Dr. Manish Kumar Vishwakarma

Dr. Manish Kumar Vishwakarma is an Assistant Professor (Grade-I) of Physics at the Jaypee University of Engineering and Technology (JUET), Guna, Madhya Pradesh (since August 2024). He earned his Ph.D. in Condensed Matter Physics from the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT Roorkee), where his doctoral research focused on charge carrier dynamics and dielectric relaxation in metal oxide systems. A key achievement of his Ph.D. was the joint development of a 50 keV Penning Ion Gauge (PIG) ion source, a notable contribution to indigenous ion beam instrumentation.

Research Interests

• Engineering compact low- and ultra-low-energy ion accelerators and beam optics.
• Next-generation energy storage and conversion devices, including solid oxide fuel cells, supercapacitors, and electrochemical water splitting.
• High-entropy ceramic materials for multifunctional applications.
• Thin-film synthesis and nanostructured materials for dielectric, catalytic, and electronic applications.
• Device modeling and electromagnetic analysis

Research and Technical Skills

• Materials synthesis & fabrication: Spin coating, solvothermal, reflux condensation, co-precipitation, solid-state reactions, pelletization, ball milling, pouch-cell assembly.
• Device instrumentation & measurements:
• Electrochemical: EIS, CV, LSV, GCD, Chronoamperometry, Mott–Schottky analysis.
• Electrical: I–V, C–V, impedance, dielectric spectroscopy.
• Structural & surface analysis: XRD, FE-SEM, AFM, TEM, XPS, BET, TG/DTA, FTIR, ESR, UV-Vis spectroscopy, contact angle measurement.
• Ion-beam & vacuum technologies: Design of low-fringe field Wien filters, operation of vacuum systems, ion implantation, and particle beam simulations.

Computational and Design Expertise

• Simulation & Modeling:
• COMSOL Multiphysics – electrostatics, electromagnetics, and device modeling.
• CST Studio Suite – RF, EM component design of ion sources.
• SRIM & PBGUNS – ion range and beam transport simulations.
• Data analysis & programming: Python, C, FORTRAN for numerical analysis, modeling, and visualization.
• Engineering design: Proficient in AutoCAD for device prototyping.
• Scientific packages: FullProf, VESTA, X’Pert Highscore, CasaXPS, MultiPak, ImageJ.

Publications, Patents & Conferences

Dr. Vishwakarma has authored multiple peer-reviewed research articles in journals such as Physica Status Solidi A, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, ACS Langmuir, ACS Applied Engineering Materials, and J. Phys. Chem. C. His works span ion irradiation effects, defect engineering in thin films, charge transport in doped oxides, and catalytic applications. He has also contributed a book chapter (Springer, 2025) and published an Indian patent on ion beam optics design (2024).

He has presented his research at major international and national platforms including:

• APS March Meeting (USA, 2022)
• IEEE International Conference on Nanomaterials: Applications & Properties (Poland, 2022 & 2023)
• DAE-SSPS Symposium (BARC, India, 2021)
• DAE-BRNS Symposium on Nuclear Physics (Lucknow, 2019)
• Specialized schools and workshops at IUAC (Delhi, 2018) and SINP (Kolkata, 2020).

Academic & Professional Contributions

• Reviewer for international journals, including Physica Status Solidi A (Wiley) and Physica Scripta (IOP).
• Experienced educator: taught Modern Physics, Electrodynamics, and Electromagnetic Field Theory, coordinated lab courses, and supervised B.Tech./M.Tech./M.Sc. students.
• Awarded Junior and Senior Research Fellowships (JRF/SRF) by the Ministry of Education, Govt. of India.
• Recipient of Best Poster Award (IIT Roorkee, 2022) and multiple academic accolades.