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Pankaj Misra

Homi Bhabha National Institute, Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology, Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, University of Lucknow

ORCID iD 0000-0003-3695-4861
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Dr. Pankaj Misra is a Scientist at the Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology (RRCAT), Indore, Department of Atomic Energy, and Professor of Physical Sciences at the Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI). He heads the Nano-Electronic Materials and Devices Laboratory at RRCAT and has over 25 years of experience in semiconductor physics, functional materials, thin-film technology, nanoelectronics, sensors, and device development.
He received B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Physics from the University of Lucknow, an M.Tech. in Materials Science from IIT Kanpur with a GATE Fellowship, and a Ph.D. in Semiconductor Physics from Devi Ahilya University, Indore. His doctoral work received the Indian Laser Association Best Thesis Award in 2008. From 2012 to 2014, he served as Research Associate Professor at the Institute of Functional Materials, University of Puerto Rico, through an NSF-supported fellowship.
His research focuses on the synthesis, characterization, and device integration of functional oxide thin films, semiconductor nanostructures, hetero-structures, dielectric multilayers, and polymer-inorganic composites. His principal interests include oxide-semiconductor gas sensors, solar-blind ultraviolet and X-ray detectors, memristive devices, artificial synapses, neuromorphic sensing and computing, flexible electronics, piezoelectric and triboelectric nanogenerators, self-powered sensors, and interface-engineered devices.
Current work includes Ga2O3-based solar-blind UV detectors, ZnO-based room-temperature gas sensors, TiO2 memristors and crossbar arrays for synaptic functionalities, and flexible energy-harvesting systems. His research examines how defects, interfaces, dopants, electrode configurations, device geometry, surface chemistry, and charge transport govern device performance. His expertise spans thin-film deposition, nanomaterial synthesis, photolithography, device fabrication, and structural, optical, electrical, surface, gas-sensing, time-resolved, and pulse-based characterization.
At HBNI, he teaches doctoral courses, supervises Ph.D. scholars, and contributes to doctoral committees, Ph.D. selection, and research evaluation. His research vision is to develop multifunctional, low-power materials and devices capable of sensing, storing, processing, and responding to information for scientific, industrial, environmental, healthcare, and strategic applications.

Employment

  • Homi Bhabha National Institute Professor
    2018 - Present
  • Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology Scientific Officer
    1998 - Present

Education

  • Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya PhD
    2004 - 2008
  • Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur M. Tech. (Materials Sc.)
    1996 - 1998
  • University of Lucknow M.Sc.
    1993 - 1995

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