Links:
Publications:
- All publications listed in google scholar
- - 2D heterocrystals - Science Advances 2017
- - Ultrasensitive Ion Detection - Advanced Materials 2017
- - Atomically thin B-N-C-O - Science Advances 2015
- - Optoelectronic grade 2D MoS2 - ACS Nano 2015
- - Digital optoelectronics using SWNT-silicon junctions - Nature Photonics 2014
- - Ultrasensitive Photodetection using Graphene-silicon junctions - Nano Letters 2013
Education and Professional Preparation:
- Presidency College, Calcutta University, India, BS in Physics: 1995
- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, MS in Physics: 1998
- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, PhD in Physics: 2004
- Universität Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany, Postdoc in Experimental Physics (2003-2004)
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA, Postdoc in Nanomaterials Physics (2004-2008)
Appointments:
- Associate Professor: Department of Physics, Northeastern University, USA (July, 2016 onward)
- Assistant Professor: Department of Physics, Northeastern University, USA (September, 2010 – June, 2016)
- Research Assistant Professor: Department of Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA (July, 2008 – August, 2010)
- Adjunct Faculty: Department of Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA (August-December, 2009)
Swastik Kar in the news
Physics
Professors’ venture wins MassChallenge award
Ask any academic researcher about their long-term goals and, among them, you’ll likely hear some variation of the phrase “societal impact.” That’s precisely the motivation behind Guardion, a venture developed by two Northeastern faculty members: Swastik Kar, professor of physics, and Yung Joon Jung, professor of mechanical and industrial engineering.
College of Science, Physics
Jung and Kar’s $200K NSF Grant Could Commercialize Low-Cost Radiation Detectors
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (MIE) Professor Yung Joon Jung, along with co-principal investigator Associate Professor Swastik Kar of the Department of Physics, has been awarded a $200K grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for an interdisciplinary research project that uses nanotechnology to create highly sensitive and marketable detectors of radioactivity and nuclear radiation.
College of Science
Physics discovery unlocks ingredients of 2-D sandwich
Layering 2-D crystals is a little like building a club sandwich, says Northeastern physicist Swastik Kar. But a new discovery allows researchers to rearrange the ingredients, producing new properties and opening up a world of possibilities for new materials.
College of Science
From cameras to computers, new material could change how we work and play
Northeastern physicists Swastik Kar and Srinivas Sridhar led a research team whose novel work has potential applications for improved cellphone cameras and tiny transistors that when multiplied by the billions could fuel computers.
College of Science
Want your computer to go faster? Just add light
Every second, your computer must process billions of computational steps to produce even the simplest outputs. Imagine if every one of those steps could be made just a tiny bit more efficient.