PUSHPENDRA KUMAR

Employment

• Springer Nature (United Kingdom) Editor
  2025 - 2030
• Jawaharlal Nehru University Deputy Director
  2024 - 2026
• Jawaharlal Nehru University Associate Professor
  2023 - Present
• Theion GmbH Head of IP
  2022 - 2023
• Theion Scientist
  2021 - 2022
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology Senior Research Associate
  2018 - 2021
• Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology Research Scientist-I or Senior Research Associate
  2018 - 2021
• National Chemical Laboratory CSIR
  2017 - 2017
• IK-4 CIDETEC, Sr. Scientist
  2017 - 2017
• King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Postdoctoral Fellow
  2015 - 2016
• Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences Academia Sinica Postdoctoral Fellow
  2012 - 2015
• Universidad de Concepción FONDECYT P.I. & Postdoctoral Fellow
  2011 - 2012
• University of Allahabad Faculty of Science Postdoctoral Fellow
  2011 - 2011

Education

• Banaras Hindu University Faculty of Science Ph.D.
  2005 - 2010
• Banaras Hindu University Faculty of Science M.Sc.
  2003 - 2005

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (76)

• High-voltage and wide-temperature lithium metal batteries with high-safety enabled by non-flammable electrolytes
  Materials Science and Engineering: R: Reports 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.mser.2026.101177
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• Hydration‐Engineered Widely Interlayered Vanadium Oxide Nanobelts for High‐Performance Aqueous Zinc‐Ion Batteries
  Batteries & Supercaps 2026 DOI: 10.1002/batt.70300
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• Lithium-based lifeforms: Influence analysis of instantaneous and hysteresis performances in lithium-ion batteries
  Materials Science and Engineering: R: Reports 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.mser.2025.101096
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• Helmholtz Plane Engineering Enables Dendrite-Free and Subzero-Stable Aqueous Zn Batteries
  ACS Energy Letters 2026 DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.5c03049
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• Suppressed hydrogen evolution reactions via modulating hydrogen bonds in aqueous battery electrolytes by additives
  Materials Science and Engineering: R: Reports 2026 DOI: 10.1016/j.mser.2026.101199
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• Electrolyte and Electrode Interfacial Model: Five Years’ Research Progress and Perspectives
  ACS Energy Letters 2026 DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.5c03592
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• Electrolyte exchange experiment in batteries: Failure analysis and prospect
  Journal of Energy Chemistry 2025 DOI: 10.1016/j.jechem.2024.12.026
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• The Layer Oxide Cathode Exhibits Optimal Capacitance Cooperative Effects in Capacitor Batteries
  ACS Applied Energy Materials 2025 DOI: 10.1021/acsaem.4c02750
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• Exploring the Potential of Lanthanum‐Doped <scp>ZnFe2O4</scp> Nanomaterials as Electrode Materials for Next‐Generation Supercapacitors
  Energy Storage 2025 DOI: 10.1002/est2.70100
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• Ultralow Concentration Nonflammable Electrolytes Mediated by Intermolecular Interactions for Safer Potassium‐Ion Sulfur Batteries
  Advanced Functional Materials 2025 DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202416714
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