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Prof. Vikas Malik
PROFESSOR and Associate Head of Department
vikas.malik@jiit.ac.in
Biography

Dr. Vikas Malik is a professor in the Department of Physics and Materials Science and Engineering. He has done his M.Sc. from the Department of Physics, IIT Kanpur, and PhD from Jawaharlal Nehru University. After his PhD, he was a guest scientist at the University of Chemnitz, Germany, and a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Stuttgart, Germany, and Harish Chandra Research Institute, Allahabad. He joined JIIT in 2013 as an Assistant Professor (senior grade). He has guided four PhD Students, and one student is pursuing a PhD under his supervision. He has published 32 papers in international and national journals of repute. He has published three book chapters. He has given talks, and presented papers at 30 national and international conferences in India. He has been a convener of three workshops and one faculty development program. He is a member of the Indian Association of Physics Teachers, Indian Laser Association, and Material Research Society of India.

Research Highlights
  1. A hybrid code using Monte Carlo simulation and cluster flipping for finding the ground state of long-range Coulomb glass model.
  2. Coarsening dynamics study of Coulomb glass and other long-ranged models at zero and small disorders.
  3. Slow and non-equilibrium steady state experiments explained using simulations and theory
  4. Effect of defects and Coulomb interaction in thermoelectric materials explained using the Boltzmann transport equation and percolation theory.
  5. Effect of curviness, length dispersity of nanowires on conductivity and transmittance of Transparent conductive networks.
Areas Of Interest
  • Disordered glassy systems
  • Monte Carlo Simulations
  • Transparent conductive networks
  • Thermoelectric materials
  • Parkinson disease
Publications
  1. P. Bhandari, V. Malik and S. Puri, “Phase-ordering kinetics of the asymmetric Coulomb glass model”, Phys. Rev. E, vol. 109, pp. 014135, 2024.
  2. A. Panwar, N. Sonnathi, S. D. Mahanti, V. Malik and A. Bagga, "Physics of large thermoelectric power factors in SnSe nanoflakes in mid-temperature range", Journal of Physics Condensed Matter, vol. 35, pp. 40, 2023.
  3. P. Bhandari, V. Malik and M. Schechter, “Effect of screening on the relaxation dynamics in a Coulomb glass”, Phys. Rev. B, vol. 108, pp. 094208, 2023.
  4. P. Bhandari, V. Malik and M. Schechter, “Variable range hopping in a nonequilibrium steady state”, Phys. Rev. B, vol. 108, pp. 024203, 2023
  5. P. Bhandari, V. Malik, D. Kumar and M. Schechter, “Relaxation dynamics of the three-dimensional Coulomb glass model”, Phys. Rev. E, vol. 103, pp. 032150, 2021.