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Nationality

Dr. Susanta Sinha Roy born in a village of eastern India. He obtained his M.Sc in Physics from Calcutta University and Ph.D. from Jadavpur University, India. Dr. Roy has teaching experience in courses of materials science and engineering, bio-medical engineering and molecular spectroscopy. He has expertise on three research areas: i) Nanomaterial synthesis and characterisation, ii) Physics of fluid flow in micro-channel, iii) Dielectric and electrochemical measurements. He has supervised 3 Ph.D. students and 7 Masters students, published over 60 research papers in peer reviewed journals of international repute, presented over 50 conference papers and completed four sponsored projects. He has collaboration with national and international centers of excellence in research including, University of Alberta, Canada, Ulster University, UK, IIT Mumbai, Oxford University, UK and University of Witwatersrand, South Africa.

Executive Summary

• Ph. D. in Science (1998) from Jadavpur University, Calcutta, India. Thesis: Dielectric studies and phase behaviour of liquid crystal molecules.

• M. Sc. in Physics (1993) from Calcutta University, India.

• B. Sc. Honors in Physics (1990) from Calcutta University, India. Minors: Mathematics, Chemistry.

Education

2010 - present

2012-present: Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Shiv Nadar University, INDIA.



2011- 2012: Research Associate at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, CANADA.


2003- 2011: Research Fellow at NIBEC, School of Engineering, University of Ulster at Jordanstown, UK.


2002- 2003:  EPSRC Research Assistant at CMPMS, Department of Pure and Applied Physics, Queen's University Belfast, UK.

2000-2001: Research Assistant & visiting Scientist at the department of Physics and Geoscience, University of Leipzig. GERMANY.


1999-2000: EPSRC Research Assistant at the department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, UK.

Work

Experience

2010 - present

Funding/ Outreach Activities

  • Co-investigator of the project "NEXAFS characterization of carbon based thin films". Synchrotron laboratory, Daresbury, England. (2004).
  • Co-investigator of the project "Interaction of gases with nitrogenated single walled nanotubes: Real time XPS investigation". Elettra, Trieste, Italy. (2005).

  • Co-investigator of the UKIERI project entitled "Nanostructuring of nanofluidic/microfluidic devices for enhanced blood filtering and detection of blood analytes associated with biosensors". £90K (2007-2011). Funding Body: The British Council.
  • Co-investigator of the INVEST-NI project entitled “Nanoscale Surface Modification of Gas Diffusion Barrier Coatings, for Packaging and Other Electronic Materials and Devices.”  £100K (2009-2010).

  • Principal investigator of the project: Fabrication of carbon nanotube arrays in microfluidic channels/devices and their applications for blood analytes separation and detection. Funding Body: National access program, Tyndall Institute, Cork, Ireland, (2010).
  • Co-investigator of an International Strategic Opportunities Program (ISOP). Project Title: Handheld Bio-MEMS Sensors for Cardiac Monitoring (2008-2012). In collaboration with Waterloo University, Canada. (Canadian $100K).

  • Invest-NI trade mission participants to India (twice) and USA. Joint research collaboration established with various international research institutes, in India, UK, USA, Canada, South Africa, and Japan.
  • Experience in R &D consultancies in the characterisation, control and growth study of diamond like carbon (DLC) for various applications.

  • Co-investigator of an NSERC-Industry Grant. Project Title: Cantilever base microfluidic device for water viscosity and density measurements (2011-2012). (Canadian $25K)
Master (M. Sc/M. Tech) students
  • Title: Growth of carbon nanotubes on nickel islands, created on tin oxide substrate for potential application of sensor based devices by P. K. Yadav, 2005.
  • Title: Periodic patterning of Catalyst islands by nanosphere lithography and the growth of carbon nanotubes and ZnO nanowires by A. George, 2006.
  • Title: Electrical Properties of CNT's by A. Mathur 2007.
  • Title: The growth of zinc oxide nanostructure on different catalyst substrate by P. Kumari, 2007.
  • Title: Growth, Microstructure of vertically aligned MWCNTs and their application in DC Micro Plasma devices by N. Soin, 2008.
  • Title: Experimental and theoretical study of variation of microfluidic flow with DLC coating by Y. Balasubramaniam, 2009.
  • Title: Functional DLC coatings on polymers for gas barrier application by D. Mukherjee, 2010.
 
PhD students
  • Title: Experimental Studies on Microfluidic Flow Characteristics and Cell Separation in Lab-on-a-Chip Systems, S. Mukhopadhyay (2010).
  • Title: Growth, Microstructure of carbon nanotubes and their application in micro-particle separation and sensor devices, A. Mathur (2010).
  • Title: Vertically Aligned Few Layered Graphene (FLG) Nanoflakes: Synthesis and Applications. N. Soin (2011).

 

Students Supervised

  • Research Fellow of Graduate Aptitude Test for the Engineers (GATE) by Indian Institute of Technology in 1993 and awarded research fellowship.
  • Professional member of Indian liquid crystals society. (1995-1999)
  • Professional member of British liquid  crystals society. (1999-2000)
  • President of the Research Scholars Association at Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, during 1996-1998.
  • EPSRC award for ISIS neutron training course (26th January-4th February, 2004) at Rutherford Appleton laboratory.
  • Associate Member of IOP
  • Associate member of Canadian Medical and Biological Engineering Society
  • Visiting scientist award at the University of Leipzig, Germany (2001).
  • Reviewer’s of the journals: Thin solid films, Diamond and Related materials, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Applied surface science, Current applied physics, Nanoscale research Letters, Materials Science and Engineering B, etc.

Others

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