Biosketch

Dr. Sameer Sapra is interested in the development of materials for energy conversion, with photovoltaics and photocatalysis being the main forte. He obtained his doctorate in chemistry from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, working with Prof. D.D. Sarma on the electronic and optical properties of semiconductor nanocrystals in 2004. After completing his Ph.D., he was awarded the Alexander von Humboldt fellowship to carry out research on the luminescence properties of quantum dots at the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich. From there, he joined the research group of Prof. Dr. Alexander Eychmueller in Dresden. After researching for three years on the luminescence properties of quantum dots, Sameer moved back to India and joined the Indian Institute of Technology where he currently works on the various aspects of nanomaterials, his interests ranging from basic size and shape dependent studies, synthesis of new materials such as those based on transition metal dichalcogenides and perovskites, light-emitting materials, photovoltaic devices and photocatalytic applications including hydrogen and oxygen evolution reactions. Along with research, he teaches various courses in Physical Chemistry and Materials Chemistry and mentors postdoctoral fellows, Ph.D., master's and bachelor's students.