Solid State Ionics Lab | Dr. Sunil Kumar
Dr. SUNIL KUMAR
EDUCATION
  • PhD Materials Science, Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore: 2012.

  • MSc Physics, University of Delhi: 2004.

  • BSc Physical Sciences, Maharshi Dayanand University Rohtak: 2002.
WORK EXPERIENCE
  • Associate Professor
    Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, Indian Institute of Technology Indore (February 2022 – till date)

  • Assistant Professor
    Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, Indian Institute of Technology Indore (December 2018 – February 2022)

  • DST INSPIRE Faculty
    Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, Indian Institute of Technology Indore (November 2015 – November 2020)

  • Assistant Professor (ad-hoc)
    University of Delhi (January 2015 – May 2015 and July 2012 - December 2012)

  • Research Fellow
    Faculty of Engineering, National University of Singapore (December 2012 – 2014)

  • Research Associate
    Materials Research Centre, Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore (November 2011 – June 2012)

  • Visiting Researcher (ERASMUS-MUNDUS Fellow)
    Department of Applied Physics, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain (May 2010 - November 2010)
AWARDS / FELLOWSHIPS
  • Best Teacher Award (year 2022), Indian Institute of Technology Indore.

  • Early Career Research Award (year 2017), Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Government of India.

  • Life Member, Materials Research Society of India (MRSI), since 2016

  • DST - INSPIRE Faculty Award (year 2015).

  • SERC Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (NUS Singapore: years 2012 - 2014).

  • ERASMUS-MUNDUS fellowship (year 2010) awarded by European Commission for research stay at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain.

  • Research Fellowship (JRF and SRF) awarded by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Govt. of India (2006-2010).

  • National Eligibility Test (NET-JRF) conducted jointly by UGC-CSIR, India.

  • Secured position among top 20% of all JRF awardees in the field of Physical Sciences conducted by CSIR and invited for prestigious SPM fellowship examination held in 2004 (effectively among the top ~ 0.17% of all candidates appeared for NET examination.
REVIEWER
  • Nature Communicatoins

  • Energy Storage Materials

  • Nanoscale

  • Electrochimica Acta

  • Journal of Energy Chemistry

  • International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

  • Dalton Transactions

  • CrystEngComm

  • Sustainable Energy & Fuels

  • Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers

  • RSC Advances

  • Journal of Materials Chemistry A

  • Applied Surface Science

  • Materials Science and Engineering B

  • Journal of the American Ceramic Society

  • International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology

  • Journal of Asian Ceramic Societies

  • Electrochemistry

  • Journal of Applied Physics

  • Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter

  • Applied Physics Letters

  • Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

  • Journal of Physics: Energy

  • Nanotechnology

  • Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry

  • Journal of Advanced Ceramics

  • Bulletin of Materials Science

  • Journal of Alloys and Compounds

  • Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials

  • Materials Chemistry and Physics

  • Ceramics International

  • Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids

  • Materials Characterization

  • Journal of the Australian Ceramic Society

  • Sādhanā

  • ACS Omega

  • Defence Science Journal

  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, India Section A: Physical Sciences
OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES
  • Faculty Coordinator, Institute Science and Technology Committee, IIT Indore

  • Member, Institute Student Mobility, Admission and Exchange Committee, IIT Indore

  • Convener, CEVITS Centre Post-Graduate Committee (CPGC), IIT Indore (years 2021 - now)

  • Member, MEMS Department Post-Graduate Committee (DPGC), IIT Indore (years 2018, 19)

  • Convener, MEMS Department Computer Committee (December 2018 to December 2019), IIT Indore

  • Convener, MEMS Department Website Committee, IIT Indore

  • Convener, Admission in PhD program in the Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, IIT Indore (years 2017, 2019)