Professor
Department of Physics and Centre for Sustainable Energy
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Email : yogesh.sharma@ph.iitr.ac.in
Phone : +91-1332-284861
Work Experience
Professor, IIT Roorkee, Oct. 2023 - Present
Associate Professor, IIT Roorkee, Dec. 2018 - Oct. 2023
Assistant Professor, IIT Roorkee, 2011 - 2018
Post Doctoral Fellow, Energy Research Institute, Singapore, 2010 - 2011.
Senior Research Fellow, IIT Roorkee, 2002 - 2004.
Education
Ph.D., Condensed Matter Physics, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 2010.
M.Tech., Solid State Electronic Materials (Physics), I.I.T Roorkee, Roorkee, 2004.
Prof. Yogesh Sharma is currently a Professor at the Department of Physics and Joint Faculty, Centre for Sustainable Energy, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee, Roorkee, India. He received the Ph.D. degree from the National University of Singapore, Singapore, in 2010. He is known for his work on conversion-based anode for Li-ion batteries, development of indigenous Na-ion battery technology, binder-free next-generation batteries, and solid-state batteries. He has served as a Visiting Scientist with National Chiao Tung University Hsinchu, Taiwan and a Visiting Professor with the University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada. He has authored/co-authored about 100 research publications of repute and filled 25 patents (10 granted). Prof. Sharma is involved in the sponsored projects of worth more than 25 crore INR. He is leading a national consortium having 15 institute on board, on Solid State Batteries. He has also guided 12 PhD and 10 Master students, and several undergraduates. He has been serving Member Project Evaluation Committee for various private and Government agencies. His research interest includes development of Li/Na-ion battery, solid-state electrolytes, fuel cells, flexible supercapacitors/micro-supercapacitors, and modelling & simulation of energy storage devices. Prof. Sharma is a life member of the Indian Solid-state Ionics Society (ISSIS), Indian Physics Association, Material Research Society Singapore, and Material Research Society, India. He has been recognized as Outstanding Young Faculty of the Year at IIT Roorkee in 2018. He is a winner of National start-up award 2022, DRDO’s Dare to Dream 3.0 award and many more.