Faculty Committee

Nishith Verma

Professor

(Convener)

Areas of Interest: Synthesis and Applications of Carbon Nanofibres and Nanoparticles, Environmental Pollution Control Methods, Microbial Fuel Cells, Chemical Sensors, Carbon-based Electrodes, Catalysts; electrocatalysts; photocatalysts, CFD and LBM-based Models

Email: nishith@iitk.ac.in

Website: https://www.iitk.ac.in/che/nv.htm

Office: CESE-132 | Phone: +91-512-259-6767

Soumik Das

Assistant Professor

Areas of Interest: Wettability alteration, Surfactants, Composites, Molecular assembly and synthesis in structured solvents, Liquid crystals, Solitons in liquid crystals, Soliton-based chemical soft matter

Email: dsoumik@iitk.ac.in

Website: https://www.iitk.ac.in/che/sdas.htm

Office: 604, ESB-III (Office) | Phone: +91-512-679-2385 Lab 1: 614, ESB-III (Lab)

Raju Kumar Gupta

Professor

Areas of Interest: Photocatalysis, Green synthesis of nanomaterials, Surface chemistry, High dielectric constant materials, Perovskite solar cells, Supercapacitors, Electrospinning of functional polymers and nanocomposites for environmental and energy applications.

Email: guptark@iitk.ac.in

Website: https://www.iitk.ac.in/che/rkg.htm

Office: Faculty Building 486 (Office) | Phone: +91-512-679-6972

Rahul Mangal

Associate Professor

Areas of Interest: Polymer physics, Colloids, Complex fluids, Nanocomposites, Active matter, Liquid crystals, Soft Matter.

Email: mangalr@iitk.ac.in

Website: https://www.iitk.ac.in/che/rahul-mangal.htm

Office: Faculty Building 451 | Phone: +91-512-259-2002 Lab: NL-II-307 | Phone: +91-512-259-6373

Yogesh M. Joshi

Professor

Areas of Interest: Structure and dynamics of Colloidal Glasses and Gels, Soft Matter, Rheology of Complex Fluids, Polymer Science and Engineering, Polymer Nanocomposites

Email: joshi@iitk.ac.in

Website: https://www.iitk.ac.in/che/yj.htm

Office: SL-114 (Office) | Phone: +91-512-679-7993