PhD in Metallurgical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi - 2022.
M.Tech in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur-2015.
B.Tech in Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering from University Institute of Engineering and Technology, CSJMU Kanpur- 2010.
Work Experience
Working as an Assistant Professor in Department of Metallurgical Engineering at OP Jindal University, Raigarh (C.G), India from September 2026 to till date.
Worked as an Assistant Professor in Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi, India from Jan 2025 to August 2026.
Worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher in National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Tsukuba, Japan from Dec 2022 to Nov 2024.
Worked as a Jr. Manager (SMS-I) in JSW Steel Ltd., Karnataka, India from Feb 2012 to May 2013.
Worked as a Graduate Engineer Trainee (SMS-I) in JSW Steel Ltd., Karnataka, India from Feb 2011 to Jan 2012.
Research
Physical Metallurgy and Phase Transformations.
Electron Microscopy of Interfaces in Functional Materials.
Machine Learning for Materials Characterization.
Sustainable Metallurgy
International National Journals
Avnish Singh Pal, Akshat Godha, Ankur Sharma, Sujit Yuvraj Pimple, Ankit Singh, Pavithra Billare, Surendra Kumar Makinemi, Kevin Knowles, Joysurya Basu, Chessboard-like nanostructure evolution in Li0. 48Nd0. 5TiO2. 99 perovskites, and its effects on electrochemical properties, Journal of the American Ceramic Society 108(2025), e20488. doi.org/10.1111/jace.20488
Yimeng Wu, Jie Tang, Shuai Tang, You-Hu Chen, Ta-Wei Chiu, Ankit Singh, Masaki Takeguchi, Ayako Hashimoto, Lu-Chang Qin, Geometric influence on field emission characteristics of zirconium carbide nanoneedles, Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 64(2025), 040904. doi.org/10.35848/1347-4065/adcbf9
Nasrat Hannah Shudin, Ryuto Eguchi, Ankit Singh, Ayako Hashimoto, Hideki Abe, Heteroepitaxial Interface of Pt/CeO2 Nanoparticles for Enhanced Catalysis in Oxygen Reduction Reaction (ORR), Journal of Materials Chemistry A 13(2025), 9660-9664. doi.org/10.1039/d4ta07380k
Ankit Singh, S.Yasui, A.S.Pal, L.A.Bendersky, I.Takeuchi, R.K.Mandal and J.Basu, Structures and interfaces in compositionally graded Li(Ni,Mn)xOy cathodes on (111) Nb-doped SrTiO3, Philosophical Magazine 102(2022),1547-1579. doi.org/10.1080/14786435.2022.2039794
Ankit Singh, P.K. Bijalwan, A. Banerjee, M.Dutta, R.K. Mandal and J.Basu, Structures, interfaces and thermodynamic stability of nanocrystalline phases in Fe-amorphous nanocomposite ribbon, powder and coating, Materials Characterization 186(2022), 111815. doi.org/10.1016/j.matchar.2022.111815
A.S. Pal, A.K.L. Das, Ankit Singh, K.M. Knowles, M.I. Ahmad and J. Basu, Evolution of self-assembled chessboard nanostructure spinel in a CoFeGaMnZn multicomponent oxide, Philosophical Magazine 102(2022), 1121-1135. doi.org/10.1080/14786435.2022.2035444
MS. Pradeepkumar, Ankit Singh, J. Basu and MI. Ahmad, Nucleation and growth mechanism of wurzite copper indium disulfide nanoparticles during solution processing, Ceramics International 47(2022), 32086-32096. doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2021.08.098
Ankit Singh, MS. Pradeepkumar, DK Jarwal, S. Jit, S. Bysakh, M. Ahmad, J. Basu and RK. Mandal, Homogeneous and polymorphic transformations to ordered intermetallics in nanostructured Au-Cu multilayer thin films, Journal of Materials Science 56(2021), 16113-16133. doi.org/10.1007/s10853-021-06286-2
A. Gangwar, Ankit Singh, S. Pal, I. Sinha, SS. Meena, NK. Prasad, Magnetic nanocomposites of Fe3C or Ni- substituted (Fe3C/Fe3O4) with carbon for degradation of methylene orange or p-nitrophenol, Journal of Cleaner Production 309(2021), 127372. doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.127372
MS. Pradeepkumar, AS. Pal, Ankit Singh, J. Basu and MI Ahmad, Phase separation in wurtzite CuInxGa1-xS2 nanoparticles, Journal of Materials Science 55(2021), 11841-11855. doi.org/10.1007/s10853-020-04844-8
AS Pal, Ankit Singh, RK Mandal, J Basu, Evolution of Microstructures and Interfaces in Composition ally Graded Mixed Oxide Thin Films for Nanoelectronics and Energy, Microscopy and Microanalysis 25 (S2), 2298-2299. doi.org/10.1017/S1431927619012224
T maity, Ankit Singh, A Dutta, J Das, Microscopic mechanism on the evolution of plasticity in nanolamellar y-Ni/Ni5Zr eutectic composites, Materials Science Engineering A 666(2016), 72-79. doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2016.04.045
J Das, T Maity, Ankit Singh, Nanoeutectic composites: processing, microstructure and properties, Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals 68(2015), 1199-1205. doi.org/10.1007/s12666-015-0704-8
International National Conferences
Ankit Singh, Ryuto Eguchi, Kazutaka Mitsuishi, Ayako Hashimoto, Observation Conditions for Grayscale HREM Image Interpretation via Persistence Homology, NIMS Award Symposium 2024, 6-7 November 2024, Tsukuba International Convention Center (TICC), Tsukuba, Japan.
Ankit Singh, Sandeep Bysakh, Joysurya Basu, R.K. Mandal, Microstructural evolution, growth, and interface structure in multilayered Au/Cu thin films, 12th Asia-Pacific Microscopy Conference, 3-7 February 2020, Hyderabad, India.
Ankit Singh, Pavan Kumar Bijalwan, Atanu Banerjee, Monojit Dutta, Joysurya Basu, R.K. Mandal, Phase evolution, microstructure, and interfaces in Fe-based bulk amorphous alloy coatings on steel, International Microscopy Congress (IMC-19), 9-14 September 2018, Sydney, Australia.
Ankit Singh, Joysurya Basu, R.K. Mandal, Electron microscopy of compositionally graded LiNiO2-LiMnOx thin film on (111) Nb-SrTiO3, International conference on microscopy and XXXIX electron microscopy society of India annual meeting of EMSI-2018, Bhubneswar, India.
Ankit Singh, B. Viswanath, Joysurya Basu, R.K. Mandal, Observation of contrast across the interfaces present in multilayers of Au and Cu thermally evaporated on polycrystalline Si substrate, Proceedings of the 74th annual meeting of the Japanese society of microscopy, vol.53, supplement 1, JSM-2018, Kurume, Japan.
Ankit Singh, Pavan Kumar Bijalwan, Atanu Banerjee, Monojit Dutta, Joysurya Basu, R.K. Mandal, Alloy design and electron microscopy characterization of Fe-based bulk amorphous alloy coating on steel, International conference on electron microscopy and allied techniques and XXXVIII annual meeting of the electron microscope society of India, EMSI-2017, Chennai, India.
Awards
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan Postdoctoral Fellowship – Dec 2022 to Nov 2027.
Offered TEM-Specialist position in Sabanci University Nanotechnology Research and Application Center (SUNUM), Istanbul, Turkey –July 2022.
Electron Microscopy Travel Grant 2018 by Electron Microscopy Society of India (EMSI).
Indira Ananthachaari Scholarship 2018 by Department of Metallurgical Engineering, IIT (BHU).
International Travel Grant, N.P. Gandhi Memorial Trust 2018 by Department of Metallurgical Engineering, IIT (BHU).
Secured All India Rank (AIR)- 226 in GATE 2013- Metallurgical Engineering (MT).
Workshops
One-day workshop on “ Digital Library Training” organized by Central University of Jharkhand in association with Knimbus on 2nd September 2026.
Three-month course on Japanese Language Program at National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan- April 2024 to July 2024.
One-day research seminar on “Transmission Electron Microscopy on Battery Materials” jointly organized by IISc Bangalore & Helmholtz-Institut Ulm, Germany – 20th July 2022.
One-week GIAN workshop on “Interfaces in Materials” IIT Delhi ( Instructor: Prof. K.M. Knowles, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom)- 05th to 09th March 2018.
One-week GIAN workshop on “Crystallographic Texture and Crystal Plasticity” IIT Kharagpur ( Instructor: Prof. Laszlo S. Toth, University of Lorraine, France)- 4th to 14th Dec 2017.
One-day pre-conference workshop on “3D Atom Probe Tomography” organized by IIT Madras in association with IGCAR- Kalpakkam on 20th July 2017
German language A1 course of 48 hours in collaboration with CdA Global Language Centre, Kolkata- August 2014 to November 2014.
Two-day training programme on “Permit to Work & Protocol System” conducted by JSW Steel Limited, Vijayanagar Works – 1st and 2nd Feb 2012
Six Week training programme in “Computer Hardware Maintenance” Science & Technology Entrepreneurs Park (STEP), HBTI Kanpur- 4th Feb to 21st March 2009
Two-day workshop on “Robotics” organized by University Institute of Engineering and Technology, CSJMU Kanpur- 14th – 16th March 2007
Membership of Professional bodies
Member - Royal Society of Electron Microscopy, United Kingdom
Life Member - Electron Microscopy Society of India (EMSI), India.
