National Cheng Kung University

2D Materials and Devices

Shyamal Kumar Saha
https://sites.google.com/view/prof-shyamal-k-saha/home

Research Field

Energy Technology

Introduction

Prof. S K Saha is currently working as a Professor in the Program of Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology, Academy of Innovative Semiconductor and Sustainable Manufacturing. Before joining this program in NCKU, Prof. Saha has served as the Chairman & Senior Professor in the School of Materials Science, Indian Association for The Cultivation of Science. His major Research area is on the 2D materials and devices, particularly on storage devices and thin film transistor/optoelectronic devices. He has guided around 30 PhD students and published more than 160 research articles in very reputed International Journals. Prof. Saha is the Fellow of the “Institute of Physics” (FInst, UK) and recipient of the Materials Society of India Medal. 

Prof. Saha's Group is mainly working on 2D materials (Graphene, MoS2, MXene, graphitic carbon nitrides etc.) based electrochemical storage devices (supercapacitors) and thin film transistor/optoelectronic devices. For details of the lab/research activities  please refer to the website.


Research Topics

2D materials based electrochemical storage devices particularly on supercapacitors

2D materials based Thin Film Transistors and Optoelectronic Devices


Honor

Fellow, Institute of Physics, UK, (FInstP), 2022

Fellow, West Bengal Academy of Science & Technology, India, 2014

 Recipient of “Materials Research Society of India” Medal, 2014

Appointed to work as full Professor in Osaka University, Jan – Feb, 2018

Awarded Senior JSPS (short- term) Invitational Fellowship to work in Osaka University as Visiting Professor, Nov, 2018 – Jan, 2019

Visited Tokyo Institute of Technology, University of Tokyo, Tohoku University,

NIMS Tsukuba, Osaka University, under “DST-JSPS special lecture tour program” March 2017

 


Educational Background

B.S. : University of Calcutta, India (1985)

M.S. : University of Calcutta, India (1987)

Ph.D.: Jadavpur University, India (1994)