My academic journey began with a Bachelor of Science degree, majoring in Physics, from Banki Autonomous College, Cuttack. 

This was followed by a Master's in Physics with a specialization in Electronics from Utkal University, Odisha.

EXPERIENCES:

October 2021 - Present: Associate Professor at Centurion University of Technology and Management, Paralakhemundi, Odisha.

September 2018 - October 2021: Assistant Professor at Centurion University of Technology and Management, Paralakhemundi, Odisha.

August 2010 - July 2013: Lecturer at Synergy Institute of Engineering & Technology, Dhenkanal.

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS:

Passed the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) conducted by the Government of India in June 2013.
Achieved All India Rank 72 in the Joint Entrance Screening Test (JEST) in 2011.
Served as a Junior Research Fellow at IIT Bhubaneswar in 2013.

Research Publications:

1. Swain, M., Das, D., Rath, P. K., Patro, A., & Dhal, S. (2024, January). Development of an ion beam diagnostics for small accelerator. In AIP Conference Proceedings (Vol. 2995, No. 1). AIP Publishing. 
2. Patro, A., Rajbhar, M., Chatterjee, S., & Dhal, S. (2024, January). Wetting properties alteration due to cluster formation by the precise joining of iron oxide nanoparticles on low energy nitrogen ion irradiation. In AIP Conference Proceedings (Vol. 2995, No. 1). AIP Publishing.
3. Dhal, S., Patro, A., Rajbhar, M., & Chatterjee, S. (2024, January). Hydrophilic to near-hydrophobic transition by the joining of nickel oxide nanorods on 5 keV nitrogen ion irradiation. In AIP Conference Proceedings (Vol. 2995, No. 1). AIP Publishing. 
4. Patro, A., Rajbhar, M. K., Radhakrishnan, S., Chatterjee, S., Rout, C. S., & Dhal, S. (2024). Enhanced electrochemical capacitance of titanium oxide nanoparticles using low-energy nitrogen ion irradiation. New Journal of Chemistry, 48(21), 9694-9701. 
5. Patro, A., Rajbhar, M. K., Chatterjee, S., Patra, A., Rout, C. S., & Dhal, S. (2023). Augmented electrochemical properties of manganese oxide nanorods on low energy nitrogen ion irradiation. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 960, 170441. 
6. Patro, A., Nayak, S. R., Rajbhar, M., Chatterjee, S., & Dhal, S. (2023). Cluster formation by the precise joining of iron oxide nanoparticles on low energy nitrogen ion irradiation. Radiation Effects and Defects in Solids, 178(7-8), 976-989.  
   
7. Dhal, S., Das, P., Patro, A., Swain, M., Hota, S.R., Sahu, D. and Chatterjee, S., 2021. Tuning surface wettability of Molybdenum Oxide nanorod mesh by low energy ion beam irradiation. Radiation Physics and Chemistry, p.109649.
8. Simulation of very-low energy alkali ion ( 10 KeV) induced effects on Al2O3 micro flakes; Satyanarayan Dhal, Arpita Patro, Madhuchhanda Swain, K Supraja, P K Rath, Indian Journal of Science and Technology, 13(21): 2111-2118. https://doi.org/ 10.17485/IJST/v13i21.97.
9. "Superior electrical conduction of a water-repelling 3D interconnected nanonetwork formed by ion irradiation," Satyanarayan Dhal, Pritam Das, Manoj K. Rajbhar, Wolfhard Möller, Sriparna Chatterjee, Niranjan Ramgir, and Shyamal Chatterjee*, Journal of Material Chemistry C, 6, (2018) 1951–1958.
10. "Discrete nanoparticle formation via nanowelded network using hydrogen titanate nanotubes as precursor," Satyanarayan Dhal, Shyamal Chatterjee*, Stefan Facsko, Wolfhard Möller, Roman Böttger, Biswarup Satpati, Satchidananda Ratha, René Hübner, ACS Crystal Growth & Design, 17 (5) (2017) 2660.
11. "Superhydrophobic to hydrophilic transition of multi-walled carbon nanotubes induced by Na+ ion irradiation," Pritam Das, Satyanarayan Dhal, Sriparna Chatterjee, and Shyamal Chatterjee*, Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research, B, 413 (2017) 31-36.
12. "Adhesive hydrophobicity of Cu2O nano-columnar array induced by nitrogen ion irradiation," Satyanarayan Dhal, Sriparna Chatterjee, U Manju, Lokesh C. Tribedi, K.V. Thulasiram, W.A. Fernandez, and Shyamal Chatterjee*, Soft Matter, 11 (2015) 9211.
13. "Nano-welding and junction formation in hydrogen titanate nanowires by low-energy nitrogen ion irradiation," Satyanarayan Dhal, Shyamal Chatterjee*, Subhrangsu Sarkar, Lokesh C. Tribedi, Rudheer Bapat, and Pushan Ayyub, Nanotechnology, 26 (2015) 235601.
14. "Effect of irradiation with argon ions on elastic scattering of spin-polarized electrons from W(110) surface," Satyanarayan Dhal, Shyamal Chatterjee*, Sergey Samarin, James F. Williams, Franz Giebels, Herbert Gollisch, and Roland Feder, Radiation Effects & Defects in Solids, 170 (2), (2015) 144.
15. "Welding of copper oxide nano-columns by ion irradiation: Transition from hydrophilic to hydrophobic surface," Satyanarayan Dhal, Sriparna Chatterjee, and Shyamal Chatterjee*, AIP Conference Proceedings, 1832 (2017) 080091.

Patents (Granted):

• Nano-material for joining nanostructured materials and its method; Inventors:

Shyamal Chatterjee, Satyanarayan Dhal, Kisor Sahu, Anil Pathak, Pritam Das
Publication Date:2024-02-07
Patent Office:India
Patent Number: 5080318

Patents Filed
1. “Method of making titanate based superhydrophobic coating on metal/metal alloy surface using ion and/or electron irradiation.” Inventors: Shyamal Chatterjee*, Kisor K. Sahu, Satyanarayan Dhal, Anil Pathak, Shreeja Das, Soumyabrata Basak and and V. Sai Pranav; Patent Filed (Reference No. 201631040277, Application No. TEMP/E-1/39537/2016-KOL, Date: 24/11/2016).


Conference Proceedings:

1. "Formation of three-dimensional interconnected networks of nanowires by ion irradiation," Satyanarayan Dhal and Shyamal Chatterjee, 19th International Conference on Radiation Effects in Insulators (REI-19), July 2-7, 2017, Versailles, France, Page No: 19.

2. "Signature of collective oscillation in the electron emission from C60 thin film upon irradiation of low energy Na+ ions," Satyanarayan Dhal, Joydev De, Joydeep Bhattacharjee, and Shyamal Chatterjee, International Conference on Ion Beams in Materials Engineering and Characterizations (IBMEC 2018), IUAC, New Delhi, October 9-12, 2016, Poster Code: P-071.

3. "Slow ions: A tool for welding ceramic nanomaterials," Satyanarayan Dhal, Pritam Das, Manoj K. Rajbhar, and Shyamal Chatterjee, International Conference on Nanostructuring by Ion Beams (ICNIB 2017), Devi Ahalya University, Indore, October 11-13, 2016, Page O-156.

4. "Welding at nano dimension for device applications," Satyanarayan Dhal and Shyamal Chatterjee, International Conference of Young Researchers on Advanced Materials (IUMRS-ICYRAM 2016), IISC, Bangalore, December 11-15, 2016, Page 48, ABS-6-ICYRAM.

5. "Welding of copper oxide nanocolumns by ion irradiation: Transition from hydrophilic to hydrophobic surface," S. Dhal, Sriparna Chatterjee, and Shyamal Chatterjee, 61st DAE Solid State Physics Symposium, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, Poster Code: F-279, Page 205.

6. "Ion irradiation induced bending and joining of inorganic nanowires," S. Dhal and S. Chatterjee, International Conference on Ion Beams in Materials Engineering and Characterizations (IBMEC 2016), IUAC, New Delhi, September 28-October 1, 2016, Poster Code: P-02, Page 57.

7. "Modifying the wettability of Cu2O nano-columnar arrays by nitrogen ion irradiation," S. Dhal and S. Chatterjee, 18th International Conference on Radiation Effects in Insulators (REI-18), October 26-31, 2015, Jaipur, India, Poster Code: P-14.
Awards and Honours:

1. Ganesh Mishra Memorial Award from (Institute of Engineers (India)-2016
2. Best Poster Presentation Award in the International Conference on Ion Beams in Materials Engineering and Characterizations (IBMEC 2016), Inter University Accelerator Centre (IUAC), New Delhi. – 2016
3. Financial support from IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) to attend the REI-19 international conference, held in Versailles, France, 2-7 July, 2017.

Research Interests

- Exploring ion irradiation techniques to modify the surfaces of semiconductor-based nanowires/nanotubes for supercapacitor applications.
- Developing reliable, high-efficiency nanotube-based nano-electronic devices beyond the proof of concept.
- Synthesizing complex nanoscale hybrid objects and modifying them for high-throughput nanoelectronics and biomedical applications.
- Creating a synergistic platform by integrating ion-solid interaction with nanostructured materials for potential and reliable applications.

Technical Expertise:  
- Growth, structural, and optical characterization of one-dimensional nanostructures.
- Commissioning, installation, and smooth operation of electron spectroscopy setups.
- Proficiency in ultra-high vacuum techniques, including the use of various pumps, understanding of vacuum chambers, flanges, gauges, leak detectors, etc.
- Fundamental knowledge and technical expertise in ion-solid interactions.
- Experience with various filament-based ion sources and electron sources.

 Material Growth Techniques:

• Hydrothermal Method
• Sol-gel Method
• Materials Analysis Techniques
• High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscope
• Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope
• Micro-Raman & Photoluminescence Spectroscopes
• X Ray Photo electron spectroscopy, Contact Angle Measurement, Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy

Conference participated

1. The 19th International Conference on Radiation Effects in Insulators (REI-19) was held from July 2nd to July 7th, 2017, in Versailles, France.

2. The International Conference on Ion Beams in Materials Engineering and Characterizations (IBMEC 2018) took place at IUAC, New Delhi, from October 9th to October 12th, 2018, Page: P-071.

3. The 61st DAE Solid State Physics Symposium was conducted at KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, from December 26th to December 30th, 2016.

4. The International Conference on Ion Beams in Materials Engineering and Characterizations (IBMEC 2016) occurred from September 28th to October 1st, 2016, at the Inter University Accelerator Centre (IUAC), New Delhi.

5. The 18th International Conference on Radiation Effects in Insulators (REI-18) took place from October 26th to October 31st, 2015, at Hotel Royal Orchid, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
6. 4th International Conference on “Current Developments in Atomic, Molecular Optical and Nano Physics with Applications” held On March 11th - 14th, 2015 at Department Of Physics And Astrophysics, University Of Delhi, India-110007.

Workshop/Training:  

1. 2017, International school on techniques for the characterization of irradiated materials, Versailles, France
2. 2015, International school on Simulation of ion beam irradiation, MNIT, Jaipur, India

To view my research publications, click below on my google scholar page :

https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=_S3QKbYAAAAJ&hl=en#

Software Exposure:# Advanced Diploma in Computer Application at CIST Computer Education, Bhubaneswar
Applications known: SIMION 8.0 for Ion Optics Simulations, SRIM-TRIM for Ion Surface Interaction Calculations, Iradina, AutoCAD, Origin 8.5, gnuplot, Mathematica 9.0, Adobe Photoshop CS5, Corel Draw 11, Microsoft Office 2016, MATLAB.
Currently learning: Python, BIOVIA Material Studio.