Soumen Dhara

Assistant Professor

Dr. Soumen Dhara received his Ph. D in Physics in 2012 from Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India. Following his Ph. D, he moved to Japan with prestigious ‘JSPS postdoctoral fellowship’ from the Govt. of Japan and worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Kobe University, Osaka. After this tenure, Dr. Dhara continued his research as a senior Postdoctoral fellow at different renowned universities, S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, India; Cambridge University; Cardiff University, United Kingdom; and Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. He has more than 15 years of teaching and research experience, and published more than 38 research articles including 1 review article in high-profile international journals (SCOPUS and SCI indexed) and 4 book chapters to his credit. He also served as an Editor in 2 peer-reviewed book projects (international). His research trust areas of interest are semiconductor nanostructures (nanowires, thinfilms, heterostructures), optoelectronics, solid state lighting and light sensors, spectroscopy of nanomaterials including ultrafast laser spectroscopy, thin-film transistors (TFTs) etc. He has been awarded two major research projects one from JSPS, Govt. of Japan and another one from SERB, Govt. of India.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION

Ph.D in Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India , M.Sc in Applied Physics, IIEST Shibpur (erstwhile BE College)

COURSE EXPERTISE

RESEARCH INTERESTS

ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES

Awards and Achievements

    1. National Postdoctoral fellowship (NPDF) in 2019 from SERB, Govt. of India.
    2. Postdoctoral fellowship in 2015 by SNBNCBS, Kolkata financially supported by DST, Govt. of India.
    3. JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship for Foreign Researchers in 2012 by Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS), Govt. of Japan.
    4. International Travel Support grant in 2011 from DST, Govt. of India.
    5. Best Poster Award at International Conference on Advanced Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, 2011.
    6. Research fellowship in 2007 by CSIR, MHRD.
    7. Merit-cum-Means Scholarship in 2005 by BESU, Kolkata.
    8. National Merit Scholarship in 2002 by MHRD, Govt. of India.

 

Conferences and Workshops

Professional Membership

  1. Member of Materials Research Society (MRS) Singapore (2011-2013).
  2. Member of Materials Research Society (MRS) USA (2013-2014).
  3. Member of Materials Research Society of India (MRSI) (Life member).
  4. Member of Indian Physics Association (IPA) (Life member).
  5. Member of JSPS Alumni Association, Japan (Life member).
  6. Member of Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA), (Life member).

Community Engagement

Projects & Collaborations

  • JSPS, Govt. of Japan Kakenhi Fund (2012-2014), Amoumt- JPY 99.32 lakh
  • SERB, Govt. of India, NPDF Research Fund (2019-2021), Amount- INR 22.32 lakh
Patents and Innovations
Peer Review Contributions