Suman Bera

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Biography

Suman Bera is a postdoctoral researcher at KAUST working on perovskite nanocrystals and hybrid metal halides for optoelectronic and X-ray scintillator applications. He holds a Ph.D. in Materials Science and is a recipient of the KAUST Global Postdoctoral Fellowship, Newton International Postdoctoral Fellowship and Marie Curie Seal of Excellence.

Research Interests

Engineering Perovskite Nanocrystals and Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Metal Halide Clusters, Investigation of Their Optoelectronic and Photophysical Properties for Efficient X-ray Imaging Scintillators

Selected Publications

  • Suman Bera, Akash Tripathi, Timi Titus, Nilesh Monohar Sethi, Afreen, Rajdeep Das, K. V. Adarsh, K. George Thomas, and Narayan Pradhan, All Polar Faceted CsPbBr3 Perovskite Crack Platelets: The B-Site Cation Exchange Induced Synthesis and the Facets Controlled Variation in Exciton-Biexciton Emissions. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2024 
  • Arghyadeep Garai, E Krishnan Vishnu, Souvik Banerjee, Anoop Ajaya Kumar Nair, Suman Bera,*  George Thomas, and Narayan Pradhan, Vertex-Oriented Cube-Connected Pattern in CsPbBr3 Perovskite Nanorods and Their Optical Properties: An Ensemble to Single-Particle Study. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 13989–13999. (*Shared corresponding author)
  • Suman Bera, Souvik Banerjee, Rajdeep Das, and Narayan Pradhan,* Tuning Crystal Plane Orientation in Multijunction and Hexagonal Single Crystalline CsPbBr3 Perovskite Disc Nanocrystals. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2022, 144, 7430–7440.
  • Suman Bera, Sanjib Shyamal, and Narayan Pradhan,* Chemically Spiraling CsPbBr3 Perovskite Nanorods. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 14895–14906.
  • Suman Bera, Rakesh Kumar Behera, and Narayan Pradhan,* α-Halo Ketone for Polyhedral Perovskite Nanocrystals: Evolutions, Shape Conversions, Ligand Chemistry, and Self-Assembly. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2020, 142, 20865–20874.

Education

  • 2014 - 2020 PhD. School of Materials Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS)
  • 2012 - 2014 M.Sc. in Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, India
  • 2009 - 2012 B.Sc. in Chemistry, University of Calcutta, India

Professional Profile

  • 2024 - Current Postdoctoral Fellow, KAUST, Saudi Arabia
  • 2020 - 2024 Postdoctoral Research Associate, School of Materials Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, India

Awards

  • KAUST Global Postdoctoral Fellowship
  • Marie Curie Seal of Excellence (UK) 
  • Newton International Postdoctoral Fellowship (UK)
  • CSIR Research Associate Fellowship (India)
  • CSIR Junior and Senior Research Fellowship (India)
  • Inspire Scholarship (top 5% awarded) (India)

KAUST Affiliations

Research Interests Keywords

Engineering Perovskite Nanocrystals and Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Metal Halide Clusters Investigation of Their Optoelectronic and Photophysical Properties for Efficient X-ray Imaging Scintillators PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE