Bikas C. Das is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physical Sciences at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Berhampur (IISER Berhampur). He received his Ph.D. in Physics from the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS) and Jadavpur University in 2011, with research focused on organic and nanomaterial-based electronic devices. He subsequently carried out postdoctoral research at the National Institute for Nanotechnology (NINT), University of Alberta, Canada, and in the Department of Electrical Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University, USA.
His research lies at the intersection of materials engineering, device physics, and emerging electronics, with a particular emphasis on energy-efficient devices and intelligent sensing technologies. His group works on thin-film semiconductors, memristors and memtransistors, low-voltage transistors, photodetectors, neuromorphic devices, plasmonic systems, and scanning-probe-based device characterization. His research explores materials including metal chalcogenides, halide perovskites, organic semiconductors, metal–organic frameworks, and complex oxides for next-generation electronic and optoelectronic devices.
Dr. Das has published extensively in peer-reviewed international journals and has been involved in several collaborative national and international research programmes (UKIERI, UK and DST-JSPS, Japan). He is also an Editorial Board Member of Scientific Reports. Alongside research, he is actively involved in teaching and mentoring undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral students, with an emphasis on connecting fundamental physics with practical applications and encouraging independent and critical thinking.
2026:
1. DST-JSPS Indo-Japan Bilateral Project (Sanctioned)
2. A SPOKE of 2D Innovation Hub at IISc Bangalore (Approved)
2022:
1. Exploring 2D Atomic Crystals for Resistive Switching Based Emerging Artificial Neuromorphic Devices (ANRF, Completed)
2. Energy-Efficient Synaptic Transistors of Two-Dimensional Layered Materials (ANRF, Completed)
2018:
1. Brain-like computing - Designing the basic building blocks for artificial neurons and synapses (UGC-UKIERI, Completed)
2. Development of Charge-Transfer Nanohybrids of 2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenides to Fabricate Flexible Thin Film Devices (SERB, Completed)
3. A Detail Study of Electrolyte-Gated Organic Field-effect Transistors (SERB, Completed)
