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Currently, he is working as Associate Research Professor at Chonnam National University, S. Korea. He also worked as An outstanding overseas young researcher & Assistant Research Professor under National Research Foundation of Korea (KRF), Brain-Pool (BP) Program at Polymer Energy Materials Laboratory (PEML), under Prof. Chang Kook Hong, Professor at School of Applied Chemical Engineering, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, South Korea (2014-2021). He is recipient of the prestigious “Best Ph. D. thesis Award” by the International Solvothermal and Hydrothermal Association (ISHA)-2014, France. Dr. Sawanta received his Ph. D. degree from Shivaji University Kolhapur, M. S. India in 2013 in Polymer solar cell based on nanostructured metal oxides under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Pramod S. Patil, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Shivaji University Kolhapur. His research interests are mainly focused on the hydrothermal/solvothermal synthesis of 1D/3D nanomaterials and their application in hybrid and flexible perovskite solar cells.

Curriculum Vitae

  1. Outstanding oversea young researcher, National Research Foundation of Korea, Korean Research Fellowship (KRF) (2016-2021)

  2. Dr. D. S. Kothari, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, School of energy Studies, University of Pune, Pune-411 007. 2012-2012

  3. Best Thesis Award: Ph. D. in Physics: Title of Thesis “Development of polymer solar cells based on nanostructured titanium oxide” (Best Thesis Award, International Solvothermal and Hydrothermal Association-(ISHA-2014), Bordeaux, France) First in India. Ph. D. guide: Prof. Dr. Pramod S. Patil (Shivaji University Kolhapur)

  1. Associate Research Professor  March 2021 to Present

  2. An outstanding overseas young researcher & Assistant Research Professor under National Research Foundation of Korea (KRF) Program (2014 -2016)

  3. Research Professor, Polymer Energy Materials Laboratory, School of Advanced Chemical Engineering, Chonnam National University, Gwangju- 500 757 (Dec-2012 to March-2013)

  4. Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, School of Advanced Chemical Engineering, Chonnam National University, Gwangju- 500 757 (Dec-2012 to March-2013)

  5. Dr. D. S. Kothari, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, School of energy Studies,  University of Pune, Pune-411 007. (2012-2012)

  6. DST International Travel award-2010. 

  7. Ph. D. in Physics (Nanomaterials) (Submitted December 2011) Thin Film Materials LaboratoryDepartment of Physics, Shivaji University, Kolhapur – 416 004 M.S., INDIA Title of Thesis: “Development of polymer solar cells based on nanostructured titanium oxide”(Best Thesis Award, International Solvothermal and Hydrothermal Association-(ISHA-2014), Bordeaux, France) Date of award: 16th March 2013

  8. M. Sc. in Physics (Materials Science), 2008 Shivaji University, Kolhapur 416 004 India With first class (Specialization – Materials Science) M. Sc. Project: “Functionalization of Carbon nanotubes and synthesis of their nanocomposites with inorganic metal oxides” is completed for the partial fulfillment of M. Sc. degree.

  9. B. Sc. in Physics: First Class (Three year degree course), 2006 Yashavantrao  Chavan Warana Mahavidyalaya, Warananagar, Shivaji University, Kolhapur – 416 004, (M.S.) India With first class (Physics, Chemistry, Biology)

  1. Outstanding oversea young researcher, National Research Foundation of Korea, Korean Research Fellowship (KRF) (2016-2021)

  2. Dr. D. S. Kothari, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, School of energy Studies, University of Pune, Pune-411 007. 2012-2012

  3. Best Thesis Award: Ph. D. in Physics: Title of Thesis “Development of polymer solar cells based on nanostructured titanium oxide” (Best Thesis Award, International Solvothermal and Hydrothermal Association-(ISHA-2014), Bordeaux, France) First in India. Ph. D. guide: Prof. Dr. Pramod S. Patil (Shivaji University Kolhapur)

  4. Mali S.S., Korean Society of Industrial Engineering and Chemistry, Excellent Young Researcher Award, 1st May 2015, Busan, S. Korea.

  5. Excellent poster and oral presentations: 8  

  6. Winner of Best cover page competition: Nanotoday (3), Materials Today (2)  

  7. Editor board member of several international journals including Nature Scientific Reports

  1. Editor Board Member, Nature’s ‘Scientific Reports’, Nature Publishing Group.

  2. Editor, Global Advanced Research Journal of Environmental Science and Toxicology (from 13th March-2012)

  3. Guest Editor, Special Issue -American Journal of Materials Science (From April-2014), 

  4. Scientific and Academic Publishing Editor Board Member, Recent Progress in Materials, LIDSEN Publishing Inc. (9th Jan 2019)

  5. Editorial Board – Journal of Science Research International, From 2014. https://bhumipublishing.com/jsri/editorial-board/  (Bhumi Publication)

  6. Editor Board Member, General Chemistry,   http://www.genchemistry.org/EN/column/column249.shtml 

  7. Editor Board Member: Modern Materials Science and Technology, Whioce Publishing, From 2019.

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Reviewer of many international journals from various publishing houses including EES, Joule, Matter, Adv. Mater, Adv. Energy  Mater, AFM, Small, COM, Chem. Comm., Nanoscale, JMC-A&C, CEJ, Nano Energy etc.  

TECHNICAL SKILLS

  • ​THIN FILM DEPOSITION TECHNIQUES

  1. Nanomaterials synthesis by Hydrothermal route

  2. High Vacuum Deposition

  3. E-Beam Evaporation

  4. Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD)

  5. Programmable Spin Coating

  6. Microwave assisted deposition of nanomaterials

  7. Microwave assisted hydrothermal Synthesis of nanomaterials (MHS)

  8. Spray Pyrolysis

  9. Low Temperature Measurements

  10. Programmable SILAR controller (HOLMARK)

  11. Refluxing

  12. Chemical Bath Deposition (CBD)

  13. Screen Printing

  14. Successive Ionic Layer Adsorption and Reaction (SILAR)

  15. Deep Coating

  16. Electrospinning

  17. Thermal evaporation

  18. Different kind of electrochemical work station

  19. IMPS/IMVS measurements

  • CHARACTERIZATION TECHNIQUES

  1. Four years’ operating experience of “Fourier Transform Raman Spectroscopy (FT-Raman) (Model- MultiRAM, Bruker),” in the Department of Physics, Shivaji University Kolhapur.

  2. Four years’ experience for the handling Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), (Model, JEOL, JSM-6360), in the Department of Physics Shivaji University, Kolhapur.

  3. Four years experience for the handling AMBIOS make XP-1Surface Profilerin the Department of Physics Shivaji University, Kolhapur.

  4. Four years experience for the High Vacuum Coater System make Hind High-Vac (15F) in the Department of Physics Shivaji University, Kolhapur.

  5. Four years experience for the handling Electrochemical Quartz Crystal Microbalance (EQCM) make CHI Instrument, Electrochemical Analyzer in the Department of Physics Shivaji University, Kolhapur.

  6. Four years experience for the handling Semiconductor Characterization System 4200-SCS (Keithley Make), in the Department of Physics Shivaji University, Kolhapur.

  7. Good experience for the handling Solar Simulator System Sol-2A (Oreal).

  8. Four years experience for the handling Programmable Spin Coater SCU-2008 (APEX Instrument), in the Department of Physics Shivaji University, Kolhapur.

  9. Four years good experience of handling Shimazdu UV-1800 and UV-3600 models Spectrophotometer, in the Department of Physics Shivaji University, Kolhapur.

  10. Four years experience Optical Microscope (grain boundaries, porosity calculations)

  11. Four years good experience of handling electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), at Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC), Mumbai.

  12. Four  years operating experience of “Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR)”in the Department of Chemistry, Shivaji University Kolhapur (Model- 710, Perkim’s Elemner),

  13. High Temperature and Vacuum Furnaces

  14. Ultrasonic probe sonicator

  15. Gas Sensing Measurement unit

  16. Contact Angle Meter.

  17. Potentiostat (M-270)

  1. Invited talk, International Solvothermal and Hydrothermal Association (ISHA), Beijing, China-2010 

  2. Invited Talk, ICMAT-2013, Singapore. 

  3. Invited Talk: Jeju, South Korea-2014 

  4. Invited Talk, International Solvothermal and Hydrothermal Association (ISHA), Bordaux, France-2014 

  5. Invited Talk, KSIEC, Busan- S. Korea 

  6. Invited Talk, GPCV-2014, Busan-2014. 

  7. Invited Talk, GPV-2020, Jeju-2020

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Many invited talks delivered in India at various universitites and colleges. 

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