Dr. Pradip Kumar

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Dr. Pradip Kumar

Principal Scientist

  • CSIR-AMPRI, Hoshangabad Road, Near Habibganj Naka, Bhopal-462026

  • pradip.kg@ampri.res.in

  • https://ampri.res.in/en/

 

Dr. Pradip Kumar
Principal Scientist & Assistant Professor,
Functional Materials and Composites Division (FMCD )
CSIR-Advanced Materials and Processes Research Institute(CSIR-AMPRI),
Hoshangabad Road, Near Habibganj Naka,
Bhopal – 462026, India.
Mobile: 
Email: pradip.kg@ampri.res.in
Educational Attainments:

  • Ph.D. (2012) in Physics from School of Physical Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, India.
  • M.Sc. (2005) in Physics, M. J. P. Rohilkhand University, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India.
  • B.Sc. (2003) in Physics, Mathematics & Chemistry, M. J. P. Rohilkhand University, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Research area:

  • Synthesis of graphene & other 2D layered materials
  • Synthesis of 2D materials-based polymer composites
  • Phase behaviour, rheology and processing of 2D materials
  • 2D materials-based; thin films, foams, aerogels and polymer composites for thermal
  • management, EMI shielding, hydrogen storage and catalysis applications

Awards and recognition:

  1. Recognised among the top 2% of Scientists Worldwide, published by Stanford University and Elsevier (2023).
  2. DST Inspire Faculty Award [DST/INSPIRE/04/2015/002415] February
  3. Lifetime member of the Indian Thermal Analysis Society (ITAS) and the Society for Material Chemistry (SMC) India
  4. Delivered 8 invited talks at International
  5. Book edited: 02, and published 6 book chapters in ACS, Wiley, and CRC

 Total SCI publications: 75 (Total citations = 3601, h-index = 32, h-index =53)

 Total Patents: Indian 3 (filed)

 Ongoing Research activities: Development of solid-state materials for Hydrogen storage, design of novel materials for thermal management and EMI shielding, Development of electrocatalysts for green hydrogen generation
  1. Shankar Ghotia, Asheesh Kumar, Seemita Banerjee, Neeraj Dwivedi, Avanish Kumar Srivastava, Pradip Kumar*; Palladium Decorated Unconventional Graphene Oxide for Unprecedented Hydrogen Storage, Journal of Material Chemistry A 13 (2025) 5621-5631[I.F. ~ 10.7 ]
  2. Shankar Ghotia, Asheesh Kumar, V Sudarsan, Neeraj Dwivedi, Shiv Singh, Pradip Kumar*; Multilayered Ti3C2Tx MXenes: A Prominent Materials for Hydrogen Storage, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 52, Part B (2024) 100-107 [I.F. ~ 8.2]
  3. Ashutosh Pandey, Rajeev Kumar, P. Mondal, Pradip Kumar*, Shiv Singh; Nickel oxide sprinkled in-situ grown hierarchal graphitic jungle anchored feathery aluminium foam: A novel material for remarkable electromagnetic waves absorption, Materials Today Nano, 21 (2023) 100301 [I.F. ~ 10.3]
  4. Pradip Kumar* et ; Graphene quantum dots: A contemporary perspective on scope, opportunities, and sustainability, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 157 (2022) 111993 [I. F. ~ 15.9]
  5. Pradip Kumar* et ; Nano Energy 85 (2021) 105989 [I.F. = 17.8]