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Senthamarai Kannan Ethirajulu

Professor

Experimental Condensed Matter Physics
Department of Physics, BITS-Pilani K. K. Birla Goa Campus, NH-17B Bypass Road, Zuarinagar, Goa - 403726
Prof. E. S. Kannan BITS Goa

Current Research Scholars

Date of Joining PhD Program: 01/08/2021      

Current Position : Research Scholar - BITS Pilani K. K. Birla Goa Campus

Thesis Title : Two terminal memory devices for neuromorphic computing applications

About

Manoj completed his M.Sc Physics in Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology (Central University) in 2020.  He joined as a junior research fellow in SERB core grant project entitled "Experimental and theoretical investigation of ultra-thin 2D heterostructures and their application to make nanoscale devices". He is currently working on developing two terminal memory devices for neuromorphic computing applications. He is developing double oxide memristor devices to realize neural spiking behaviour in semiconducting materials.

 

Date of Joining PhD Program: 01/08/2023      

Current Position : BITS-RMIT Research Fellow 

Thesis Title : Neuromorphic memories for next generation quantum technologies

About:

Mr. Rashed have a M.Sc.degree in physics and 2 years of experience in the field of quantum computing and quantum information. He is passionate about the field of experimental and theoretical condensed matter physics for quantum technologies and striving to make an impactful contribution towards the advancement of the field. Currently, he is working on Transition metal di-chalcogenide-based heterostructures for opto-electronic applications. He intends to extend this methodology to develop vertically stacked heterostructures using a combination of magnetic and non-magnetic 2D materials for developing resistive switching devices.

Date of Joining PhD Program: 01/08/2023      

Current Position : Research Scholar - BITS Pilani K. K. Birla Goa Campus

Thesis Title : Two dimensional TMDC based vertical homo and heterojunction  for optoelectronic applications

About

Ms. Shreya completed her M.Sc Physics from Mumbai University.  She joined as an institute research fellow in 2023. She is interested in the transport and optical properties of 2D materials and its heterostructure. Currently she is involved in developing light emitting devices using mono-layers of p and n type materials derived from the family of transition metal dichalcogenides. Her long term objective is to stack multi-layers of p-n heterostructures and explore its potential application in optical memory devices.


Graduated Research Scholars

Date of Joining PhD Program: 01/03/2013      

Date thesis defended : 05/08/2018 .

Current Position : Product development manager - Lab India Limited

Thesis Title : Structural and optical properties of one dimensional nanomaterials for sensing applications.

About: 

 Dr Venkatesan worked on optical and electrical characteristics of one dimensional system for his PhD thesis. His work primarily focuses on developing 1D structures for sensing applications. He used hydrothermal method for growing nano-rods which is a very facile technique to realize highly quality crystalline nanostructures. The as synthesized nanorods are then aligned between two electrodes using ac dielectrophoresis  and he studied their electrical characteristics. He worked with Prof. Gil-Ho Kim at Sungkyunkwan University as a Post-doctoral Fellow for three years followed by two year fellowship at Kyung-Hee University as research professor. He is currently working with Lab-India as a product development manager.

 

Date of Joining PhD Program: 11/01/2017      

Date thesis defended : 13/05/2022

Current Position : Postdoctoral Fellow - Indian Institute of Science - Bangalore

Thesis Title : Physical and Chemical Engineering of Transition metal dichalcogendies and metal-oxide nanostructures to enhance their electrical and optical characteristics. 

About: 

Dr. Anu Roshini completed her M.Sc Physics from Krishnamaal College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore. She joined as a project assistant in June 2016 under the DST project "Improving the energy conversion efficiency of Solar Cells using spin caloritonics". For her doctoral thesis she extensively worked with metal oxide and transition metal dichalcogenides based nanostructures for various device application. She engineered the properties of these nanomaterials by modifing their chemical composition and morphology using different doping and growth techniques. 

Date of Joining PhD Program: 01/08/2017      

Date thesis defended : 30/08/2022 

Current Position : Postdoctoral Fellow - Tata Institute of Fundamental Research - Hyderabad

Thesis Title : 2D transition metal based two terminal memory devices.

About:

Dr. C. Malavika completed her master's in physics at Mahatma Gandhi Univeristy in Kerala. She secured DST-Inspire fellowship to pursue her doctoral thesis at BITS-Pilani Goa Campus. During her PhD tenure, she worked extensively on transition metal dichalcogenide based memory devices. Later part of her thesis she had dedicated towards developing two terminal memories such as memristor. To develop these memory devices, she created mono-layers of different TMDC using photoexfoliation technique.