Sajan Daniel George

Professor & Director

沙巴体育 Institute of Applied Physics

Qualification: Ph.D.

CURRENT ACADEMIC ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES

SUBJECTS CURRENTLY TEACHING

Subject Semester / Year
Nanomaterials Third
Non Linear Optics Third

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Degree Specialisation Institute Year of passing
PhD Photonics CUSAT, Kochi 2004

Experience

Institution / Organisation Designation Role Tenure
沙巴体育 Institute of Applied Physics Professor and Director 2025 - till date
Department of Atomic and Molecular Physics Professor & Head of the Department 2022 to 2025
Department of Atomic and Molecular Physics Professor 2018 to 2022
Department of Atomic and Molecular Physics Associate Professor 2012 to 2018
Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany Scientist 2009 to 2012
Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany Scientist 2007 to 2009
Department of Atomic and Molecular Physics Assistant Professor 2006 to 2007
Department of Atomic and Molecular Physics 沙巴体育 Associate 2005 to 2006
Katholikek University of Leuven, Belgium KU Leuven Fellow 2004 to 2005

AREAS OF INTEREST, EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH

Area of Interest

Nano-bio-photonics.

Area of Expertise

Nanophotonics, Photothermal methods, Biomedical Applications of Laser, Micro/ Optofluidics, Particle trapping and tweezing.

Area of 沙巴体育

Nanoparticle based bioimaging, Plasmonic control of emission, Micro and Optofluidic Technologies, Optical Tweezers, Marangonic Tweeezers, Spectrosocpic techniques for disease detection.

Professional Affiliations & Contributions

  • Editorial Board Member, Scientific Reports, Nature Publishers, USAEditorial Board Member, Materials Science and Engineering Progress, Engineers Press Group, AustriaEditorial Board Member, Soft Nanoscience? Letters, Scientific 沙巴体育, USAEditorial Board Member, Asian Journal of Physical Sciences, IndiaReviewer Panel Member of Department of Defense, U S A?Reviewer Panel Member of National 沙巴体育 Council, Government of Romania
  • Reviewer of various journals of the following publishers (for more than 30 journals since 2003) : Springer, American Institute of Physics, RCSC publishers, Taylor & Francis, Elsevier Publications, SPIE Publications, American Scientific Publishers and 沙巴体育 Conferences
  • Invited Member – American Nano Society
  • Life Member – Photonics Society of India
  • Life Member – Indian Laser Association

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1)????Title: Surface Wettability Tailoring by Physical and Chemical Methods

Year:2018 Role: Guide Candidate: Jijo Easo George

2)????Title: Design and Development of a Hybrid Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS)-Raman system using Echelle Spectrograph for Material Characterization

Year: 2018 Role: Co-Guide Candidate: Muhammed Shameem K.M.

3)????Title: Microwave-asisted synthesis of spinel oxide phosphors for the generation of white light

Year: 2021 Role: Co-Guide Candidate: Deepak Hebbar N

4)????Title: Synthesis and characterization of porous anodic alumina nanostructures

Year: 2021 Role: Co-Guide Candidate: K. S. Choudhari

5)????Title: Development of a stand-off compact multi-modal LIBS-lIF-Raman spectroscopy system for in-situ material characterization

Year:2022 Role: Co-Guide Candidate:Dhanada V. S.

6)????Title: Synthesis, Characterization and sensing applications of carbon dots and upconversion nanoparticles

Year: 2023 Role:Guide Candidate: Shiavanad H Nannuri

7)????Title: Signal enhancement strategies for laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) technique

Year: 2023 Role: Co-Guide Candidate: Keerthi K

8)????Title: Synthesis of band-gap tuned magnetic core-shell nanomaterials for the photodegradation of dyes

Year:2023 Role: Co-Guide Candidate:Antony Dasint Lopis

9)????Title: Design, fabrication and applications of physio-chemicaly modified wettabilty contrast surfaces

Year: 2023 Role: Guide Candidate: Alina Peethan

10)???Title: Application Of Laser Spectroscopy Techniques For The Study Of Natural And Archaeological-Like Samples

Year: 2023 Role: Co-Guide Candidate:Surya Harikrishnan

11)???Title: The Cellular Temperature Probing Of An Optically Trapped Cell Using Upconversion Luminescence

Year: 2023 Role:Guide Candidate: Suresh K

12)???Title: Design, Assembly and Optimization of Opto-Thermophoretic Tweezer for Raman Spectroscopic Studies

Year: 2024 Role: Guide Candidate: Monisha K

13)???Title: Human Tear Sample Studies using High-Performance Liquid Chromatography with Laser-Induced Fluorescence (HPLC-LIF) and Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Techniques (SERS)

Year: 2024 Role:Co-Guide Candidate:Spurthi Adigal

On-going Postdoc

1)????Dr. Bharat. D (Micro and Nanoprinting)

On-going Ph.D. students

  1. Title: Nanostructured Contact Lenses For Improved Bio-Compatibility, Candidate: Aravind M, Role: Guide
  2. Title: Liquid Biopsy for Oral Cancer Screening using Superhydrophobic Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy, Candidate: Vineet P, Role: Guide
  3. Title: Fabrication of Slippery Liquid-Infused Porous Surface (Slips) for Bio-Photonics Applications, Candidate: Swithin Hanosh, Role: Guide
  4. Title: Fluorescence Energy Transfer between Core-Shell Upconversion Nanoparticles and 2D Materials, Candidate: Pratheeksha Rao, Role: Guide
  5. Title: Design, Development and Optimization of Projection Printing Technique for Thermophoretic Tweezing and Spectroscopic Applications, Candidate: Shreyas M.S., Role: Guide
  6. Title: Development of Lab-On-A-Chip Platform For Studying Bacterial Growth Candidate: Jyeshta Prabhu Role: Guide
  7. Title: Synthesis And Development Of Black Phosphorus Based Stimuli-Responsive Nanoplatform For Multimodal Theranostic For Breast Cancer Candidate:Soji. S Role:Co-Guide
  8. Title: Sensing and Remediation Technologies for mitigating Antibiotic Resistance Candidate:Maargavi Singh Role:Co-Guide
  9. Title: Microplastics in Environmental Samples of Coastal Karnataka: Characterization And Source Analysis of Heavy Metal Contamination using Laser Spectroscopy Candidate:Vasudev Role:Co-Guide
  10. Title: Lab-on-a-Chip platform for studying antimicrobial susceptibility testing Candidate: Jyeshta Prabhu Role: Guide
  11. Title: Microwave-assisted therapeutic application of nanomaterials Candidate: Parvathy MR Role: Guide
  12. Title: Microfluidic Contact lens for drug delivery Candidate: Vivke M Role: Guide

Postgraduate Students

  1. Optical Manipulation of 2D materials Candidate: Desmond Quinn (2021) Role: Guide
  2. Optical biosensors using 2D materials Candidate: Pratheeksha Rao (2021) Role: Guide
  3. Synthesis and Optical Characteristics of Mn2+ doped NaYF4:Yb,Er upconversion Candidate: Sana Adan (2019) Role: Guide
  4. Stimuli responsive wettability studies on polymers Candidate: Sujith Udupa (2019) Role:Guide Photonics devices from hierachically structured surfaces. Candidate: Osheen Joseph (2018) Role: Guide
  5. Preparation and Characterization of Carbon dots Candidate: Prinston Melory Lewis (2016) Role: Guide
  6. Synthesis and Characterization of Water Dispersible NaYF4:Yb/Er Upconversion Nanoparticles. Candidate: Shivanand H Nannuri (2016) Role: Guide
  7. Synthesis and characterization of upconversion nanoparticles Candidate: Ravishankar (2015) Role: Guide
  8. Pulsed Laser based Photoacoustic technique. Candidate: Vinod Hedge (2014) Role: Guide