layer
- Interface engineering in CZTS solar cell
To study the effect of doping in CZTS absorber
Email: nisika.physics@iitrpr.ac.in
Riya Wadhwa
Riya Wadhwa has recently joined as a research scholar in the Department of Physics at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Ropar. She has received her B.Sc and M.Sc degree from CCS University, Meerut.
Research Interests:
- To synthesis and characterization of 2D heterostructures
Optoelectronics application of 2D heterostructures
Email: 2017phz0006@iitrpr.ac.in
Damanpreet Kaur
Damanpreet Kaur has recently joined as a research scholar in the Department of Physics at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Ropar. She has completed B.Sc.(Honours School) and M.Sc.(Honours School) degree from Department of Physics, Panjab University, Chandigarh.
Research Interests:
- Solar blind photodetector
- High performance sensors
Email: 2018phz0010@iitrpr.ac.in
Master’s Student
Pooja Yadav
High-power electronics
Atul Singh
TMDC based PD
Bhawana
Solar-blind PD
Alumni
Mohit Sood
Mohit Sood was Post graduate student in IIT Ropar. He had joined FREM group for his M.Sc project in the year 2016-2017. His prime area of research is earth abundant Cu-Zn-Sn-S solar cells.
Currently, he is a research scholar at University of Luxembourg. He is currently working in the area of photovoltaics.