Dr Sajan has his PhD in Photonics. His areas of experise are: Nanophotonics, Photothermal methods, Biomedical Applications of Laser, Micro/ Optofluidics, Particle trapping and tweezing. He is acrively involved in the research areas of: Nanoparticle based bioimaging, Plasmonic control of emission, Micro and Optofluidic Technologies, Optical Tweezers, Marangonic Tweeezers, Spectrosocpic techniques for disease detection.
His professional affiliations/contributions include:
Editorial Board Member, Scientific Reports, Nature Publishers, USA
Editorial Board Member, Materials Science and Engineering Progress, Engineers Press Group, Austria
Editorial Board Member, Soft Nanoscience Letters, Scientific Research, USA
Editorial Board Member, Asian Journal of Physical Sciences, India
Reviewer Panel Member of Department of Defense, U S A
Reviewer Panel Member of National Research Council, Government of Romania.
He is a reviewer for many international journals (for more than 30 journals since 2003) :
Springer,
American Institute of Physics,
RSC publishers,
Taylor & Francis,
Elsevier Publications,
SPIE Publications,
American Scientific Publishers and International Conferences.
Experience
- Head of the Department, [2022-present] Professor and Head, Department of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal.
- [2018-2022] Professor, Department of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal.
- [2012-2018] Associate Professor, Department of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal.
- [2009-2012] Scientist, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany.
- [2007-2009] Scientist, Leibniz University of Hannover, Germany.
- [2006-2007] Assistant Professor, Department of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal.
- [2005-2006] Research Associate, Department of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal.
- [2004-2005] KU Leuven Fellow, Katholikek University of Leuven, Belgium.
AREAS OF INTEREST IN TEACHING
Nanomaterials, Non-Linear Optics
TOP 5 RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS
- LASER as a tool for surface modification of dental biomaterials: A review, R Saran, K Ginjupalli, SD George, S Chidangil, VK Unnikrishnan, Heliyon, 2023
- Cellular temperature probing using optically trapped single upconversion luminescence, K Suresh, K Monisha, A Bankapur, SK Rao, S Mutalik, SD George, Analytica Chimica Acta, 341530,2023
- Synergistic Effect of Yb3+, Tm3+, Nd3+ Doped NaYF4 Nanoparticles and MoS2 Nanosheets for Enhanced Photocatalytic Dye Degradation under Visible Light, S Singh, V Takhar, SH Nannuri, SD George, R Banerjee, SK Misra, ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2023
- A New Paradigm in Biosensing: MOF-Carbon Dot Conjugates, SH Nannuri, A Pandey, S Kulkarni, PK Deshmukh, SD George, S Mutalik, Materials Today Communications, 106340, 2023
- Simple Fabrication of PDMS-Grafted Hydrophobic Iron Oxide Particles for Oil–Water Separation and Stimuli-Responsive Liquid Marbles, S Hanosh, BS Lekshmi, SN Varanakkottu, SD George, ACS Applied Polymer Materials 5 (5), 3507-3514, 2023