Anuraj S. Kshirsagar, Ph.D.
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Postdoctoral Associate at Mississippi State University (2021-to date).
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DST Nano Mission Postdoc Fellow at IISER Pune, India (2019-2021).
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Ph.D. at Defence Institute of Advanced Technology, Pune, India (2014-2019).
Fellowships, Grants, and Awards
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​SRI Seed funding grant (co-PI) from Mississippi State University, USA, 2021-2022.
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DST Nano Mission Postdoctoral Fellowship from the Govt. of India, 2019-2021.
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Institutional Junior Research Fellowship, DIAT, July 2014 to July 2016.
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Institutional Senior Research Fellowship, DIAT, Aug 2016 to Dec 2018.
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Best Oral Presentation Award at an international conference NANOCON018, Bharathi Vidyapeeth University, Pune, India.
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Best poster presentation award at National Conference on Chemistry of Chalcogens (NC3-2017) held at DIAT, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
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First prize in a poster presentation at the ‘National Conference on Frontiers in Chemical and Material Sciences’ (FCMS-2015), held at Shivaji University, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India.
Anuraj is a postdoctoral associate at the Department of Chemistry, Mississippi State University, MS USA.
His broad research interests are the development of semiconducting materials relevant to energy-efficient, or renewable energy technologies (e.g. Light emitting diodes (LEDs), Thermoelectrics, and Photocatalysis.
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He focuses on light-matter interactions, photo-physical properties, and the fabrication of light-emitting devices (LEDs). With experimental expertise, he aims to design and develop efficient semiconducting materials in colloidal and/or bulk form.
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Currently, he is working on multiple projects aiming to fabricate efficient LEDs using lead, and lead-free halide perovskites especially targeting blue, red, and white colors.
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In his free time, he likes to listen to music, play or watch cricket, or read a book.