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Dr. Alagarsamy Pandikumar is currently working as Senior Scientist in CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi, India. He obtained his Ph.D. in Chemistry (2014) from the Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai. He successfully completed his post-doctoral fellowship tenure (2014-2016) at the University of Malaya, Malaysia under a High Impact Research Grant. He in the top 2% of scientists list in the world database released by Stanford University, US 2024 (based on Scopus citation records). Moreover He is recognized as the World’s Top 2% Scientists in the Single-Year Category and also in the Career Achievement Category. He is continuously achieved this record for last five years (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 & 2024). Further he has awarded “RSC Affiliate member” by Royal Society of Chemistry, UK (2021). Recently He has received the prestigious Young Scientist Award for 2023 (Saraswathy Srinivasan Prize) from ‘The Academy of Sciences, Chennai, Tamil Nadu’ for his pioneer contribution to solar energy conversion. Recently he has been elected as Fellow of ‘The Academy of Sciences, Chennai, Tamil Nadu’. In addition he is holding an Assistant Professor position at Faculty of Chemical Sciences, Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad. Hs is a Life Member - Society for Advancement of Electrochemical Science & Technology (SAEST). His current research involves the development of novel functional materials for photocatalysis, photoelectrocatalysis, dye-sensitized solar cells, perovskite solar cells and water splitting applications. His results outcomes were documented in 160 peer-reviewed journals including 14 review articles; and also have 9500 citations with the h−index of 59. He secured funded project worth of ~ 5 cores from DST, CSIR, SERB…etc. Currently he has completed 4 Ph.D. candidates and 6 is ongoing. On another side, he served as Guest Editor for a special issue in the Materials Focus journal, Applied Surface Science Advances and edited 21 books. 4 Ph.D. students, 2 Post-Docs, 14 INSA summer fellows, 12 Masters, 12 B.Tech students successfully completed their tenure under his supervision. Currently he is mentoring 6 Ph.D. students, 2 Post-Docs, 2 INSA summer fellows 2 Masters, 7 B.Tech students, 5 Project associates in his research area. He has organized several skill development and training programmes under CSIR-Skill initiatives such as Foundation Course on Solar Energy Materials: Fundamentals to Device, High-End Faculty Development Programme on “”Advanced Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage: Text Book to Hands-on (Device Fabrication and Testing, Solar Energy Technologies: Fundamentals to Device Fabrication, Faculty Development Programme on "Advanced Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage: Fundamentals to Device Fabrication, Karyashala High-End Workshop on Advanced Materials for Energy Conversion and Storage, Vritika Training for Expertise in Fabrication and Testing of Photoelectrochemical Device for Hydrogen Production, Skill Development and Training Programme on “Energy Materials: Fundamentals to Device Fabrication and Three days School and Hands-on Training on Photovoltaics for Solar Energy Harvesting
Qualification : Ph.D. , Madurai Kamaraj University (2014)
M.Sc., Gandhigram Rural University (2006)
B.Sc. , Gandhigram Rural university (2004)
Experience : Research Assistant Professor - SRM University, Chennai (2016-2017)
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow - University of Malaya, Malaysia (2014-2016)
Research Assistant - University of Malaya, Malaysia (2013-2014)
Research Trainee - Graphite India Limited, Bangalore (2006-2007)
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