Kumar Saurabh

About

Curious and impact-driven Materials Scientist with over 3 years of post-PhD experience in semiconductor materials, thermoelectrics, and advanced ceramics. I specialize in crystal growth, device development, and scaling up materials for industrial applications. Experienced in aligning technical R&D with business goals, collaborating across teams, and translating scientific research into market-ready products. Passionate about leveraging material innovation to solve real-world challenges. Successfully launched high-purity SiC grains at CUMI for semiconductor and technical ceramic applications.
Joined UoH in 2025 as a postdoc, working on the crystal growth of various crystals for photonics and electronics applications using techniques such as Optical Float Zone, Czochralski, Bridgman, CVT, and TSSG.

Employment

• University of Houston Postdoctoral Researcher
  2025 - Present
• Carborundum Universal Limited Manager Technology
  2023 - 2024
• Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research Research Associate
  2022 - 2023

Education

• Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune Doctorate
  2016 - 2023
• Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune Masters
  2014 - 2016
• Technocrats Institute of Technology Bachelor of Engineering
  2007 - 2011

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (10)

• Conduction Band Convergence and Modular Nanostructures: Driving High Thermoelectric Performance in n-type PbSe.
  Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English) 2025 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202510305
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• Enhanced thermoelectric figure-of-merit in ‘defective’ half-Heusler Nb0.8CoSb
  Materials Today Physics 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.mtphys.2023.101236
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• Reproducible high thermoelectric figure of merit in Ag2Se
  Applied Physics Letters 2023 DOI: 10.1063/5.0143678
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• Crystal growth of “defective” half-Heusler Nb0.83CoSb
  Journal of Crystal Growth 2023 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2022.126957
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• Enhancing thermoelectric properties in TiNiSi structure-type semimetal ZrNiSi by doping
  Physical Review Materials 2022 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.6.065401
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• Crystal growth of quantum materials: a review of selective materials and techniques
  Bulletin of Materials Science 2022 DOI: 10.1007/s12034-021-02612-1
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• All-scale hierarchical nanostructures and superior valence band convergence lead to ultra-high thermoelectric performance in cubic GeTe
  Energy & Environmental Science 2022 DOI: 10.1039/D2EE02752F
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• Low thermal conductivity and semimetallic behavior in some TiNiSi structure-type compounds
  Physical Review Materials 2021 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.5.085406
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• Crystal growth and characterization of CaTe: A potential topological material
  Journal of Crystal Growth 2021 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrysgro.2020.125988
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• Pressure-induced phase transitions in the topological crystalline insulator SnTe and its comparison with semiconducting SnSe: Raman and first-principles studies
  Physical Review B 2020 DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.101.155202
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