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Biography

Dr. Kishor Kumar Sadasivuni is currently working as a Research Assistant Professor and the group leader of SmartNanoSolutions at Center for Advanced Materials, Qatar University. Dr. Kishor’s research has its roots from the analytical chemistry he mastered during his Master’s degree at Andhra University, India. He received his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from University of South Brittany at Lorient, France in 2012 under the supervision of Prof. Yves Grohens and Prof. Sabu Thomas. He has to his credit vast experience in postdoctoral research as he was in this position firstly at the Inha University in South Korea (Prof. Jeahwan Kim Supervisor, 2014) and then two times at Qatar University (Prof. Mariam Al-Madeed,2015 and Prof. John-John Cabibihan,2017) He was appointed to the Center for Advanced Materials at Qatar University in 2018 as a Research Associate from which he has been promoted to his present designation as Research Assistant Professor in June 2021. He has been included in the world’s top 2 % of scientists according to a list compiled by Stanford University in the year 2019-2024, he was recently honored by the QU. He has enormous knowledge and valuable experience in his field owing to over 12 years of active research experience. Dr. Kishor has more than 250 research articles published in international peer-reviewed journals with a total citation of 17780 and h-index 74. He is also the author of 20 book chapters and the editor of 14 books. His books were included in Springer Top 25 e-book download of the year 2020.

Dr. Kishor is an expert in nanomaterials engineering, especially sensing and flexible electronics. He has a keen interest towards development of different devices based on smart materials by engineering IoT. Such composites find useful applications in sensors, electro-active lenses, memory devices, energy storage devices and actuators. These devices have their applicability and end-users in security systems, biomedical devices, agriculture sector, waste management, sensors and other industrial fields. Some of Dr. Kishor’s inventions are protected by 2 US patents and 2 Indian patents and presently 5 patent disclosures have been submitted by him. His strong academic background and passion for research is remarkable and reflected in his fast paced career growth.

Dr. Kishor’s enthusiastic and sincere approach towards research work is reflected in the forms of various grants and awards offered to him. He is a group leader and is presently the lead principal investigator for 11 research projects, covering the NPRP, MME, UREP, IRCC grants of Qatar National Research Fund and the Qatar University. He is also involved in other three research grants as the principal investigator, summarizing a total grant amount of 3M$. Dr. Kishor is a team player and has collaborated actively with researchers (more than 450 co-authors as evident from the Scopus data) in several disciplines of computer science, biomedical sciences, industrial engineering, and electrical engineering from all over the world (USA, France, South Korea, Oman, Spain, Italy, Australia, Malaysia). Dr. Kishor’s achievements have been recognized by several awards such as Tyre & Rubber Industry Leadership Acknowledgement Awards (TRILA); Young Research Scholar of the Year 2017. Dr. Kishor is serving as the managing editor for Emergent Materials, the QU supported Springer-Nature journal. He is also serving as the chair of the conferences/workshop committee at Center for Advanced Materials and has successfully organized more than 5 international conferences and 3 workshops as lead organizer. He has also delivered more than 8 keynote lectures and 10 invited talks.

Dr. Kishor is a growing researcher in the field of polymer science and nanotechnology. Even in these tough times of pandemic he has actively carried out research work with a vision to develop smart materials that can benefit the society. His research is mainly concentrated on developing devices based on nanomaterials and their nanocomposites applicable in various fields such as high-performance piezoelectric devices, flexible electronics using piezophototronic effect, energy storage devices, nanogenerators, sensors and Actuators. The experience in the field of conductive fillers such as carbon nanotubes, graphene-based materials and polyaniline will be utilized to develop conductive polymer nanocomposites applicable in electronics (flexible and non-flexible). In addition, the 2D nanomaterials and its modification for exploring electronic devices will help to figure out more strategies in technology-related research.

Education

Ph. D (Material Science, Nov 2012): University of South Brittany, France.

Thesis Title: Development of high performance poly (isobutylene-co-isoprene) nanocomposites for mechanical, barrier and sensing applications.

M. Sc. (Analytical Chemistry, May 2008): Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India.

B. Sc (Chemistry, May 2006): Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India.

Experience

Jan 2022- Present: Research Assistant Professor, Center for Advanced Materials, Qatar University, Qatar.

Nov 2017- Dec 2023: Managing Editor, Emergent Materials, Springer.

Feb 2018- Dec 2021: Research Associate, Center for Advanced Materials, Qatar University, Qatar.

July 2015-Oct 2017: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Qatar University, Qatar.

Project-“Development of Smart Minimum Invasive Surgery Tools with Tactile Sensing Capabilities for Telerobot surgery System” and “Neuromorphic Tactile Sensing: A Paradigm Shift for Prosthetics and Surgical Robotics” NPRP 4‐368‐2‐135 & NPRP 7‐673‐2‐251.

Mar 2015-Jun 2015: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Center for Advanced Materials (CAM), Qatar University, Qatar.

Project-“Development of Self-healing Corrosion Protection Barriers from Chitosan based Nanoocmposites” NPRP 4-800-2-297.

Nov 2013-Feb 2015: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Inha University, South Korea.

Project- “Bionanocomposites for Reconfigurable Actuating Lens” Brain Korea.

Mar 2013-Sep 2013: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Centre for Advanced Materials (CAM), Qatar.

Project-“Development of oil sensor based on conductive polymer composite” NPRP-6.

Mar 2009-Feb 2010: Junior Research Fellow for Department of Science and Technology Project in School of Chemical Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, India.

Project-“Development of high-performance butyl rubber and chlorobutyl rubber nanocomposites for barrier application” DST, India.

Visiting Researcher

Dec 2012- Feb 2013: AMME-LECAP, EA 4528 International Laboratory, Institute of Material Research FED4114, Université de Rouen, Faculté des Sciences, Avenue de l’Université BP 12, 76801 Saint Etienne du Rouvray, France.

Apr 2012- May 2012: Laboratory of Applied Rheology and Polymer Processing, KatholiekeUniversiteit, Leuven, Department of Chemical Engineering, Belgium.

Sep 2009- Oct 2010: Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research, Dresden, Germany.

Reviewer of Journals

Applied Materials & Interfaces, ACS

Materials Chemistry and Physics, Elsevier

Composite Science and Technology, Elsevier

Material Science and Engineering B, Elsevier

Composites Part B, Elsevier

Sensors and Actuators A, Elsevier

Colloid and polymer science, Springer

The Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, Springer

International Journal of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Springer