Associate Professor
Electronics & Communication Engineering (ECE)
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG)
10+ Years
Teaching and Research
Computational materials science, low-dimensional materials, materials for optoelectronic applications
Mail: vipin.kumar@sru.edu.in
PhD in Physics from Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
M.Sc. in Physics from CSJM University Kanpur
B.Sc. from CSJM University Kanpur
Associate Professor at SR University, Warangal, Telangana, from 2026-02-02 to .
Assistant Professor at Yeungnam University South Korea, from 2022-03-23 to 2026-01-20.
Assistant Professor at Manipal University Jaipur , from 2017-07-01 to 2022-03-17.
Post-Doctoral at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB), from 2015-12-30 to 2017-06-27.
Vipin Kumar*, Rajneesh Kumar Mishra, Hwajun Jeon, Pushpendra Kumar, Rajeev Ahuja, Jin Seog Gwag, "First-principles calculations to investigate the dielectric and optical anisotropy in two-dimensional monolayer calcium and magnesium difluorides in the vacuum ultraviolet", J. Phys. Chem. Solids 181, 111482 (2023) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpcs.2023.111482. [IF:4.9, ISSN: 1879-2553]
Vipin Kumar*, Rajneesh Kumar Mishra, Le Gia Trung, Pushpendra Kumar, Sagar M Mane, Jae Cheol Shin, Jin Seog Gwag, "Copper, Palladium, and Reduced Graphene Oxide Co-doped Layered WS2/WO3 Nanostructures for Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Generation", Electron. Mater. Lett. 20, 414–424 (2024) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13391-023-00458-9. [IF: 2.6, ISSN: 2093-6788]
Vipin Kumar*, Yoonseuk Choi, Le Gia Trung, Pushpendra Kumar, Jin Seog Gwag, "Oxygen-doping induced tunable optoelectronic properties of two-dimensional (2D) 1T-MgF2 monolayer: A first-principles study", Mater. Sci. Semicond. Process. 183, 108758 (2024) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mssp.2024.108758. [IF: 4.6, ISSN: 1873-4081]
Vipin Kumar*, Pushpendra Kumar, Akash, Ajay Saini, Jin Seog Gwag, "Tunable Electronic, Optoelectronic, and Photocatalytic Properties of MoS2 and GaS Monolayers in the MoS2/GaS Heterostructure", ChemistrySelect 9, e202402566 (2024) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/slct.202402566. [IF: 2.0, ISSN: 2365-6549]
Vipin Kumar*, Pushpendra Kumar, Gyanendra Kumar Maurya, Jin Seog Gwag, "Insights into the electronic, optoelectronic, and photocatalytic properties of octahedrally coordinated strontium dichloride (SrCl2) monolayer", Comput. Condens. Matter 41, e00971 (2024) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cocom.2024.e00971. [IF: 3.9, ISSN: 2352-2143]
Upendra Kumar, Gyanendra Kumar Maurya, Vipin Kumar*, Seung-Cheol Lee, Jin Seog Gwag, "Exploring optical properties of transition metal dichalcogenides: unraveling the impact of spinorbit coupling via Floquet engineering", Opt Quant Electron 57, 20 (2025) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11082-024-07633-8. [IF:4.0, ISSN: 1572-817X]
Vipin Kumar*, Pushpendra Kumar, Akash, Jin Seog Gwag, "Electro-optical properties of zigzag and armchair transition metal dichalcogenide nanoribbons", React. Kinet. Mech. Catal. 138, 2151–2162 (2025) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11144-025-02849-5. [IF: 1.7, ISSN: 1878-5204]
Akash, Pushpendra Kumar, Vipin Kumar*, Ashok Kumar Sharma, Anoop Kumar Mukhopadhyay, "Effect of Ni doping on the properties of Ca(OH)2 nanoparticles and its application in toxic methylene blue dye removal", Results Phys. 75, 108355 (2025) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rinp.2025.108355. [Cite score: 9.6, ISSN: 2211-3797]
Vipin Kumar*, Pushpendra Kumar, Gyanendra Kumar Maurya, Jin Seog Gwag, "Tailoring the electronic properties and optical responses in semiconductor-doped magnesium hydroxide monolayer for optoelectronic applications", Int. J. Mod. Phys. B. 39, 2550231 (2025) DOI:https://doi.org/10.1142/S0217979225502315. [IF:2.8, ISSN: 1793-6578]
Vipin Kumar*, Jin Seog Gwag, Pushpendra Kumar, "Quasi-2D Ca2X (X = C, Si, Ge, Sn, Pb) hexagonal intermetallic monolayer compounds: comprehensive and comparative study on the electronic properties and strong anisotropic photoresponse", Results Phys. 79, 108515 (2025), DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rinp.2025.108515. [Cite score: 9.6, ISSN: 2211-3797]
