• Assistant Professor (2013 to 2018), Department of Physics, National Institute of Technology Silchar, Assam
• Assistant Professor Grade I (2018-2021), NIT Silchar, Assam
• Assistant Professor (2021-2024), SNBNCBS, Kolkata
• Associate Professor (2024 to present), SNBNCBS, Kolkata

• Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.): 2003 - 2006 Physics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India.
• Master of Science (M.Sc.): 2006 - 2008 - Physics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India.
• Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Science: 2008 - 2013, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS) (Degree Awarded by Jadavpur University), Kolkata, India.

• Associates of West Bengal Academy of Science and Technology (2025)
• Best Reviewer Award (Nanotechnology, Flexible and Printable Electronics)

• MSc/IPhD Supervision: 13
• Summer Projects: 06
• PhD (Completed: 04; Ongoing: 05)
• Post Doctoral (Completed: 02; Ongoing: 01)

• Development and testing of broadband optoelectronic synaptic devices employing ferroelectric/ photoelectric 2D material hybrid systems. PI, Rs. 22 Lakh, 2023-2026, CRG, SERB, DST.

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2026

R Bhunia, R Jana, A Saraswati, K Giri, N Kumar, A Chowdhury*, MoTe2-based synaptic-bridge memristor for brain-inspired computing: neuromorphic performance evaluation using MLP-CNN frameworks, npj 2D Materials and Applications 10, 45, (2026). Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41699-026-00682-5

R Mondal, M Biswas, K Debnath, S Das, UN Maiti, SK Adhikari, B Ghosh*, Avijit Chowdhury*, Spatially confined surface-terminated MXene nanosheets as a multifunctional platform for triboelectric sensing and logic gates, J. Mater. Chem. C 14, 3206, (2026). Link: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2026/tc/d5tc03448e

2025

F Yasmin, R Deb, Y Mishra, A Roy, A Chowdhury, Saumya R. Mohapatra*, Tuning the nucleation barrier energy of nonvolatile polymeric memristor by reducing its active layer thickness for threshold switching, Appl. Phys. Lett. 127, 253503 (2025).  

Link: https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0299170

S Mitra, S Routh, B Ghosh,* and Avijit Chowdhury*, Influence of Cation on X-Ray Detection Performance in Mixed-Halide 2D Ruddlesden–Popper Perovskite, Phys. Status Solidi A  222, 2500439, (2025). Link: https://doi.org/10.1002/pssa.202500439

S Mitra, P Majhi, G S Kumar, S Datta, B Ghosh, A Bera, Avijit Chowdhury,* D Bhattacharya,* and B Ghosh*, Multiple Ferroelectric Resonance in 2D Organic−Inorganic Halide Perovskite, ACS Appl. Electron. Mater. 2025, 7, 5485−5494. Link: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaelm.5c00465

Mesoporous NiFe2O4@g-C3N4-Based p–n Heterostructures for Boosting Solar-Driven Photocatalytic Dye Degradation and Hydrogen Evolution, Suma Das, Swapnamoy Pramanik, R G Nair,* and Avijit Chowdhury*, Chem Asian J. 20, e202401402, (2025). Link: doi.org/10.1002/asia.202401402

M Biswas, D Bhattacharya, R Mondal, R Bhunia, A Garg, Avijit Chowdhury*, Surface Engineered MoS2-Based Novel Vertical Triboelectric Nanogenerator (V-TENG) for Wireless Information Processing, Small 21, 2410608, (2025). Link: https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.202410608

R Jana, R Bhunia, S Paramanik, K Giri, Avijit Chowdhury*, Conductive Islands Assisted Resistive Switching in Biomimetic Artificial Synapse for Associative Learning and Image Recognition, Advanced Functional Materials 35, 2412804, (2025). Link: https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202412804

https://dst.gov.in/amalgamated-hybrid-materials-enable-brain-mimicking-artificial-synapses-computing-breakthroughs

2024

S Das, S Paramanik, R G. Nair,* Avijit Chowdhury*, Rational Design of Mesoporous ZnFe2O4@g-C3N4Heterojunctions for Environmental Remediation and Hydrogen Evolution, Chem. Eur. J. 30, e202402512 (2024). Link: https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202402512

S Das, S Pramanik, R G Nair, Avijit Chowdhury*, Heterointerface engineering in mesoporous g-C₃N₄@MnFe₂O₄ photocatalysts for superior hydrogen (H₂) evolution, Surfaces and Interfaces, 2024, 54, 105226. Link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.surfin.2024.105226

D Bhattacharya, S Mukherjee, A Chowdhury, S K Ray, Novel TMDC/Si Heterojunction Based Direct Current UV Sensitive Tribovoltaic Nanogenerator and Visual-Image Sensors, Advanced Functional Materials, 2024, 34, 2403705. Link: https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202403705

R Jana, S Ghosh, R Bhunia, A Chowdhury*, Recent developments in the state-of-the-art optoelectronic synaptic devices based on 2D materials: a review, J. Mater. Chem. C, 2024, 12, 5299. Link: https://doi.org/10.1039/D4TC00371C

2023

S Das, S Pramanik, RG Nair, A Chowdhury*, Unlocking the potential of thermally exfoliated ultrathin gC₃N₄ nanosheets: abundant active sites for enhanced solar photocatalysis, New J. Chem., 2023, 47, 12418. Link: https://doi.org/10.1039/D3NJ01946B

• S Das, S Das, R G Nair, A Chowdhury*, Magnetically separable ZnFe₂O₄ grafted g-C₃N₄/rGO ternary nanocomposites for enhanced photo-Fenton catalytic activity under visible light, Materials Today Sustainability 2023, 21, 100263.

2022

• S Das, T Deka, P Ningthoukhangjam, A Chowdhury*, R G Nair*, A critical review on prospects and challenges of metal-oxide embedded g-C₃N₄-based direct Z-scheme photocatalysts for water splitting and environmental remediation, Applied Surface Science Advances 2022, 11, 100273.
• S Das and A Chowdhury*, Recent advancements of g-C₃N₄ -based magnetic photocatalysts towards the degradation of organic pollutants: a review, Nanotechnology 33 (2022) 072004

2019-2021

• D Chakraborty, M Devi, B Das, M H Barbhuiya, S S Dhar *, Avijit Chowdhury, A benevolent direction to environmental suitability: ionic liquid immobilized MoO₃ nanoparticles used in the efficient visible lightdriven photocatalytic degradation of antibiotics, New Journal of Chemistry 2021, 45, 12922.
• KK Gogoi, S Das, S Maiti, A Chowdhury*, Semiconductor-Grafted Polymer-Embedded Reduced Graphene-Oxide Nanohybrid for Power-Efficient Nonvolatile Resistive Memory Applications, ACS Applied Nano Materials 2020, 3 (11), 11562-11573.
• KK Gogoi, A Chowdhury*, Performance improvement of organic resistive memories by exploiting synergistic layered nanohybrid dispersed polymer composites, Journal of Applied Physics, 2020, 127 (6), 065501.
• KK Gogoi, A Chowdhury*, Performance Enhancement of Solution-Processed Organic Memories by Exploiting Synergistic Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Composites, Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2020, 124 (1), 1108-1120.
• KK Gogoi, A Chowdhury*, Electric field-induced tunable memristive characteristics of exfoliated graphene oxide embedded polymer nanocomposites, Journal of Applied Physics, 2019, 126 (2), 025501-11.