Pushpendra Kumar, PhD (IITD)

I am working as an associate professor since 2014 in Department of Physics at Manipal University Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. Before Joining Manipal university, I worked as POSTDOC for about six years (2005-2011) at Saarland University Saarbrucken Germany and Technical University Braunschweig Germany followed by assistant professor at Department of Physics, National Institute of Technology Delhi for 2 years (2012-2014). I also have been visiting professor at Flinders University Adelaide, Australia during April 9 – 23, 2017. Following are the few credentials. the detail are given on respective page.

SCI Refereed International Journals: 120

National and international Conferences expert/invited talk: 50

National and international Patent: 05

Participated and received ‘Student award’ from Vapor Technologies Inc. at “International conference on metallurgical coatings and thin films” – 2004, San Diego, CA, U.S.A.

Editor: Special Collection "Advanced Catalytic Materials for Sustainable Energy Production and Environmental Remediation, Discover Catalysis, Springer 

           Nature, Feb.-November, 2026 https://link.springer.com/collections/aefibhhabc

Topic Editor: Low-Dimensional and Hybrid Functional Materials: Theory, Experiment, and Application, Frontiers in Physics, March-October 2026,

                    Frontiers | Low-Dimensional and Hybrid Functional Materials

Editor: International Journal of Composite Materials and Matrices

Lead Guest Editor: in Special Issue on “Mesoporous Materials for Emerging Applications” in Journal of Nanomaterials, 2015-16.

Topic Editor: on “Nanostructure Surface Modification for Energy Storage Applications” in Frontiers in Energy Research, 2018-19.

                     Loop | Pushpendra Kumar (frontiersin.org)

Review Editor: Condensed Matter Physics in Frontiers in Physics (2022-2025).

Guest Associate Editor: Nanotechnology for Energy Applications, Frontiers in Physics (2022-2025).

Associate Editor: Condensed Matter Physics, Frontier in Physics July 2023 onward

Referee for the Journals:  Nanotechnology, J. of the Electrochemical Society, Applied Surface Science, 

                           Electrochimica Acta, J. Solid State Electrochemistry, Solid State Ionics, Mat. Scie. Sem. Proc.,   

                           J. Alloys and Compound, Thin Solid Films, Physica E, J. Electroanalytical Chemistry, etc.

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Current research activities

• Fuel cell

• Density Functional Theory based computational analysis.

• Calcium hydroxide nano-composites materials for multifunctional applications.

• Synthesis and characterization of graphene for supercapacitor applications.

• Synthesis of Si nanoparticle by electrochemically prepared nanoporous silicon & Si nanowire.

• Extraction of hydrogen from water via electrochemical route for hydrogen energy applications.

• Porous Silicon, Thin films and metal nanoparticles