jayakumar

Dr. Jayakumar Balakrishnan

Asst. Professor

Physics

jayakumar@iitpkd.ac.in

Email Me

https://sites.google.com/a/iitpkd.ac.in/spintronics-research-group/home

Biosketch

Experience

a) Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, IIT Palakkad (July 2017 - till date)

b) Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, IIT Patna (Dec 2015 - July 2017)

c) DST INSPIRE Faculty, Department of Physics, IIT Patna ( July 2014 - Dec 2015)

d) Research Associate, Department of Physics, National University of Singapore ( Aug 2013 -July 2014)

e) Assistant System Engineer, Tata Consultancy Services (Aug 2006-July 2008)

Education

a) PhD - National University of Singapore (Degree Awarded: Feb 2014)

b) M.Sc - Indian Institute of Technology Madras (2006)

c) B.Sc - Government College Madappally (2004)

d) Plus Two: Government Sanskrit Higher Secondary School, Vadakara (2001)

Research

Research Interests:

a) Electrical- and Magneto- transport studies in 2D materials

b)Transport studies in perovskite and hybrid/heterostructures of perovskite - 2D materials

Teaching

Academic Year: 2017-18 (@ IIT Palakkad)

a) Odd Semester : PH1010-B.Tech First Year Physics Theory course

PH1030 - B.Tech First Year Physics Lab Course

b) Even Semester 2: PH1020 - B.Tech First Year (Sem 2) Physics Theory course

Academic Year 2016-17 ( @ IIT Patna)

a) Odd Semester: NT501- Concepts of Nanomaterials (Theory)

NT505 - Nanoscale Measurement and Analysis Laboratory (Lab)

PH110 - B. Tech First Year Physics Lab (Lab, Overall Lab Coordinator)

b) Even Semester: PH 515 - MEMS and NEMS (Theory)

Academic Year 2015-16 ( @ IIT Patna)

a) Odd Semester: NT501- Concepts of Nanomaterials (Theory)

PH101T - B. Tech First Year Physics Theory Tutorial (Tutorial)

b) Even Semester: PH 515 - MEMS and NEMS (Theory)

Research Group

PhD Students:

a) Ms. Ranjuna M K

b) Ms. Lidhyal Leena (Joint Supervison: Prof. S. Kasiviswanathan, IIT Madras)

c) Ms. Karuna Kumari (Joint Supervision: Dr. Ajay D Thajur & Dr. Soumya J Ray, IIT Patna)

Former Students (Completed):

I) JRF

a). Mr. Shwetank (2018): Present Position : Scientist ISRO (joining soon)

II). M.Tech FYP

a). Ms. Vaishali Chauhan (2017); Thesis Title: "Thermal Conductivity Measurement in Gold Nanoparticle Decorated H-BN by Raman spectroscopy"

Present Position : PhD Student, IIT Bombay

b) Mr. Anand Kumar Upadhyay (2017); Thesis Tilte: "Design, Simulation and Fabrication of MEMS Based Piezoresistive Accelerometer" (Joint Supevision: Dr. Ajay D Thakur (IIT Patna), and Dr. Ravindra Mukhiya (CSIR-CEERI Pilani))

Present Position: Scientist CSIR-CEERI Pilani

c) Ms. Sonu Bishnoi (2016); Thesis Title: "2D Material/Perovskite hybrid"

Present Position : PhD Student, IIT Patna

d) Ms. Upasana Sahu (2016): Thesis Title: "YBCO-LSMO heterostructure" (Joint Supervision: Dr. Ajay D Thakur (IIT Patna))

Present Position: PhD Student, IIT Delhi

Research Area

Experimental Condensed Matter Physics - 2D Materials and Perovskites

Additional Information

Title

Externally Funded Project:

Description

a) Title: Spin Transport in Graphene/LSMO heterostructures

Funding Agency : DST Nanomission

Duration: 3 years

Status: Ongoing

b) Title: DST INSPIRE Faculty

Funding Agency: DST

Duration: 5 years

Status: Ongoing

Title

In-preparation/Submitted/Under Review Manuscripts

Description

1. Fowler-Nordheim tunneling and resistive switching in LSMO-Graphene nanocomposites", Karuna Kumari, Sonu Bishnoi, Ashutosh Kumar, Dinesh K Kotnees, Soumya J Ray, Ajay D Thakur and Jayakumar Balakrishnan (in-preparation)