Biography
Dr. Jena joined the Department of Physics as an Assistant Professor on 31st of December, 2013. His research expertise is in the field of nonlinear sum-frequency generation (SFG) vibrational spectroscopy and its application to probe the molecular structure various biomolecules and their interactions with interfacial water molecules at air/water and solid/water interfaces. He received his Ph.D. degree in 2008 from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, under the mentorship of Prof. Prem B. Bisht and Prof. S. Kasiviswanathan. During his Ph.D. program, he studied the nonlinear optical properties and relaxation processes of organic molecules by using the laser-induced transient grating technique. He joined Prof. Dennis Hore's group in 2007 as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Victoria, Canada studied interfacial water structure at solid / water interfaces using SFG vibrational spectroscopy. In 2011, he joined Prof. Sylvie Roke's group at Max-Planck Institute for Intelligent System, Germany and subsequently moved to EPFL, Switzerland worked on SFG scattering spectroscopy to probe formation and characterization of model membrane systems at the water / nanoscopic oil droplet interfaces.
Area of Research
Nonlinear Laser Spectroscopy, Air/Water Interface, Radiation Pressure and Liquid Jet
Education
- Ph.D., Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India (2008)
- M. Sc. (Physics Major), Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, Odisha, India (2001)
- B.Sc. (Physics Major), Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India (1998)
Work Experience
- Associate Professor, Department of Physics, IIT Ropar, Punjab, India (April 2022 - Present)
- Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, IIT Ropar, India (December, 2013 – March 2022)
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Bioengineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland (May, 2011- October, 2013)
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Max-Planck Institute for Intelligent System, Stuttgart, Germany (January, 2011 – May 2011)
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Victoria, Canada (December, 2007 – September, 2010)
Other Information
Administrative Experience (IIT Ropar)
- Warden (Mercury and Jupiter Hostels, IIT Roar)
- Chairperson (Sports Committee, IIT Ropar)
- Chairperson (GATE-IIT Ropar)
- Vice-Chairperson (CRF-IIT Ropar)
- Institute Representative (GATE-2021)
- Institute Representative (GATE-2020)
- IIT Counseling Activity (JEE-Advance, 2019)
- Institute Representative (JEE-Advance, 2018)
- Observer (JEE-Main, 2015)
Research
Our research interest is highly interdisciplinary in nature covering many subjects in Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Material Science and Engineering. The main objective of our research group at IIT Ropar is to explore the interfacial structure of molecules at various interfaces. By keeping this in mind, we probe planar interfaces (air / liquid, solid / liquid, liquid / liquid) with the presence of various important biological macromolecules. We implement state-of-the-art nonlinear laser spectroscopic tool to extract a detailed molecular level information about the molecules residing at the interface and their influence on the pristine interfacial water structure. We keep our priorities on fields like protein-protein interaction, nanomaterial for sensing application, drug-polymer interaction, binding of DNA with polymer nanocomposites, specific ion effects, nano-bio mimicking systems, laser induced microjet formation, understanding fundamentals of evaporation, self-assembly of molecules. We use surface specific sum frequency generation vibration spectroscopy supplemented by ATR-FTIR spectroscopy and microscopy, Langmuir-Blodgett Trough to probe the mentioned molecular systems.
Group Member
Ph.D. Student Supervision (IIT Ropar)
- Ms. Bhawna Rana (July, 2016) (Ph. D., In Progress) (Thesis to be submitted soon)
- Ms. Harsharan Kaur (July, 2016) (Ph. D., In Progress) (Thesis to be submitted soon)
- Ms. Sarbjeet Kaur (January, 2017) (Ph.D., In progress)
- Mr. Sagar Shayer Yaar (July, 2020) (Ph. D., In progress)
- Mr. Rakhshit (January, 2021) (Ph. D., In progress)
- Rakshit Singh Patwal (July, 2021) (Ph. D., In Progress)
- Tuhina Parvin Sultana (January, 2022) (Ph. D., In Progress)
- Meenu Rani (July, 2022) (Ph. D., In Progress)
- Sitara Khan Teli (July, 2022) (Ph. D., In Progress)
- Yagya Raj Subedi (July, 2022) (Ph. D., In Progress) (International Student)
Past Members:
- Dr. Shilpi Chaudhary (July, 2016) (National Post Doctoral Fellow) (Asst. Prof.,
PEC (Deemed to be University)
- Dr. Deepak Tomar (2019, Ph.D., Completed) (Postdoc, Tohoku University, Japan)
- Dr. Monica (July, 2021) (Ph. D., Completed) (Postdoc, KTH, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden)
- Dr. Harpreet Kaur (December, 2021) (Ph. D., Completed) (University of Victoria, Canada)
- Ms. Akanksha Arora (Project Student, 2020) (Ph.D. Student, PRL, Ahmedabad)
Lab Facility
Sum-frequency Generation Vibrational Spectrometer
ATR-FTIR Spectrometer and Microscope
Infrared Reflection Absorption Spectroscopy (IRRAS) Setup (Developed Inhouse)
Langmuir–Blodgett Trough (Surface Tension Measurement)
Zetesizer and Zeta Potential Analyzer
Picosecond and Nano Second Laser Based Liquid Jet Setup (Developed Inhouse)
Time-Resolved Interferromtery Setup (Developed Inhouse)
Publications
2. Elucidating the molecular structure of hydrophobically-modified polyethylenimine nanoparticles and its potential implication for DNA binding
Harsharan Kaur, Meenakshi Verma, Sarabjeet Kaur, Bhawna Rana, Narinder Singh,
Dr. Kailash Chandra JenaLangmuir (Accepted)
5. Explicating the molecular level drug-polymer interactions at the interface of supersaturated solution of the model drug: Albendazole
Prachi Joshi, Prabhakar Mallepogu, Harpreet Kaur, Ridhima Singh, Ikjot Sodhi, Sanjaya K. Samal, Kailash C. Jena, Abhay T. Sangamwar,
Dr. Kailash Chandra JenaEuropean Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
3. Probing the Influence of Polyvinylpyrrolidone Polymer on the Interfacial Water Structure at Air/Water Interface using Nonlinear Optical Vibrational Spectroscopy
Bhawna Rana, Harpreet Kaur,
Dr. Kailash Chandra JenaKIRAN: A Bulletin of the Indian Laser Association
31, 1-7
Open Position
Teaching
Teaching Engagement (IIT Ropar)
- Mathematical Physics for Engineers (PH456, UG)
- Mathematical Physics (PH412, PG)
- Physics for Engineers (PH101, UG)
- Classical and Mathematical Physics (PH601, Ph. D.)
- Classical Mechanics (PH103, UG)
- Lasers and Nonlinear Optics (PH459, UG)
- Laser Physics (PH614, PG)
- Experimental Methods (PH512, UG and PG)
- Medical Device and Equipment (BML 607, M. Tech.)
- Atomic and Molecular Physics (PH423, PG)