Overview
Background
Dr. Aditya Ashok is a distinguished early career researcher and expert in flexible inorganic nanoarchitectured devices by precisely engineering the material parameters for energy conversion, optoelectronics, catalysis, and biosensing applications. As a Postdoctoral Fellow at Prof. Yusuke Yamauchi's group, UQ-AIBN, his research focuses on fabricating porous multimodal inorganic heterojunction for opto-catalysis and biosensing applications. His long-term research vision is to bridge the gap between fundamental materials science and real-world biomedical and energy solutions through nanoengineered materials and flexible electronic devices.
Dr. Ashok secured a bachelor's in electrical and electronics engineering in 2016 and a master's in nanotechnology and renewable energy in 2018. In 2024, he graduated with his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Biomedical Engineering under Prof. Yusuke Yamauchi's group from the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (AIBN), The University of Queensland, Brisbane. Immediately after his PhD, he was offered to join a postdoctoral research associate at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, at the School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering and the Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering. His research at the UNSW focused on developing multimodal flexible electronics and flexible mesoporous 3D buckling electrodes for organoid studies.
Availability
- Dr Aditya Ashok is:
- Available for supervision
Qualifications
- Masters (Research) of Nanotechnology, Amrita School of Nanotechnology and Molecular Medicine, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
Research impacts
Dr. Aditya Ashok’s research has had a profound impact on materials science, nanotechnology, and biomedical engineering, particularly on the development of flexible nanoarchitectured devices for biosensing, energy conversion, and biomedical applications. His pioneering work on mesoporous semiconductors and flexible electronics has led to advancements in implantable bioelectronics, disease diagnostics, and energy-efficient optoelectronic devices. With extensive experience in synthesis and advanced characterization, which involves physical/chemical deposition techniques, photolithography, in-situ X-ray analysis, and flexible device fabrication. He pioneered the development of meso-space engineering through post-plasma processing and flexible/implantable mesoporous biosensing devices based on bottom-up nanostructured thin films on flexible substrates through electrochemistry and top-down plasma as post-processing techniques towards advanced engineered medical and energy conversion devices.
An early career researcher with an exceptional track record of over >40 peer-reviewed publications in prestigious and high-impact journals in the field of Materials Science, such as JACS, Advanced Functional Materials, Nature Protocol, PNAS, ACS Nano, Nano Letters, Angewandte Chemie, Small, and other leading journals, with >1100 citations and an h-index of 17 (Google Scholar). Dr. Ashok has actively collaborated with leading research groups in Australia, Japan, and the USA, including NIMS (Japan), Waseda University (Japan), and Prof. John A. Rogers’ group at Northwestern University (USA). His research has been supported by competitive grants, travel awards, scholarships, and international recognition, including a Best Presentation Award at an international conference. Beyond publications, his research received attention in the research community and was highlighted in local and international media (UQ News: Flexible gold sensor unlocks a new generation of medical implants; Australian Manufacturing: UQ researchers unlock the potential of next-gen implantable medical gadgets with new sensor; Manufacturer’s Monthly: Pioneering flexible gold sensors for next-gen medical implants).
Works
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2019
Journal Article
Atomically thin 2D layered MoS2-enabled photo-current characteristics in TiO2 nanoparticle films
Gopakumar, Gopika, Ashok, Aditya, Nair, Shantikumar V. and Shanmugam, Mariyappan (2019). Atomically thin 2D layered MoS2-enabled photo-current characteristics in TiO2 nanoparticle films. Applied Nanoscience, 9 (8), 1611-1619. doi: 10.1007/s13204-019-01106-1
2019
Journal Article
Spray pyrolysis-coated nano-clustered CdTe on amorphous Si thin films for heterojunction solar cells
Ashok, Aditya, Nair, Shantikumar V. and Shanmugam, Mariyappan (2019). Spray pyrolysis-coated nano-clustered CdTe on amorphous Si thin films for heterojunction solar cells. Applied Nanoscience, 9 (7), 1479-1486. doi: 10.1007/s13204-019-01022-4
2018
Journal Article
All spray pyrolysis-coated CdTe-TiO2 heterogeneous films for photo-electrochemical solar cells
Vijayaraghavan, S. N., Ashok, Aditya, Gopakumar, Gopika, Menon, Harigovind, Nair, Shantikumar V. and Shanmugam, Mariyappan (2018). All spray pyrolysis-coated CdTe-TiO2 heterogeneous films for photo-electrochemical solar cells. Materials for Renewable and Sustainable Energy, 7 (3) 12. doi: 10.1007/s40243-018-0120-1
2018
Journal Article
MoO3 surface passivation on TiO2: An efficient approach to minimize loss in fill factor and maximum power of dye sensitized solar cell
Gopakumar, Gopika, Ashok, Aditya, Vijayaraghavan, S. N., Nair, Shantikumar V. and Shanmugam, Mariyappan (2018). MoO3 surface passivation on TiO2: An efficient approach to minimize loss in fill factor and maximum power of dye sensitized solar cell. Applied Surface Science, 447, 554-560. doi: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2018.04.013
2018
Journal Article
Understanding hysteresis behavior in SnO2 nanofiber-based dye-sensitized solar cell
Ashok, Aditya, Gopakutnar, Gopika, Vijayaraghavan, S. N., Nair, Shantikumar and Shanmugam, Mariyappan (2018). Understanding hysteresis behavior in SnO2 nanofiber-based dye-sensitized solar cell. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 8 (4), 1044-1050. doi: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2018.2825237
2018
Journal Article
Cost effective natural photo-sensitizer from upcycled jackfruit rags for dye sensitized solar cells
Ashok, Aditya, Mathew, Sumi E., Shivaram, Shivakumar B., Shankarappa, Sahadev A., Nair, Shantikumar V. and Shanmugam, Mariyappan (2018). Cost effective natural photo-sensitizer from upcycled jackfruit rags for dye sensitized solar cells. Journal of Science: Advanced Materials and Devices, 3 (2), 213-220. doi: 10.1016/j.jsamd.2018.04.006
2018
Journal Article
On the physics of dispersive electron transport characteristics in SnO2 nanoparticle-based dye sensitized solar cells
Ashok, Aditya, Vijayaraghavan, S. N., Unni, Gautam E., Nair, Shantikumar V. and Shanmugam, Mariyappan (2018). On the physics of dispersive electron transport characteristics in SnO2 nanoparticle-based dye sensitized solar cells. Nanotechnology, 29 (17) 175401, 1-8. doi: 10.1088/1361-6528/aaae45
2018
Journal Article
Two dimensional layered electron transport bridges in mesoscopic TiO2 for dye sensitized solar cell applications
Gopakumar, Gopika, Menon, Harigovind, Ashok, Aditya, Nair, Shantikumar V. and Shanmugam, Mariyappan (2018). Two dimensional layered electron transport bridges in mesoscopic TiO2 for dye sensitized solar cell applications. Electrochimica Acta, 267, 63-70. doi: 10.1016/j.electacta.2018.02.061
2017
Journal Article
Molybdenum trioxide thin film recombination barrier layers for dye sensitized solar cells
Ashok, Aditya, Vijayaraghavan, S. N., Nair, Shantikumar V. and Shanmugam, Mariyappan (2017). Molybdenum trioxide thin film recombination barrier layers for dye sensitized solar cells. RSC Advances, 7 (77), 48853-48860. doi: 10.1039/c7ra08988k
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