Dr. Bhagwati Prasad
Assistant Professor
Department of Materials Engineering
Indian Institute of Science (IISc)
Ph.D. (Materials Science)
University of Cambridge, UK
Tel- 080 2293 2679
Email- bpjoshi@iisc.ac.in
Scientific Contributions
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Publications (40) (Published and Communicated): Research papers published in reputed refereed journals (Nature, Nature Materials, Advanced Materials, Advanced Functional Materials, Nano Letters, Nature Communications, Science Advances, Applied Physics Letters, etc.)
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Number of citations: 2000+; h-index :20
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Average impact factor of top 10 research papers: 42
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Average impact factor of top 25 research papers: 22
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Patents– 40+: 30+ US Patents, 10+PCT, 1 German and 4 Indian Patents
Memberships
Materials Research Society of India (Lifetime), Indian Institute of Metal (Lifetime), IEEE, IEEE magnetics society, Materials Research Society (MRS), American Ceramic Society (ACS), St John’s College, University of Cambridge (Lifetime), Indian Physics Association (Lifetime), Cambridge Philosophical Society (1012-2015) and Institute of Physics (2012-2016).
Awards
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​Infosys Young Investigator Award (2024-2025): Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
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SERB-International Travel Support (ITS) Award (2022)
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IISc Institute of Eminence (IoE) Travel Grant (2022)
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First prize poster award in the Innovation Bazaar (2021): Western Digital, San Jose, CA, 2021
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Nehru Trust for Cambridge University Fellowship (2011-2014)
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St John’s College, Cambridge University Fellowships (2011-2014)
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Academic Excellence Award (2007-2008)-M.Tech. (IITK)
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Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) [Physics]; All India Rank-61
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National Eligibility Test (NET) (2005) - Junior Research Fellowship (JRF)
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Gold Medallist (1st in University)- (2004): H N B Garhwal University
Editorial Services
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Principal Editor - MRS Advances
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Member of Editorial Board - Nature Scientific Reports
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Guest Editor - Scientific Reports (Topic: Neuromorphic engineering /computing)
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Guest Editor-APL Materials (Topic: Materials Challenges for Nonvolatile Memory),
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Guest Editor-Electronics (Topic: Recent Advanced Applications of Magnetic materials and Quantum Material)
Education
2011-2015
Ph.D. (Materials Science and Metallurgy): University of Cambridge, UK,
2006-2008
M.Tech. (Materials Science): Departmental Rank-1 (1st in Class), Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India
2002-2004
M.Sc. (Physics): Gold Medalist (1st in University) H. N. B. Garhwal University, India
Work Experience
2021 -Present
Assistant Professor; Materials Engineering department, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, KA, India
2018 – 2021
Principal Research Scientist: Non-volatile Memory Research Group, Western Digital (erstwhile IBM Research), San Jose, CA, USA
2016 – 2018
Senior Postdoctoral Researcher; University of California Berkeley, USA
2015 – 2016
Scientist; Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart, Germany
2008- 2011
Scientist (Sr. Manager); R&D Division, Tata Steel Limited, Jamshedpur, India