Educational Qualifications
| Degree / Certification | Institution | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Ph.D. | University of West Bohemia, Pilsen, Czech Republic | 2021 |
| M.Sc. Physics | Indian Institute of Technology Delhi | 2016 |
| B.Sc(H) Physics | Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi | 2014 |
Faculty Profile
Dr. NIRMAL KUMAR
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
PHYSICS
Career Profile & Administrative Assignments
| Category | Role / Designation | Department / Committee | Date From - To | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAREER PROFILE | ASSISTANT PROFESSOR | PHYSICS KIRORI MAL COLLEGE, DELHI | 15.Nov.2022 - Till date | |
| CAREER PROFILE | POST DOCTORATE | PHYSICS NTIS, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of West Bohemia | 31.Jan.2024 - Till date | |
| CAREER PROFILE | POST DOCTORATE | PHYSICS Czech Technical University, Prague, Czech Republic | 01.May.2022 - 15.Nov.2022 | |
| CAREER PROFILE | POST DOCTORATE | PHYSICS Czech Academic of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic | 17.Jan.2022 - 31.Oct.2022 |
Other Profiles
AREAS OF INTEREST/ SPECIALIZATION
Nanostructured Metal Oxide Semiconductor, Hydrogen Technology: Production and Detection,
Photoelectrochemical Cell: Water Splitting and CO2 Reduction. Quantum Materials for Sustainable Technology
SUBJECTS TAUGHT
1. Digital Electronics and Microprocessor: 8085 Microprocessor
2. Advanced Mathematical Physics I (DSE) : Vector Spaces, Matrices, Eigen Values and Eigen Vectors, and Tensors.
3. Advanced Mathematical Physics II (DSE) : Calculus of Variation, Group Theory and Advanced theory of Probability.
4. Electrical Circuits and Networking Skills (SEC).
5. Solid State Physics Laboratory.
6. Waves and Oscillations Laboratory.
7. Elements of Modern Physics Laboratory.
8. Mechanics Laboratory.
RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS
1. Dr. Harsh Yadav, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Netaji Subhash University of Technology, Delhi.
2. Dr. Pavel Baroch, Head of Department, Department of Physics, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of West Bohemia Pilsen, Czech Republic.
3. RNDr. Stanislav Haviar, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Faculty of Applied Sciences, University of West Bohemia Pilsen, Czech Republic.
4. Prof. Alexander Kromka, Professor, Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic.
5. Prof. Bohuslav Rezek , Professor, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University, Prague, Czech Republic.
AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Czech Technical University, Prague, Czech Republic
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Science, Prague, Czech Republic
CSIR-UGC NET- JRF, June, 2015
Joint Admission Test for Masters - IIT JAM 2014
WORKSHOP/ SEMINAR/ CONFERENCE/ WEBINAR ORGANIZED
OTHERS
Research Guidance
Research guidance details are not available yet.
Research Projects
Research project details are not available yet.
Publications
| Category | Publication Name | Title | Name of Author | Reference / DOI Link | Publication Month-Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JOURNAL PAPER (International) | WO3/CuWO4 nanocomposite thin films for humidity resilient acetone gas sensing | Applied Surface Science Advances, Elsevier | Nirmal Kumar , Akash Kumar, Jiˇrí Capek , Elisabetta Comini, Stanislav Haviar (First Author, Corresponding Author) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsadv.2025.100894 | November 2025 |
| JOURNAL PAPER (International) | Thermally-induced microstructural evolution in nanoparticle-based CuO, WO and CuO–WO thin films for hydrogen gas sensing | Applied Surface Science Advances | Kalyani Shaji, Stanislav Haviar, Petr Zeman, Michal Procházka, Radomír Čerstvý, Nirmal Kumar, Jiří Čapek (Joint Author) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsadv.2025.100768 | May 2025 |
| JOURNAL PAPER (International) | Specialized fractionation combined with deep analytics of waste plastic cracking oils for petrochemical operations | Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry | Ritik Tomar, Arashdeep Singh, Adam Karaba, Jaroslav Moško, Krzysztof Adam Gawłowski, Nirmal Kumar, Marek Staf, Vineet Singh Sikarwar, Michael Pohořelý (Joint Author) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jiec.2025.05.012 | May 2025 |
| JOURNAL PAPER (International) | Wide Electrochemical Stability Window of Boron-Doped Microcrystalline Diamond Electrode in NaNO3 Water-in-Salt Electrolytes | ACS The Journal of Physical Chemistry C | Oksana Gutsul, Rene Pfeifer, Ondrej Szabo, Dhananjay K. Sharma, Jaroslav Kuliček, Nirmal Kumar, Alexander Kromka, Bohuslav Rezek (Joint Author) | https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.5c00414 | May 2025 |
| JOURNAL PAPER (International) | New polymorph γ-CuWO4 inspired by γ-CuMoO4: Experimental identification and theoretical verification | Scripta Materialia, Elsevier | Jiri Houska , Stanislav Haviar , Jiri Capek , Radomir Cerstvy , Kalyani Shaji , Nirmal Kumar , Petr Zeman (Joint Author) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2025.116635 | March 2025 |
| JOURNAL PAPER (International) | Kelvin Probe Characterization of Nanocrystalline DiamondFilms with SiV Centers as Function of Thickness | Physica Status Solidi-A Applications and Material Science | Jaroslav Kuliˇcek,* Maxmilian Marek, Nirmal Kumar, Jan Fait, Štˇepán Potocký,Štˇepán Stehlík, Alexander Kromka, and Bohuslav Rezek (Joint Author) | https://doi.org/10.1002/pssa.202300459 | September 2023 |
| JOURNAL PAPER (International) | Electrical properties of MXene thin films prepared from non-aqueous polar aprotic solvents | Journal of Material Research | Oksana Gutsul, Ondrej Szabo, Nirmal Kumar, Rene Pfeifer, Branislav Dzurnak, Kezia Sasitharan, Vsevolod Slobodyan, Alexander Kromka & Bohuslav Rezek (Joint Author) | 10.1557/s43578-023-01033-6 | May 2023 |
| JOURNAL PAPER (International) | Three-Layer PdO/CuWO4/CuO System for Hydrogen Gas Sensing with Reduced Humidity Interference | MDPI Nanomaterials | Nirmal Kumar, Stanislav Haviar, and Petr Zeman (First Author) | https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11123456 | November 2021 |
| JOURNAL PAPER (International) | Synergy of experiment and model for reactive HiPIMS: Effect of discharge parameters on WO x composition and deposition rate | Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics | Jiri Rezek, Tomáš Kozák, Nirmal Kumar, Stanislav Haviar (Joint Author) | 10.1088/1361-6463/abd1a3 | December 2020 |
| JOURNAL PAPER (International) | Tuning Stoichiometry and Structure of Pd-WO3−x Thin Films for Hydrogen Gas Sensing by High-Power Impulse Magnetron Sputtering | MDPI Materials | Nirmal Kumar, Stanislav Haviar, Jiří Rezek, Pavel Baroch and Petr Zeman (First Author) | https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13225101 | November 2020 |
| JOURNAL PAPER (International) | Nanostructured CuWO4/WO3- films prepared by reactive magnetron sputtering for hydrogen sensing | International Journal of Hydrogen Energy | Nirmal Kumar, Stanislav Haviar, Jiří Rezek, Pavel Baroch and Petr Zeman (First Author) | 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2020.04.203 | May 2020 |
| JOURNAL PAPER (International) | Hydrogen gas sensing properties of WO3 sputter-deposited thin films enhanced by on-top deposited CuO nanoclusters | International Journal of Hydrogen Energy | Stanislav Haviar, Jiří Čapek, Šárka Batková, Nirmal Kumar , Filip Dvořák, Tomáš Duchoň, Markéta Fialová, Petr Zeman (Joint Author) | 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2018.10.127 | December 2018 |
| CONFERENCE PAPER/ PROCEEDINGS (International) | Tungsten Oxide Based Hydrogen Gas Sensor Prepared by Advanced Magnetron Sputtering † | MDPI Materials | Nirmal Kumar, Stanislav Haviar, Jiří Rezek, Jiří Čapek and Pavel Baroch (First Author) | https://www.mdpi.com/article/10.3390/I3S2021Dresden-10154/s1 | July 2021 |
Books
| Category | Book Name | Name of Author | Title | ISSN / ISBN Number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOOK (International) | LAGRANGIAN AND HAMILTONIAN DYNAMICS | Bipin Singh Koranga, Nirmal Kumar, Ashish Shrivastava (Joint Author) | LAP Lambert Academic Publishing | 6206844331 |
Faculty Achievements
| Year | Category of Achievement | Role | National / International | Name | Date From - To |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | WORKSHOP/ SEMINAR/ CONFERENCE ATTENDED | PAPER PRESENTER | International | International Conference on Advanced Materials for Emerging Technology | 04.May.2023 - 06.Dec.2023 |
| 2023 | FACULTY INDUCTION PROGRAM ATTENDED | ASSISTANT PROFESSOR | National | Faculty Induction Program | 21.Dec.2022 - 19.Jan.2023 |
| 2023 | WORKSHOP/ SEMINAR/ CONFERENCE ATTENDED | MEMBER | College | 2 Day Hands on Workshop on Arduino Programming | 24.Mar.2023 - 25.Mar.2023 |
| 2024 | WORKSHOP/ SEMINAR/ CONFERENCE ATTENDED | PARTICIPANT | International | EMAS Workshop on the Edge of EM and Microanalysis Techniques | 12.May.2024 - 15.May.2024 |
| 2024 | WORKSHOP/ SEMINAR/ CONFERENCE ATTENDED | PAPER PRESENTER | International | 19th International Conference on Plasma Surface Engineering | 02.Sep.2024 - 05.Sep.2024 |
| 2024 | NATIONAL/ INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIPS (IOE, FRSC, etc.) ATTENDED | POST DOCTORATE | International | Postdoctoral Researcher | 01.Feb.2024 - 31.Dec.2025 |
| 2024 | INVITED LECTURES/ RESOURCE PERSON/ PAPER PRESENTATIONS ATTENDED | PAPER PRESENTER | International | 19th International Conference on Plasma Surface Engineering (PSE 2024) | 02.Sep.2024 - 05.Nov.2024 |
| 2025 | FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM ATTENDED | PARTICIPANT | National | One week online faculty development program (FDP) on Functional Materials for Sustainable Development | 27.Jan.2025 - 31.Jan.2025 |
| 2025 | WORKSHOP/ SEMINAR/ CONFERENCE ATTENDED | PAPER PRESENTER | International | TCM-TOEO 2025 conference- International Symposium on Transparent Conductive Materials | 19.Oct.2025 - 23.Oct.2025 |
| 2025 | FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM ATTENDED | ASSISTANT PROFESSOR | National | One week online faculty development program (FDP) on Functional Materials for Sustainable Development | 27.Jan.2025 - 31.Jan.2025 |