amish@nplindia.org



	

		Dr. Amish G. Joshi	

 

	

		
Designation:
Principal Scientist

				
Department:
Sophisticated and Analytical Equipment Division (SAED# 5.02)

						
Email address:
amish@nplindia.org

	

	

				
			

 

 

 

	
		
		
			

		
Brief Biodata:

		
 
    

  •  • DP/DU No. and Name:
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  • (#5.02) Sophisticated & Analytical Equipment Division / Directorate 
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  • • Educational Qualifications:
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    DegreeSubjectUniversity/InstituteYear
    

    B.Sc.PhysicsSaurashtra University, Rajkot (www.saurastrauniversity.edu)1993
    

    M.Sc.PhysicsSaurashtra University, Rajkot (www.saurastrauniversity.edu)1995
    

    Ph.D.PhysicsSaurashtra University, Rajkot (www.saurastrauniversity.edu)1999
    

    

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  • Title of Ph.D. Thesis: "Effect of Stoichiometric Variations on Superconductivity of high -Tc materials"
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  • • Academics/Research Experience:
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    YearDurationResearch field
    Institute (
  in India
  /Abroad) 
    Fellowship/
    
  
    Position
    

    01-11-1998 to 31-03-20001 Yr 4 monthsSuperconductivitySaurashtra UniversitySRF (CSIR)
    

    01-04-2000 to 31-10-20006 monthsSuperconductivitySaurashtra UniversityRA (CSIR)
    

    02-11-2000 to 22-03-20021 Yr 4 monthsSuperconductivity - Magnetism of Oxide and intermettalic compounds
    Tata Institute
   
    of     
    Fundamental Research
    		
Post Doctoral Visiting Fellow
    

    27-03-2002 to 26-03-20075 YrsSuperconductivity, Magnetism, XPSCSIR-National Physical Laboratory
    Scientist – 
  C
    

    06-04-2005 to 06-04-20061 YrSuperconductivity, Magnetism,
    University 
  of Kentucky, Lexington, USA 
    BOYSCAST Fellow
    

    27-03-2007 to 26-03-20114 YrsGaN-LEDs, Magnetism, XPSCSIR-National Physical LaboratorySenior Scientist
    

    27-03-2011 onwardstill the dateMemristors, XPSCSIR-National Physical LaboratoryPrincipal Scientist
    

    

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  • • Date of Joining NPL:
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  • 27/03/2002 
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  • • No. of Publications:
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    SCI JournalsConference/ proceedingsBooksTotal
    

    7938Nil117
    

    

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  •    http://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=yws_4lQAAAAJ 
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  •  http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Dr_Amish_Joshi/  
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  •  • No. of Patents :
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  • Nil
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  •  • Current Activity :
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  • 
             Established MBE under 11 FYP of CSIR Network Project on "Fabrication of LED Devices and systems for solid state lighting application". Epitaxial growth of GaN at various substrate temperature demonstrated on 2-inch MOCVD grown GaN-epilayer. Initiated activity on Memristors using thermal and e-beam evaporation technique. Also probing nanostructures of ZnO, MgO, WO3, CeO2-TiO2, Graphene, CNT as well as bulk materials and Thinfilms of  CMR, HTSC and Heusler Alloy etc… with  X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS).
 
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  • • Honours and Award:
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  • i.	Outstanding Performance - Young Scientist of the year NPL, Sept. 2006
    
ii.	BOYSCAST Fellowship of DST for the year 2004-2005
    
iii.	ISCA (Indian Science Congress Association); Best Poster Presentation Award for the year 2012-2013
    

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  • Any other information:
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  • •	Research Interest
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  • High Temperature Superconductivity of Oxides and Inter metallic compound
    
Magnetism, CMR, GMR and DMS
    
Heterostructures for Memristive and spintronics devices

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  • •	Reviewer of the Journal 
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  • (i)  Journal of Applied Physics (IF=2.068)
    
(ii) Chemical Comunication (IF=6.319)
    
(iii) Energy & Environmental Science (IF=29.518)
    
(iv) Crystal Engineering Communication (IF=3.474)
    
(v) RSC Advances (IF=3.108)
    
(vi) Physica B (IF=1.368)
    
(vii) Applied Surface Science (IF=3.387)
    
(vi) Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (IF=4.123)
    




  • •	Membership to academic bodies
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  • (1) Life Member, Indian Physics Association (IPA)
    

  • (2) Life Member, Materials Research Society of India (MRSI) 
    

  • (3) Life Member, Metrology Society of India (MSI)