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Vivek Semwal

I am currently an Assistant Professor in the Manipal Institute of Applied Physics at Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) India. Prior to this, I worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) and Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, where I focused on the development of fiber optic aptasensors, lossy mode resonance based sensors.

I completed my Ph.D. in Physics from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. My research focuses on plasmonics, optical sensors, nanophotonics, and biosensors, with a particular interest in developing advanced sensor technologies for applications in environmental monitoring and biomedical diagnostics.

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Education

  • Ph.D.

       Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India

       (2015-2020)

  • M.Sc (Physics)

       H. N. B. Garhwal University Uttarakhand,               India 

  • B.Sc (Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics)

       H. N. B. Garhwal University Uttarakhand,               India

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  • Assistant Professor

       Manipal Institute of Applied Physics, Manipal                 Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) 

       March 2025 to Present

  • Post Doctoral Researcher

       Technical University of Denmark (DTU)

       April 2021 to Feb 2025

  • Post Doctoral Fellow

       Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India

       November 2020 to March 2021

  • Post Doctoral Fellow

       Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India

       July 2020 to October 2020

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Experiences

Positions of Responsibility

  • Member, Admission committee for the M.Sc. Photonics program at MIAP.

  • Guest Editor: Special issue on Recent Advances in Plasmon Resonance Sensors, for Sensors Journal from MDPI Publishing house.

  • Supervised four M.Tech. and M.Sc. projects at IIT Delhi with my Ph.D supervisior Prof. B. D. Gupta.

  • Supervised M.Sc. and UG special project at DTU Denmark with Dr. Jakob Janting.

  • Member of the Optical Society of America (OSA) (2015-present).

  • Secretary of the student chapter of the Optical Society of America at IIT Delhi during May 2016- April 2017.

  • President of the student chapter of the Optical Society of America at IIT Delhi during May 2017-September 2018.

  • Organized Demo and quiz competitions for four years (2015 to 2019) at the department level on Open House and tryst an annual events of the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi and received several certificates of recognition.

Qualifying Exams/Fellowships/Awards

  • Inspire Fellowship: Awarded Research Fellowship by Department of Science and Technology, India during Ph.D. program.

  • Inspire Scholarship: Awarded by Department of Science and Technology, India during my M.Sc (Physics).

  • Inspire Scholarship: Awarded by Department of Science and Technology, India during my B.Sc program.

  • Qualified National Eligibility Test (NET) in JUNE 2014 in Physical Sciences conducted by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India.

  • Best Poster award at International Conference on Advanced Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, ICANN-2017, December 18-21, at IIT Guwahati.

  • Received Research Excellence Travel (RETA) award for international conference from IIT Delhi, January 2019.

  • Received Travel grant for international conference from Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), India. Sept 2018.

  • Received JSAP-OSA Joint Symposia 2017 Travel Award.

  • Best Poster award at Danish Optical Society, DOPS-2021, November 17, at Copenhagen, Denmark.

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