CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory

 

 

 

 

Dr. Santhosh Babu Sukumaran

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Research Background

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• June 2023- May 2024-Humboldt Scientist at Universitat Munster, Germany

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• 2022- Principal Scientist, Organic Chemistry Division, CSIR-NCL, Pune

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• Sep. 2014-2022  Senior Scientist, Organic Chemistry Division, CSIR-NCL, Pune

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• 2012-2014: Marie Curie-AUL Incoming Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Namur, Belgium. Mentor: Prof. Davide Bonifazi. Research Topic: Application of porphyrin-based coassembled nanofibers in organic field-effect transistors (OFETs)

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• 2010-2012: NIMS Postdoctoral Fellow, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan. Mentor: Dr. Takashi Nakanishi. Research Topic: Room temperature solvent-free functional liquids

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• 2009-2010: MPI-NIMS Postdoctoral Fellow, MPI-NIMS International Lab @ Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Germany, Mentors: Prof. Dr. Helmuth Möhwald and Dr. Takashi Nakanishi. Research Topic: Functionalized fullerene (C60) assemblies for OFETs and solar cells (SCs)

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• 2004-2009: CSIR Research Fellow, NIIST, Trivandrum, India. Ph.D. Thesis Supervisor: Dr. A. Ajayaghosh, Thesis Title: “Control on optical and morphological properties of oligo(p-phenylenevinylene) self-assemblies”

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Awards​​

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• Nanoscale Emerging Investigator 2021​

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• Scientist of the year award 2018-19, CSIR-NCL Research Foundation

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• Ramanujan Fellow, 2015

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• FNRS “CHARGE DE RECHERCHES” Independent Research Fellowship, Belgium, 2014 (Declined)

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• Marie Curie-AUL Incoming Postdoctoral Fellowship, Belgium, 2012 

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• Postdoctoral Fellowship from National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan, 2010

    

• Visiting Scientist at NIMS, Japan, 2010    

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• Postdoctoral Fellowship from Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, Germany, 2009   

• CSIR JRF & SRF, 2003