About Swastik Kar
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:
- Professor: Department of Physics, Northeastern University, USA (May, 2023 onward)
- Associate Professor: Department of Physics, Northeastern University, USA (July, 2016)
- 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)
Institutes, Labs & Research Centers
Kar Lab
Physics
Professor Kar’s interests lie in the investigation of electronic, optical, and electrochemical properties of graphene and development of graphene-based applications, including energy generation and storage.
Faculty
Northeastern University Center for Renewable Energy Technology
Chemistry and Chemical Biology
Northeastern University Center for Renewable Energy Technology focuses on carbon-free technologies which are sustainable from materials and techno-economic point of view.
Publications:
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All publications listed in google scholarRead
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- 2D heterocrystals - Science Advances 2017Read
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- Ultrasensitive Ion Detection - Advanced Materials 2017Read
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- Atomically thin B-N-C-O - Science Advances 2015Read
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- Optoelectronic grade 2D MoS2 - ACS Nano 2015Read
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- Digital optoelectronics using SWNT-silicon junctions - Nature Photonics 2014Read
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- Ultrasensitive Photodetection using Graphene-silicon junctions - Nano Letters 2013Read