Associate Professor

Dr Laxmi Narayana Patro

Department of Physics

Interests
  • Materials for solid state batteries and chemical sensors
  • Nonlinear conductivity
  • Solid state ionics
Education
2002
Bachelors
KSUB College
India
2004
Masters
Berhampur University
India
2011
Ph.D.
IIT Madras
India
Experience
  • July 2016 - June 2018, Assistant Professor | GITAM University, Bangalore
  • January 2014 - January 2016, Postdoctoral Researcher | University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany
  • March 2012 - August 2013, Postdoctoral Fellow | Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
Research Interests
  • Charge transport and glassy dynamics of glass forming ionic liquids at higher electric fields using impedance spectroscopy.
  • Synthesis and characterization of fast ion conducting solid materials for energy storage applications
  • Nonlinear conductivity measurement at higher electric fields: Frequency dependence of higher order conductivity coefficients.
  • Defect structure of oxide materials in different thermodynamic conditions (temperature and oxygen partial pressure).
  • Ionics of Nano structured materials, Thin films, Glassy and Polymer electrolytes.
  • Dielectric studies and relaxation mechanisms
  • Fabrication and characterization of solid state ionic devices such as batteries, sensors
Awards & Fellowships
  • 2002 – 1st rank for the university in the B.Sc. Program – Berhampur University, Odisha
  • 2004 – 2nd rank for the university in the M.Sc. Program – Berhampur University, Odisha
  • 2005 – Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE-2005) with 94.03 percentile
  • 2008 – Poster award - 53rd DAE solid state physics symposium, BARC, Mumbai
Memberships
  • American Physical Society
Publications

No publications found.

Contact Details

laxminarayana.p@srrmap.edu.in

Scholars

Doctoral Scholars

  • Ms Lakshmi Hrushita Korlapati
  • Mr K Sasikumar
  • Mr Sumit Khatua
  • Mr K Ramakrushna Achary
  • Mr Yenduri Bhaskara Rao