Dr. Jayasimhadri M

Dr. Jayasimhadri Mula is an Associate Professor in the Department of Applied Physics, Delhi Technological University, Delhi, India. He has more than 20 years of teaching and research experience.  He has received M.Sc. and Ph.D. from Sri Venkateswara University (SVU), Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India. He has worked as a Postdoctoral Research Associate for around four years (2006-2010) in the prestigious institutes (Pohang University of Science and Technology & Changwon National University) in South Korea and also visited twice (2012 & 2016) Changwon National University, South Korea as a Visiting Research Professor. He has received several awards and honours in recognition of his outstanding contribution in Physical Sciences. To name a few, Junior Scientist of the Year by National Environmental Science academy, FCT Postdoctoral Fellowship from Portuguese Government, Brain Korea (BK21) Postdoctoral Fellowship from South Korea Government, Young Scientist in Physical Sciences by SERB-DST, Government of India, Outstanding Scientist Award by VIFRA, Bharat Vikas Award by ISR India, Cumulative Citation Award: Gold (2023) and Commendable Research Award for Excellence in Research by DTU for the last consecutive seven years. Moreover, He has been placed in the list of world’s top 2% scientists in the fields of Applied Physics and Materials, which was published by Stanford University in the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025. He is a member/Associate member/Life Member of various International and National scientific societies. To mention a few, The American Ceramic Society, Vijnana Bharti (VIBHA), Indian Laser Association, The Optical Society of India, The Indian Science Congress Association, The Indian society of technical education, International Society of Research and Development, Luminescence Society of India, MRSI etc.  Nine students have completed their Ph.D. Degrees under his supervision and also handled sponsored research projects worth of more than Fifty Lakhs. His research interest includes Optical/Fluorescent Spectroscopy and Development of Rare Earth doped Materials for Optoelectronic Applications/Luminescent Devices. He has published more than 150 research papers in Internationally reputed Scopus Indexed Journals and also presented more than 145 research papers work at several national and international conferences.  His h-index as reported by Google Scholar is 51; i10-index: 112, and Citations are more than 7000. (https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=BEOQGa8AAAAJ&hl=en ).

Details of Employment (Postdoctoral/Research/Teaching Experience): 22 Years

July 2022- Till date              :  Associate Professor, Delhi Technological University (DTU), Delhi, INDIA

July 2010- July 2022           :  Assistant Professor, Delhi Technological University (DTU), Delhi, INDIA

May 2016- August 2016     :  Visiting Research Professor, Changwon National University (CWNU), Changwon, SOUTH KOREA

August -December 2012     : Visiting Research Professor, Changwon National University (CWNU), Changwon, SOUTH KOREA

September 2007-July 2010 : Postdoctoral Research Associate, Changwon National University (CWNU), Changwon, SOUTH KOREA

August 2006-August 2007  :  Postdoctoral Fellow, Pohang Univ. of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, SOUTH KOREA

July 2003 - June-2006         : UGC-Project Fellow, Department of Physics, Sri Venkateswara University (SVU), Tirupati

July 2002 -April 2003         : Teaching Assistant, Department of Physics, Sri Venkateswara University (SVU), Tirupati

• Condensed Matter Physics/Solid State Physics
• Advanced Materials for Photonic Devices
• Engineering Materials
• Mathematical Physics

Membership in Scientific Societies:

• Associate Member-The American Ceramic Society (ACerS) (1st May-2021 to 30th April-2022 & 1st October 2024 to 31st September, 2025)
• Life Member- Bharatiya Paramparik Gyan Vigyan Samaj (BPGVS)-2025
• Life Member- Vijnana Bharati (VIBHA)-2018
• Life Member- Indian Laser Association- 2018
• Life Member- The Optical Society of India- (L-840)
• Associate Fellow - Andhra Pradesh Akademi of Sciences (APAS)- 2016
• Member – Centre for Education Growth and Research (CEGR), New Delhi -2016
• Member – Glass & Optical Materials Division, The American Ceramic Society -2016
• Member – National Institute of Ceramic Engineers, The American Ceramic Society -2016
• Life Member and Fellow - International Society for Research and Development (ISRD)-2016
• Life Member - The Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA)-2016
• Life Member - The Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE)-2016
• Life Member - Luminescence Society of India (LSI)-2012 
• Life Member - Materials Research Society of India (MRSI) -2012
• Life Member - National Environmental Science Academy (NESA) -2006

Please visit URL for detailed list of Publications: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=BEOQGa8AAAAJ&hl=en

 

Research Papers Published                                                              : 157

       (i)  International SCI/SCIE Journals    : 143

       (ii) International Conferences                : 14

Invited Speaker in Conferences                                                       :   20

DST sponsored SERC Schools attended (3 weeks course)            :   02

Orientation/FDP/Refresher Courses/STTP attended                    :   35

Workshops/Seminars/Webinars attended                                       :   43

Research work presented in Conferences                                       : 146

   (i) International Conferences    : 97

                                      (ii) National Conferences            : 49

 As Editor/Editorial Team/Author:

• Edited “Rare Earth Activated Phosphors” Book published by Elsevier in the Year 2022 (ISBN: 978-0-323-89856-0)
• Proceedings of International conference on atomic, molecular, optical and nanophysics with applications (CAMNP-2019) organized by Department of Applied Physics, Delhi Technological University, Delhi during the period 18-20^th December, 2019 (ISBN: 978-81-942877-2-8).
• One of the authors for the book entitled “Fundamental Glossary of Physics” published by Commission for scientific and technical terminology, MHRD, Department of Higher Education, Govt. of India.

 

Book Chapters:

• S. Shankar, M. Jayasimhadri, O.P. Thakur, Magnetoelectric ferrite-based composites (Chapter-34) in the book titled Ferrite Nanostructured Magnetic Materials (Technologies and Applications) published by Elsevier (2023) pp. 669-692. (ISBN: 978-0-12-823717-5)

Honours and Awards:

• Junior Scientists of the Year - National Environmental Science Academy (NESA), New Delhi (2006).
• Postdoctoral Research Associate- Center for Information Materials, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, South Korea (2006).
• FCT Postdoctoral Fellowship-  Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT),  Portugeese Government, Portugal (2007).
• BK21 (Brain Korea 21) Postdoctoral Fellowship- Changwon National University, Changwon, South Korea (2007).
• Who's Who in the World - Biographical profile included in 27th Edition of MARQUIS Who's Who in the world, USA (2009).
• Editorial Board Member - International Journal of Science and Engineering Applications (IJSEA) (2012).
• Lead Guest Editor - For the special issue entitled "Advanced Luminescent Materials for Photonic Devices" to publish in the Journal "Advances in Materials Science and Engineering (IF: 0.500)", Hindawi Publishers (2013).
• Jury Member (DST INSPIRE)- National Level Exhibition and Project Competition (NLEPC) under INSPIRE Awards component of Department of Science and Technology (DST), New Delhi (2013, 2015, 2016 & 2019).
• Young Scientist in Physical Sciences - Science and Engineering Research Board, Department of Science and Technology (SERB-DST), Government of India, New Delhi (2015).
• Outstanding Scientist Award  -Venus International Foundation Research Award (VIFRA-2015) (In the category of Science and Materials).
• Encouragement Prize - For presenting the research work at 5^th International Conference on Luminescence and its Applications (ICLA-2015) organized by PES University, Bengaluru in collaboration with Luminescence Society of India . This prize is sponsored by Material Research Society of Singapore.
• First Place and Cash Prize -Best poster presentation to my Ph.D. student (Mr. Amit K. Vishwakarma) for our research work presentation in National Conference on Luminescence and its Applications (NCLA-2016), RTM Nagpur University, Nagpur.
• Bharat Vikas Award -Institute of Self Reliance India (ISR India), Bhubaneswar, India (2016).
• Visiting Research Professor - Changwon National University, Changwon, South Korea (2012 & 2016).
• Indo-Korean Research Internship-Our research proposal has been selected and given an opportunity to my Ph.D. student (Mr. Kaushal Jha) to visit South Korea for 6 months supported by DST, Govt. of India, ICT &Future Planning of the Republic Korea (2017).
• Cumulative Citation Award : Gold (2023)-Delhi Technological University, Delhi.
• Yearly CItation Award: Early Research Impact and Influence Award-Delhi Technological University, Delhi. (For the last THREE consecutive years 2023, 2024 and 2025)
• Commendable Research Award for Excellence in Research- Delhi Technological University, Delhi (For the last EIGHT consecutive years 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025)
• Staford's list of Top 2% of Scientists in the world- Recognized as the World’s Top 2% Scientists in the subfields of (i) Applied Physics and (ii) Materials. This list was published by scientists from Stanford University (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025)

Research Projects: (Completed : 06): Worth of > 65 Lakhs

Name of the Sponsoring Agencies: (i) DAE-BRNS, Govt. of India, BARC, Mumbai

                                                                      (ii) SERB-DST, Govt. of India, New Delhi

                                                                     (iii) NPIU, MHRD, Govt. of India, New Delhi 

                                                                      (iv) University of Delhi, Delhi

Doctoral Degree (Ph.D.) Awarded under my Supervision: 09

• Vikas (2024) - Preparation and spectroscopic investigations of rare earth doped tungstate-tellurite glasses for photonic applications.
• Deepali (2023) - Synthesis and spectral investigations of rare earth doped metasilicate phosphor for optoelectronic applications.
• Mukesh K. Sahu (2023) - Color Tunable and Energy Transfer Studies in Single Phase Rare Earth doped Calcium Bismuth Orthophosphate Phosphor for Energy Efficient Optoelectronic Applications
• Harpreet Kaur (2021) - Optimization of Luminescent Features in Multicolour Emitting Rare Earth doped Alkaline Earth Vanadate Phosphor for Solid State Lighting Applications
• S. Shankar (2020) - Synthesis and Characterization of BaTiO₃-based Magnetoelectric Composites for Energy Storage Applications
• Sumandeep Kaur (2019) - Synthesis and Characterization of Rare Earth doped Alkaline Earth Aluminate Phosphor for Solid State Lighting Applications
• Kaushal Jha (2018) - Synthesis and Characterization of Rare Earth doped Zinc Phosphate based Glasses for Optoelectronic Applications
• Amit Kumar Vishwakarma (2017) - Synthesis and Photoluminescence Properties of Rare-Earth doped Alkaline Earth Niobate Phosphors for Solid State Lighting Applications
• Sivaiah Bathula (2016)- Development of Thermoelectric Materials with Enhanced Figure-of Merit for Waste-Heat Energy Utilization

Key Administrative positions at DTU:

      Associate Dean, School of Integrated Learning and Research (SILR), DTU, Delhi (April 2025 to till date)

      Associate Head, Centre of Excellence for Science of Happiness (CESH), DTU, Delhi (March 2025 to till date)

      Associate Nodal Officer, NEP-2020, Delhi Technological University, Delhi (Jan. 2025 to till date)

      Coordinator, Student Welfare, Delhi Technological University, Delhi (Jan. 2025 to till date)

      Dy. Chairperson, Ph.D. Admissions, Delhi Technological University, Delhi (May 2024 to till date; Biannual)

      Dy. Coordinator, ADF, AICTE Doctoral Fellowship, DTU (July 2024 to till date)

      Dy. Librarian, Delhi Technological University, Delhi (April 2023-till date)

      Academic Council Member, Delhi Technological University, Delhi (Oct. 2018-Feb. 2024)

      Dy. Chairperson, M.Sc. Admissions, Delhi Technological University, Delhi (April 2023-2024)

      Officer-In-Charge/Coordinator, Mobility, Office of International Affairs, DTU (Feb. 2020 to July 2022)

     Vice Chairman, Cultural Council, Delhi Technological University, Delhi (Sept. 2019 to Sept. 2022)

     Assistant Director, Centre for Competitive Examinations, DTU, Delhi (Nov. 2018 to Dec. 2024)

      Dy. Coordinator, Central Evaluation, Supplementary Theory Exams (Feb. 2020)

      Dy. Coordinator, Central Evaluation of End Semester (old scheme) Theory Exams (July 2021)

      Warden, CVR Boys Hostel, Delhi Technological University, Delhi (Jan. 2019 to 2020)

      Deputy Superintendent for conducting Theory exams of UG and PG courses for the academic year 2017-18.

•  ?Significant Participation (Outside DTU)
•           Selection Committee Member, AcSIR Best Ph.D. Thesis Awards for Physical Sciences and Mathematical & Information Sciences, AcSIR Headquarters, CSIR-HRDC (2019, 2020 & 2025).
•          Assistant Centre Superintendent, entrance exam of UPSEE-2019 on 21^st April, 2019
•          Member Secretary for one of the Panels, for the appointment of Fellows, Associate Fellows under Delhi Assembly Research Centre (DARC) Fellowship Programme (2020 & 2022).
•          Member Secretary for one of the Panels, for appointing Specialists, Fellows and Associate Fellows under Green Delhi Fellowship Program, Department of Environment & Forest, GNCTD in the year 2021.
•          Member Secretary for one of the Panels, for the appointment of different positions (Senior fellow, Fellow, Associate Fellow) of Delhi Jal Board in the year 2022.
•          Member Secretary for one of the Panels for the appointment of various posts (Project Head, Project manager, Social Media Associate etc.,) in the year 2021 for the largest mentorship project/program under the flagship of Delhi government to involve the youth in the work of Nation building under Delhi’s Education Revolution.
•          Screening Committee Member, Recruitment of Ministerial & Technical posts at DTU
•          Document Verification Member, Recruitment of Ministerial & Technical posts at DTU
•          Observer for CET-2017, Govt. of NCT Delhi, DTTE, IIT, Delhi.
•          Sector Officer for Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) Elections -2012
•          Master Trainer for General Elections held in 2014 and 2015 at Delhi.