Educational background
- M.Sc. (Hons. School) Physics, Panjab University, Chandigarh (1997)
- Ph.D. (Science), Panjab University, Chandigarh (2007)
Professional background
- Lecturer, Govt. College, Bilaspur (HP) (May–October 1999)
- Lecturer, Panjab University, Chandigarh (1999–2009)
- Reader, Panjab University, Chandigarh (2009–2012)
- Associate Professor, Panjab University, Chandigarh (2012–2015)
- Professor, Panjab University, Chandigarh (2015 onwards)
Main area of work
Theoretical condensed-matter physics: Study of structure, phonons, electronic and mechanical properties of fullerenes, carbon nanotubes, endohedral fullerenes, modified carbon nanotubes, clusters and dilute magnetic semiconductors using density-functional theory and model calculations
Significant recent publications
- A promising thermoelectric response of HfRhSb half Heusler compound at high temperature: A first principle study,
Kulwinder Kaur, Ranjan Kumar and D.P. Rai,
Journal of Alloys and Compounds 763 (2018) 1018 -
Search for thermoelectricity in Li-based half-Heusler alloys: a DFT study,
Anuradha, Kulwinder Kaur, Ranber Singh and Ranjan Kumar,
Mater. Res. Express 5 (2018) 014009 -
Negative thermal expansion of pure and doped graphene,
Sarita Mann, Ranjan Kumar and V. K. Jindal,
RSC Adv. 7(2017)22378 -
On the possibility of thermoelectricity in half Heusler XRuSb (X = V, Nb, Ta) materials: A first principles prospective,
Kulwinder Kaur and Ranjan Kumar,
Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids 110 (2017) 108 -
Optimized interaction parameters for metal doped endohedral fullerenes,
Shobhna, Ranjan Kumar, Keya Dharamvir,
Appl Nanosci 7(2017)137 -
DFT Study of Hydrostatic Pressure Effect on Cd1−xZxX (Z = Cr, Mn; X = S, Se) DMSs,
Anita Rani and Ranjan Kumar,
J Supercond Nov Magn 30(2017) 2175 -
Emergence of thermoelectricity in Half Heusler topological semimetals with strain,
Kulwinder Kaur, Shobhna Dhiman and Ranjan Kumar,
Physics Letters A 381 (2017) 339 -
LDA+U Study of Induced Half Metallicity in Cr-Doped GaN,
Anita Rani and Ranjan Kumar,
J Supercond Nov Magn 30 (2017)1483 -
Effect of Dopant Concentration on Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Transition Metal-Doped ZrO2,
K. Seema and Ranjan Kumar,
J Supercond Nov Magn, 28 (2015) 2735 -
Study of endohedral doped C60 fullerene using model potentials,
N M Umran, Narinder Kaur, K Seema and Ranjan Kumar,
Mater. Res. Express 2 (2015) 055603 -
Investigations of Al:CdS/PVA nanocomposites: A joint theoretical and experimental approach,
Vaneeta Bala, Mamta Sharma, S.K. Tripathi and Ranjan Kumar,
Matrials Chemistry and Physics, 146(2014) 523-530 -
Half-metallic behavior of Co2YZ (Y = V, Cr; Z= Al, Ga) under pressure: a DFT study,
K Seema and Ranjan Kumar,
Appl. Phys. A 116 (2014) 1199