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Dr. Pijus Kumar Sasmal
Assistant Professor
School of Physical Sciences
Jawaharlal Nehru University
New Delhi-110067, Delhi, India
Office # 208; Lab # 209 & 211
Phone: +91-11-2673 8928 (Office)
E-mail: pijus@mail.jnu.ac.in
Education :
Professional Experience :
Aug 2005 - April 2010
Ph.D., Dept. of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore, India.
Supervisor: Prof. Akhil R. Chakravarty
Aug 2003 - May 2005
M.Sc., Dept. of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG), India.
Supervisor: Prof. Bhisma K. Patel
Jul 1999 - Jul 2003
B.Sc., Chemistry Hons. Midnapore College, Vidyasagar University, West Bengal, India.
Feb 2023
Sep 2016
Dec 2016
Mar 2012
May 2010
Sep 2009
Feb 2005
Jun 2004
The CRSI Young Scientist Award at the 30th CRSI-NSC held at JNU during Feb 3-5, 2023
Early Career Research Award from SERB-DST, India
Start-Up Grant from University Grant Commission (UGC), India
Best Ph.D Thesis Award for the Year 2010-2011 from the Dept. of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, IISc Bangalore, India
Research Associate position awarded by IISc Bangalore, India
International Travel Grant awarded by DST, India
Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) by MHRD, India
Awarded National Eligibility Test (NET) conducted by CSIR-UGC, India
Oct 30th 2015 - Present
Assistant Professor, School of Physical Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, India.
Jul 2014 - Sep 2015
Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Princeton University, New Jersey, USA.
Supervisor: Prof. Robert K. Prud'homme
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Nov 2012 - Jun 2014
Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, USA. Supervisor: Prof. Kibum Lee
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Oct 2010 - Sep 2012
Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Chemistry, Philipps-University Marburg, Germany.
Supervisor: Prof. Eric Meggers
May 2010 – Sep 2010
Research Associate, Dept. of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore, India.
Supervisor: Prof. Akhil R. Chakravarty
Awards & Honors :
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