Dr. Rakesh Kumar

Biography

Dr. Rakesh Kumar is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics. In 2006, he received his Ph.D. degree from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, where he worked on superconductivity and magnetism. Thereafter he joined Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai as a Visiting Fellow, where he continued his research work on magnetic materials. In 2007, he moved to University of Peirre and Marie Curie, Paris, France to work on graphene and other two dimensional layered materials like InSe, NbSe2, BSCCO superconductors and Bismuth. He worked on fabrication as well as electrical characterization of Field Effect Transistors (FETs). His current research interests are in fabrication of nanodevices from graphene and other low dimensional materials and the involved nanophysics, specially their strongly correlated electrons behaviors in the low dimensional systems. 

Research Interest

Graphene and other low dimensional materials Field Effect Transistors (FETs) of low dimensional materials Study of strongly correlated electron behaviors in low dimensional materials as a function of electrostatic field as well as thickness Magnetotransport studies in high pulsed magnetic field Magnetic thin films Superconductivity and magnetism in HTSC Colossal Magnetoresistant (CMR) Materials Double perovskite materials