Gopchandran

About

Dr. K.G. Gopchandran is currently working as Adjunct Professor in the School of Communication Sciences and Technology, APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University, Thiruvananthapuram. Formerly at the University of Kerala, he worked in various capacities as Dean, Faculty of Applied Sciences & Technology, Director of the School of Technology, and Professor and Head of the Department of Optoelectronics. He was also a member of the Syndicate of the University of Kerala during 2019-2026 and a member of the Governing Council of the Kerala State Higher Education Council during 2014-16.
He was admitted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (London) in 2021. Dr. Gopchandran's primary research interests lie in Information Technology and Nanophotonics. He has reviewed papers for over 45 prestigious journals, including Nature Communications and Scientific Reports from the Nature Group, as well as journals published by ACS, RSC, Elsevier, and Springer. With around 125 journal publications, his work has garnered over 5,200 citations, earning him an h-index of 36.
Dr. Gopchandran has mentored eight Post-Doctoral Fellows and guided 23 Ph.D. candidates in Optoelectronics to successful completion. Additionally, he has supervised 48 M.Phil dissertations.

Employment

• University of Kerala Professor
  2019 - Present
• University of Kerala Reader/Associate Professor
  2013 - 2019
• University of Kerala Lecturer/Assistant Professor
  2004 - 2013
• University of Kerala Research and Development
  1988 - 2004

Education

• University of Kerala Ph.D (Topic:Studies on Preparation and characterization of indium oxide and indium tin oxide films)
  1991 - 1998
• University of Kerala M.Sc (Physics)
  1984 - 1986
• University of Kerala B.Sc (Physics, Chemistry & Mathematics)
  1981 - 1984

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (114)

• High-Performance Broadband Photodetector Based on a p-Borophene/n-MoS2 Heterojunction
  IEEE Photonics Technology Letters 2026 0 citations DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2026.3705061
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• Emergence of Unusual Cr3+ Emission and Exceptional Thermal Stability in Ca3Ga2Ge3O12: Cr3+/Yb3+ Garnet Phosphors for High-Performance Optical Thermometry and NIR pc-LEDs
  ACS Applied Optical Materials 2026 4 citations DOI: 10.1021/acsaom.5c00592
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• Extending the potential of MOF-derived LaFeO3@C: a sustainable solution for hexavalent chromium contamination
  New Journal of Chemistry 2026 0 citations DOI: 10.1039/D5NJ04580K
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• Enhanced emission in lanthanum-activated CaTiO3:Eu3+ nanophosphors
  Journal of Materials Science 2025 2 citations DOI: 10.1007/s10853-025-11356-w
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• Surface Modified Ag Nanowires as Effective, Flexible-Patterned SERS Substrates for the Detection of Fishery Drugs
  Langmuir 2025 9 citations DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5c01229
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• Green light activated red luminescence from Y2O3: Eu3+ nanophosphors
  Chemical Physics Impact 2024 12 citations DOI: 10.1016/j.chphi.2024.100576
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• Fabrication of Flexible AgNW@R-PDMS SERS Substrates by Sandpaper-Assisted Lithography for Surface Swab Capture of Fungicides
  ACS Applied Optical Materials 2024 8 citations DOI: 10.1021/acsaom.4c00006
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• White light-emitting ZnO:Dy3+ nanophosphors: delving into the spectroscopic parameters via Judd–Ofelt analysis
  Dalton Transactions 2024 14 citations DOI: 10.1039/D3DT04070D
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• Suppression of Visible Emission in Low-Temperature Synthesized Cobalt-Doped ZnO Nanoparticles and Their Photosensing Applications
  Inorganic Chemistry 2023 6 citations DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.3c00846
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• Enhanced electron transfer due to rGO makes Ag–CaTiO3@rGO a promising plasmonic photocatalyst
  Journal of Science: Advanced Materials and Devices 2022 26 citations DOI: 10.1016/j.jsamd.2022.100468
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