Atul Kulkarni is currently associated with Symbiosis Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (SCNN) of the Symbiosis International (Deemed University), India, in the capacity of Research Professor and Director.

He was in Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), Department of Mechanical Engineering; South Korea under the Brain Korea Plus (BK21+) and brain Pool fellowships. He received his MS (1995) from Department of Instrumentation Science, University of Pune and Ph. D. from the Department of Physics, University of Pune in 2005, India, in 2005. During and prior to his Ph.D, he worked in Indian industries for more than 17 years (from 1989 to 2005) in various disciplines.

In Dec. 2006, he was offered a postdoctoral fellowship at SKKU, South Korea. Since then, he is actively involved in multidisciplinary sensor development. He has published over 85 research papers in international journals and has 10 patents (Korean, US and PCT) to his credit.

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Dr. Yogesh Jadhav is currently affiliated with Symbiosis Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (SCNN) of the Symbiosis International University (SIU), Deemed University, Pune, India, as Assistant Professor (2022). Prior to this, he was Savitribai Phule Postdoctoral Fellow (SPPU PDF) at School of Energy Studies, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune (2020). He has obtained his MS degree in Nanotechnology with 1st Rank (2012). He was awarded with prestigious DST INSPIRE Fellowship (2013) for Pursuing his Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry (2018) from Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune. He has also worked as Scientist C and assistant professor at National Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Mumbai University, Mumbai (2019).

His research is focused on Semiconductor Nanocrystals/Quantum dot Synthesis, thin-film deposition, Electrochemistry for energy harvesting, storage devices like Solar cells, Batteries and Supercapacitors. Also, biocompatible functional nanostructures for biomedical applications like Bio and electrochemical sensors, Water contamination/remediation and early-stage Point-of-care diagnostic devices. He has published more than 30 research papers in international peer review journals, 1 patent (Indian) and two book chapters (Elsevier) to his credit.

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