Shashi Paul
Reader/Head
De Montfort University
United Kingdom
Biography
Dr Shashi Paul is working in the Emerging Technologies Research Centre (EMTERC), De Montfort University, Leicester, United Kingdom, as a reader in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology and head of EMTERC (http://www.dmu.ac.uk/emterc) . He graduated from Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore and previously worked at Cambridge University, Durham University and Rutgers University. He has extensive experience in the field of deposition of nano-sized organic and inorganic materials in the context of their applications to electronic memory devices, thin film transistors, biological & chemical sensors and photovoltaic solar cells. He has published over 70 peer-reviewed papers in journals and proceedings of international repute, 12. invited and 2 keynote talks presented at international conferences, 3 international conference organisation, conference scientific committee memberships, guest editorship of Phil. Trans. of the Royal Society A, vol. 367 (2009). He is currently serving as a member of editorial advisory board for flexible electronics, Member of international programme committee for the Conference on Renewable Energies and Power Quality (ICREPQ) of the European Association for the Development of Renewable Energies, Environment and Power Quality (EA4EPQ) and associate member of SUPERGEN SuperSolar Project at Loughborough University, UK. He has led a number of research projects related emerging electronic memory devices, next generation photovoltaic solar cells and production of nano-materials. In his free time, he enjoys micro-farming and reading literary contribution by Kafka, Camus, Tagore, Munshi Prem Chand, R.K Narayan, Eminescu, Gorky, Shelley and Lord Byron. And, needless to say he likes cricket!
Research Interest
• Organic and Inorganic Materials for Plastic Electronics • Energy Storage (Electrical and Heat) • Emerging Electronic Memory Devices • New Growth Processes/Methods for Nano-materials • Electrical Energy Generation - Photovoltaic Solar Cells (organic and inorganic) • Nanomaterials with Anti-bacterial properties and applications in Environment Cleaning