Sayantan Mahapatra
Postdoctoral Appointee
Engineering Defects in 2D Semiconductor and Insulator
Biography
Dr. Sayantan Mahapatra completed his graduation in Physical Chemistry at the University of Illinois Chicago in Prof. Nan Jiang’s Research group. In his thesis, an exploration is undertaken into the domain of sub-nanoscale interactions between light and matter. Dr. Mahapatra utilized Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM) and Tip-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (TERS) to probe sub-nanoscale photophysical and photochemical processes.
Following his graduation in 2022, he worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow at Northwestern University under the supervision of Sir Fraser Stoddart (2016 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry). Currently, He is working on defect engineering through STM and Plasmonics.
Education:
- Ph.D., Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois Chicago (2022)
- M.Sc., Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (2017)
Selected Honors & Awards:
- Outstanding Thesis/Dissertation Award, University of Illinois Chicago (2023)
- Wayne B. Nottingham Prize, 83rd Physical Electronic Conference (2023)
- Tomas B. Hirschfield Scholar Award, FACSS (2022)
- Coblentz Society Student Award, Coblentz Society (2022)
- Russel and Sigurd Varian Award, AVS (2021)
- Dean’s Scholar Fellowship, University of Illinois Chicago (2021)
- Morton M. Traum Student Award, AVS (2020)