Recent Progress in Sciences Welcomes New Editorial Board Member

We sincerely welcome Prof. Dr. Shailesh Narain Sharma from Photonic Materials Metrology Department, Advanced Materials and Devices Metrology Division, CSIR-National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi, India, to join the Editorial Board of Recent Progress in Sciences. Dr. Shailesh Narain Sharma, Ex. Senior Principal Scientist at CSIR-National Physical Laboratory (NPL) (Dec. 1997-Oct. 2023), New Delhi and AcSIR Professor, is a distinguished researcher with a robust academic background in the Division of Advanced Materials and Devices Metrology. Graduating (B. Sc Hons. (Phys.)) from the University of Delhi (1986) and Masters (M. Sc (Phys.)) from IIT Delhi (1988), he obtained his Ph.D. from Jadavpur University in Jan. 1994 while research work was carried out at Energy Research Unit, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science IACS, Kolkata under the mentorship of Prof. AK Barua and Prof. AK Batabayal, The Ph.D. topic being Studies of structural and optoelectrical properties of amorphous and microcrystalline silicon. He pursued post-doctoral fellowships in University of Barcelona (UOB), Spain (1996-1997) focusing on amorphous silicon, silicon carbide, boron nitride powders, under the guidance of Prof. Enric Bertran in collaboration with LPICM of Palaiseau (France) (Collaborator- Prof. M. Pere Roca i Cabbarrocas). At University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA (2002-2003), he worked on photophysical and photochemical properties of CdSe Quantum Dots and MEH-PPV polymer under the guidance of Prof. Prashant V. Kamat. We appreciate Prof. Dr. Shailesh Narain Sharma for his participation and support.