Department of Physics

DEPARTMENTS

Engineering

Science

CENTRE

Dr. Mihir Paul

Assistant Professor

Condensed Matter Physics, Superwettable Surfaces and Membranes for oily wastewater treatment, Self-cleaning surfaces, Surface engineering and wettability modulation,

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
From(Date of Joining)ToDesignationOrganisation
25-02-2025ContinuingAssistant ProfessorNERIST
July-2023February-2025Assistant ProfessorMAWCST
February-2020June-2023Project AssistantNIT Nagaland
HONORS AND AWARDS
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EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION
DegreeSubjectUniversityYear
Ph.DPhysicsNIT Nagaland2018 (Aug)-2024 (June)
B.EdEducationDibrugarh University2014
M.ScPhysicsDibrugarh University2012
B.ScPhysicsDibrugarh University2010
ADMINISTRATIVE BACKGROUND

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MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL BODIES
TEACHING ENGAGEMENTS
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PARTICIPATION IN SHORT TERM COURSES
Course NameSponsored ByDate
Computation and Mathematical PhysicsTEQIP-III Scheme29 Oct-02 Nov, 2019
Workshop on Characterization of Magnetic MaterialsUGC-DAE consortium for Scientific Research27th-29th Nov, 2019
One Week FDP on “Open Source Tools for research”MHRD8th-14th June, 2020
Online five days FDP on Science: How it is documented, communicated and publishedAICTE15th-19th Feb, 2021
Paper/Poster presented in conferences
1. Mihir Paul, Debarun Dhar Purkayastha, Fabrication of CuO coated mesh for efficient oil/water
separation” in the International Conference on Emerging Trends in Nanomaterials Science
and Technology (ICCETNMST-2022), Organised by Department of Science and
Humanities NIT Nagaland.

2. Mihir Paul, Debarun Dhar Purkayastha, superhydrophobic-superoleophilic ZnO-coated mesh for oily water treatment” in the national Conference of condensed matter physics (CMDAYS-2022) Organized by Department of Science and Humanities NIT Nagaland.

3. Mihir Paul, Debarun Dhar Purkayastha, Fabrication of superhydrophobic/superoleophilic meshes for oil-water separation, 6th International Conference on Advanced Nanomaterials and
Nanotechnology (ICANN-2019) organized by the Centre for Nanotechnology, IIT Guwahati, Assam.

4. Mihir Paul, Debarun Dhar Purkayastha, National Conference on Emerging Trends In Physics (NCETP-2021) organized by Department of Physics, Tezpur University.
BOOKS AUTHORED

  1. Kalyan Bhuyan (Editor), Samim Sofika Begum (Editor), Mihir Paul (Chief Editor), Frontiers in material and biological science research, IIP publication, ISBN: 978-6252-885-8.

PUBLICATIONS
  1. Mihir Paul, Diliraj Upadhaya, Debarun Dhar Purkayastha, M.Ghanashyam Krishna, ZnO/WO3.H2O micro-nano structures coated mesh for efficient separation of oil-water mixture, Applied Surface Science 583 (2022) 152476.
  2. Mihir Paul, Y. Rajesh, Debarun Dhar Purkayastha, M. Ghanashyam Krishna, Fabrication of multifunctional WO3.H2O flower-like micro/nanostructures for the oily wastewater treatment, Surfaces and Interfaces 36 (2023) 102620.
  3. Mihir Paul, Debarun Dhar Purkayastha, Multifunctional hierarchical tree-like ZnO@CuxO mesh for oily wastewater treatment, Materials Chemistry and Physics 302 (2023) 127705.
  4. Mihir Paul, Debarun Dhar Purkayastha, Fabrication of CuO mesh for efficient oil/water separation, Materials Today: Proceedings, Materials Today: Proceedings 68 (2022) 200–203.
  5. Dibya Jyoti Borah, A. T. T. Mostako1*, R. Chetia, S. Konwer, and M. Paul, Tuning temperature-dependent microstructural properties of tungsten oxide thin films for acetone sensor, Mater Sci: Mater Electron, 33 (2022) ,19854-19870.
  6. Mihir Paul, Thsarola B. Sangtam, Debarun Dhar Purkayastha, Fabrication of TiO2/WO3 heterostructure mesh with hierarchical structures, a tool for oily wastewater treatment. Journal of Alloys and Compounds 983 (2024) 173839.