Electronic waste—or e-waste—is arguably worse than plastic, producing tonnes of toxic waste every year and causing irreversible damage to the environment. youtube.com/watch?v=sW_7i6…

Floating solar (floatovoltaics) has the potential to provide a much-needed large-scale source of low-carbon energy. They could drastically raise power generation and conserve water in reservoirs. Check out the video for more insights! youtube.com/watch?v=DAEGNL…

New publication: Applied Catalysis B: Environmental Rationally designed Mott-Schottky heterojunction of ultrasmall MoS2 nanoparticles/CoS2 nanotube arrays delivered excellent electrocatalytic activities for both water and urea electrolysis! sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Penn State News Our recent Nature Energy publication on "Phase-heterojunction all-inorganic perovskite solar cells surpassing 21.5% efficiency" has been highlighted in Penn State News! EME @ Penn State Penn State psu.edu/news/research/…

The Materials &Minerals Theory Group featured heavily in this year's Materials Day 2023 at Penn State State University. I served as a Panelist to discuss “Reducing dependence on critical minerals for energy storage systems through innovations in materials, reuse, and recycling”

The Sun challenges us to Shine, the Clouds remind us to Move, the Birds tell us we too can Fly and the Sky tells us that there is no limit to our dreams and goals. Don't settle for less! Rise when you fall! Try again and don't lose your enthusiasm after a failure, You can do it!

New Publication: Materials Today Communications Nickel phosphides (Ni2P) as earth-abundant DeNOx catalysts doi.org/10.1016/j.mtco…

New publication: ACS Applied Nano Materials Check out our new publication on deploying interface engineering for the design and development of advanced next-generation tin selenide-based heterostructures for efficient PEC water-splitting applications. doi.org/10.1021/acsanm…

New publication: Progress in Solid-State Chemistry Check out our latest work on bi-layered graded phase homojunction perovskite solar cells with efficiency > 22%. EME @ Penn State Penn State|AESEDA doi.org/10.1016/j.prog…

The Materials and Minerals Theory Group members (Henry, Nikhil, Sami, & Santrupth) attended the 2024 MIT Energy Conference at Boston, Massachusetts.

I delivered a presentation titled "Computer-Accelerated Energy Materials Discovery, Design, and Optimization" at the IPDR Mini-Symposium on "Meeting the Renewable Energy Needs for a Sustainable Future" at Howard University on March 14, 2024

New Publication: Applied Surface Science Check out our new publication on "DFT insights into the adsorption mechanisms of lithium polysulfides on Ni2P (0001) surface for lithium–sulfur batteries". LINK: doi.org/10.1016/j.apsu…

Join me in congratulating Nikhil Komalla, a PhD student from the MMT Group, on winning 1st Place for Poster Presentations at the Hydrogen Americas 2024 Summit & Exhibition (hydrogen-americas-summit.com), held in Washington D.C. on 11 – 12 June 2024.

Never give up on your dream!

Motivation My advice is, never do to-morrow what you can to-day! “You may delay, but time will not.” – Benjamin Franklin

Proud to be among the selected few outstanding early career scientists invited by the U.S. National Academies to attend the Third U.S.-Africa Frontiers of Science, Engineering, and Medicine Symposium at in Kigali, Rwanda.

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙩𝙝 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙢 𝙞𝙨 𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙩𝙝 𝙤𝙛 𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙢!

I had an amazing time with my former postdoc Sachin R. Rondiya during my recent visit to the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.

Deliver an invited pedagogical lecture at the Biennial School on Modelling and Simulation of Materials, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bangalore, India

I'm hosting Surviving to Thriving: Navigating a Successful Graduate School Journey . Make sure to attend it on August 20. linkedin.com/events/survivi…