Biosketch

Neeraj Khare is a Professor in Physics Department, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India. He has been teaching Physics at IIT Delhi since 2005. He worked as Scientist in Superconductivity Group at National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi from 1988 to 2005. He had various visiting positions at Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, UK, IBM, T. J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA, Department of Physics and Applied Physics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK, Pohang University, South Korea and National University of Singapore.

His research interests are in the area of semiconductors, magnetic, ferroelectric, superconducting nanostructure/nanocomposites and exploring its potential for novel applications such as for enhanced photodegradation of organic dyes in industrial waste-water, photoelectrochemical water splitting for H2 production, nanogenerator for harnessing mechanical energy, thermoelectric devices, solar cells, resistive switching for neuromorphic computing and superconducting quantum devices.

He also worked as the head of the Nanotechnology Center at IIT Delhi from 2016 to 2022 and brought more than 12 million USD funding. He has published over 250 papers in international journals (current h-index: 51 and i-10 index: 145), nine patents and has edited three books including a book on “High-Temperature Superconductor Electronics”. He has supervised 28 Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) students and more than 100 project theses of Master's and Undergraduate students. He is member of the editorial board of Superconductor Science and Technology (2005-2008) and member of the editorial board of Current Physics Application from 2017 and member of the editorial board of Proceedings of National Academy of Science: Physical Sciences from 2023.

Prof. Khare is a Fellow of Institute of Physics (IOP), UK, Fellow of National Academy of Sciences India (NASI), Trinity College (University of Cambridge) Visiting scholar Fellow and Fellow of Asia Pacific Academy of Material.