Assistant Professor

Dr Ventrapati Pavan Kumar

Department of Chemistry

Interests
  • Flexible Semiconductors
  • Solid State and Materials Chemistry
  • Thermoelectric Materials and Modules
Education
2004
BSc
Acharya Nagarjuna University
India
2006
MSc
Andhra University
India
2014
PhD
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
India
Experience
  • December 2024 – Present – Assistant Professor – SRM University-AP (Amaravati, India)
  • July 2022 – November 2024 – Postdoctoral Researcher - Aarhus University, Department of Chemistry (Aarhus, Denmark)
  • October 2019 – October 2021 – Scientific Researcher - Laboratoire CRISMAT / CNRS (Caen, France)
  • October 2018 – September 2019 – Postdoctoral Researcher - Institute Jean Lamour / CNRS (Nancy, France)
  • January 2016 – September 2018 – Scientific Researcher - Laboratoire CRISMAT / CNRS (Caen, France)
  • September 2014 – December 2015 – Research Associate - IIT Madras (Chennai, India)
Research Interests
  • Design, synthesis, and structural characterization of chalcogenide and intermetallic-based materials for sustainable thermoelectric applications
  • Crystal growth of low dimensional metal chalcogenides for flexible thermoelectric devices (wearable electronics and IoT devices)
  • High-entropy engineering for efficient thermoelectric performance
  • Electrical and thermal properties
  • Spark Plasma sintering (SPS) process
  • Development of thermoelectric modules for waste heat recovery
Awards & Fellowships
  • 2019 - Research work on Colusites was published in the prestigious CNRS Actualities
  • 2019 – Research work on Colusites was published in ILL Annual report
  • 2019 - Newton International Fellowship from the Royal Society of Chemistry
  • 2007 – CSIR-NET and GATE – India.
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Publications

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Contact Details

pavankumar.v@srmap.edu.in

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