Hemant Kumar
Education
2026 Ph.D., Department of Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, India
2018 M.Tech, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Malaviya National Institute of Technology (MNIT), Jaipur, India
2016 B.Tech, Department of Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering, Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University (CSJMU), Kanpur, India
Professional Experiences
2026.09 - Present Postdoctoral Researcher, NIMS
2026.04 - 2026.08 Research Associate-I, Advanced Facility for Microscopy and Microanalysis (AFMM), Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India
2018.04 - 2019.12 Project Associate, Centre for Nanoscience and Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India
2018.07 - 2019.04 Project Associate, Department of Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India
Awards and Honors
2025 Best Oral Presentation Award, IIM-ATM 2025 and 79th Annual Technical Meeting at IIT Hyderabad.
2025 Best Microscopy Image and Best Poster awards, XLIII Annual Meeting of the Electron Microscope Society of India (EMSI-2025) at IISc, Bengaluru.
2025 Best Poster and Best Metallography awards, KC:75 International Conference on Innovative Materials Research (IC-IMR) at IIT Jammu.
2024 Best Poster, Best Metallography in (TEM category), and Best Metallography in (Advanced techniques category) awards, IIM-ATM 2024 and 78th Annual Technical Meeting at GKVK, Bengaluru.
2024 Best Materialograph award (TEM category) in the 37th Annual Students Symposium, Department of Materials Engineering, IISc.
2023 Best Poster Award, XLI Annual Meeting of the Electron Microscope Society of India (EMSI-2023) at Delhi University.
2021 Recipient of Prime Minister's Research Fellowship (PMRF), Ministry of Education, Govt. of India
Selected Publications
"Strength-ductility synergy in lightweight aluminium alloys with nano-layered fibres and core-shell nano-particles"
Hemant Kumar, Praveen Kumar, Dierk Raabe, Baptiste Gault, Surendra Kumar Makineni,
Nature Communications, 17 (2026) 8242.
"Design of high-strength Al–Cu based alloy by minor addition of Hf and Zr"
Hemant Kumar, Subhashish Meher, Dhanalakshmi Palanisamy, Rajarshi Banerjee, Subodh Kumar, Sukla Mondol, Surendra Kumar Makineni,
Journal of Materials Science, 60 (2025) 1253-1263.
"Solid-state precipitation of Al₈Mn₅ in Mg–Al–Ca–Mn alloys: A STEM and APT-based microstructural investigation"
Dipanjan Kumar, Hemant Kumar, Shinichi Inoue, Surendra Kumar Makineni, Yoshihito Kawamura, Kamanio Chattopadhyay,
Materials Characterization, 140 (2026) 117003.
"Single-step fabrication of liquid gallium nanoparticles via capillary interaction for dynamic structural colours"
Renu Raman Sahu, Alwar Samy Ramasamy, Santosh Bhonsle, Mark Vailshery, Archana S, Hemant Kumar, Tapajyoti Das Gupta,
Nature Nanotechnology, 19 (2024) 766-774.
"A Sustainable Microstructure Modification‐Based Design of Al‐Si Alloys for Energy Efficient Electric Power Transmission and Distribution"
Pawan Bohane, Sumedh S Dongare, Hemant Kumar, Surendra Kumar Makineni, Trushar B Gohil, Ajeet K Srivastav,
Advanced Engineering Materials, 27 (2025) 2402112.