Assistant Professor and Research Coordinator
Department of Basic Sciences, School of Sciences and Humanities
Water-Energy-Nexus
Nanofluid, Solar Energy Harvesting, Energy Conversion and Management
PhD in Applied Physics from IIT Kharagpur
M.Sc. in Physics from IIT Kharagpur
B.Sc. in Physics from Jadavpur University
Assistant Professor at , from 2025-07-24 to .
Postdoctoral Researcher at Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia, from 2025-03-26 to 2025-06-30.
Postdoctoral Researcher at IIT Patna, from 2022-08-28 to 2025-03-15.
Research Assistant at IIT Kharagpur, from 2016-09-19 to 2016-12-30.
Research Assistant at Aalto University, Finland, from 2016-03-03 to 2016-07-30.
Ph.D
A. International Journal Publications (*Corresponding author) 1. S. Nandy, S. B. Hota, B. K. Ghosh, M. Kumar, D. Patra, S. K. Hazra, R. Mondal, D. Biswas*, Comprehensive Characterization of xV2O5-(0.3-x) Li2O-0.35 TeO2-0.35 P2O5 Glasses: Influence of V2O5 Concentration on Thermal and Dielectric Properties, Physica B: Condensed Matter, 714 (2025) 417436 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physb.2025.417436 I.F. – 2.8, Q2, Status: Accepted 2. H. Meskher*, A. K. Thakur, S. K. Hazra*, M. S. Ahamed*, A. M. Saleque, Q. F. Alsalhy, M. W. Shahzad, M. N. A. S. Ivan, S. Saha, and I. Lynch*, Recent advances in applications of MXenes for desalination, water purification and as an antibacterial: a review, Environmental Science: Nano, 12, (2025) 1012 DOI: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2025/en/d4en00427b I.F. – 5.8, Q1, Status: Accepted 3. A.K. Thakur, S. K. Hazra, A. S. Mortuza, S. Bhattarai, J. Y. Hwang, M. A., Shamim; Towards Sustainable Water Solutions: A Review of Nanomaterials for Solar-Driven Water Harvesting, ACS ES&T Water, 4, (2024) 4741-4757 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsestwater.4c00620 I.F. – 5.1, Q1, Status: Published 4. S. K. Harza, H. Kim, H. Meskher, P. Singh, S. Kansara, A. K. Thakur, S. A. Khan, A. M. Saleque, R. Saidur, S. Ahmed, J. Y. Hwang; Lithium-free Redox Flow Batteries: Challenges and Future Prospective for Safe and Efficient Energy Storage, Batteries & Supercaps., (2024) e202400100 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/batt.202400100 I.F. – 6.043, Q1, Status: Published 5. D. Biswas, Y. B. Singh, S. K. Hazra, B. K. Ghosh, A. S. Das, R. Mondal, S. Kabi, L. S. Singh; Influence of Sb doping on thermal properties and electrical conductivity mechanism of SbxSe50–xSn20Te30 chalcogenide glassy systems, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 633 (2024) 122953 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2024.122953 I.F. – 3.5, Q2, Status: Published 6. D. Biswas, B. K. Ghosh, A. Das, S. K. Hazra, S. Das, R. Mondal, S. Kabi, S. Adhikari; Effect of the iron content on the thermal and dielectric relaxation process of sodium Zinc-Phosphate quaternary glassy systems, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 629 (2024) 122882 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2024.122882 I.F. – 3.5, Q2, Status: Published 7. S. K. Hazra*, A. M. Saleque, A. K. Thakur, M. N. A. S. Ivan, D. Biswas, S. A. Khan, R. Saidur, Z. Ma, R. Sathyamurthy; Recent advancement in solar-driven interfacial steam generation for desalination: A state-of-the-art review, Energy Technol., (2024) 2301190 DOI: 10.1002/ente.202301190 I.F. – 3.8, Q2, Status: Published 8. A. Upadhyay, S. K. Hazra, A. Assam, R. Raj; Review of the Current Status and the Potential of Machine Learning Tools in Boiling Heat Transfer, Numerical Heat Transfer, Part B: Fundamentals, 2023 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10407790.2023.2266770 I.F. - 1.378, Q2, Status: Published 9. S. K. Hazra*, T. K. Nandi; Performance prediction and determination of optimum optical property of the nanofluid for energy storage in direct absorption solar collectors, Applied Thermal Engineering, 233 (2023) 121189 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2023.121189 I.F. – 6.4, Q1, Status: Published 10. S. B. Hota; D. Biswas; S. K. Hazra; A. S Das; R. Mondal; S. Kabi; D. Roy; Mixed ionic and electronic conductivity in the quaternary V2O5–Na2O–ZnO–P2O5 glass system, MTLA, 28 (2023) 101777 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtla.2023.101777 I.F. – 3.4, Q1, Status: Published 11. S. S. Christopher; A. K. Thakur; S. K. Hazra; S. W. Sharshir; A. K. Pandey; S. Rahman; P. Singh; L. S. Sunder; A. K. Raj; R. Dhivagar; R. Sathyamurthy; Performance evaluation of external compound parabolic concentrator integrated with thermal storage tank for domestic solar refrigeration system, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 30 (2023) 62137–62150 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-26399-2 I.F. – 5.8, Q1, Status: Published 12. A. K. Thakur, R. Sathyamurthy, R. Velraj, R. Saidur, A. K. Pandey, Z. Ma, P. Singh, S. K. Hazra, S. W. Sharshir, R. Prabakaran, S. C. Kim, S. Panchal, M. H. Ali; A state-of-the art review on advancing battery thermal management systems for fast-charging, Applied Thermal Engineering, 226 (2023) 120303 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2023.120303 I.F. – 6.4, Q1, Status: Published 13. S. K. Hazra*, M. Michel, T. K. Nandi; Investigations on optical and photo-thermal conversion characteristics of BN-EG and BN/CB-EG hybrid nanofluids for applications in direct absorption solar collectors, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cell, 230 (2021) 111245 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.solmat.2021.111245 I.F. – 6.9, Q1, Status: Published 14. S. K. Hazra*, S. Ghosh, T. K. Nandi; Photo-thermal conversion characteristics of carbon black-ethylene glycol nanofluids for applications in direct absorption solar collectors, Applied Thermal Engineering, 163 (2019) 114402 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2019.114402 I.F. – 6.4, Q1, Status: Published
Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research (INSPIRE) Fellowship, Funded by GOI (2008-2013)
National Scholarship Programme, Funded by the Slovak Republic (2025-2025)