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Dr. Gokul V

Assistant Professor (OC), Department of Sciences, School of Physical Sciences, Kochi

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Dr. Gokul V is currently serves as Assistant Professor (OC), School of Physical Sciences, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi.

Major Outcomes
  • My Ph.D. research has provided me with strong expertise in optical phenomena, instrumentation, and photothermal (PT) techniques. It has resulted in 13 Scopus-indexed journal publications, including 3 in Q1 journals, and 10 presentations at international and national conferences. Furthermore, my Ph.D. thesis was recognized as one of the best at the National Laser Symposium 2025 organized by the Indian Laser Association.
  • My doctoral research has had a strong emphasis on eco-friendly approaches to nanoparticle (NP) synthesis. I employed hydrothermal green synthesis methods using sustainable organic precursors, including rice flour, soya chunks, and mushrooms, as well as inorganic sources such as diesel soot collected from public transport exhausts, to prepare a diverse array of NPs, including ceramic (HfC), nitride (g-C3N4), and ZnO–carbon hybrids. Collectively, my works reflect both the vision of my Ph.D. advisor in steering research towards societal benefit and my own motivation to pursue science focused on real-world applications.
  • Building further, I applied the thermal lens (TL) technique to characterize adulteration in sesame oil, a serious problem in food quality assurance and authenticity. I also examined the application of TL in the quality monitoring of engine oil, vital in carbon emission reduction. I have also participated in investigations with TL for microplastic detection and quantification, thereby addressing a major environmental issue.
Achievements and Awards
  • Best Ph.D. Thesis Award constituted by the Indian Laser Association at 33rd DAE-BRNS National Laser Symposium (NLS 33), held on 6th – 9th March 2025, Medi-Caps University, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India. Thesis title: ‘Thermal Lens Study of the Nanoparticle-Mediated Tailoring of the Thermal Diffusivity of Ethylene Glycol’
  • Dr. V. R. Ravindran Memorial Prize for the Best Researcher in the year 2023, constituted by the Optoelectronics Alumni Association of Kerala University (OPTAAK).
  • Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) India – Senior Research Fellowship (Direct), 2024. (Application No: 162-260-2251/2K23/1).
  • Finalist of the PROM project: The international exchange of Ph.D. students and academic staff at Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland, from 01.10.2022 to 21.10.2022.
  • CSIR-National Eligibility Test – Lectureship (Physical Science), Roll Number: 512064, (December 2017).
  • Best paper award for “Quality monitoring of engine oil through thermal lens study” Raman Optronics Webinar Series 2021: Virtual International Conference, 2nd December 2021, Department of Optoelectronics, University of Kerala, Trivandrum, India.
  • Best paper award for “A thermal lens study on the heat transfer mechanism of refractory hafnium carbide nanofluid” Raman Optronics Webinar Series 2020: Virtual International Conference, 28th November 2020, Department of Optoelectronics, University of Kerala, Trivandrum, India.
Research Area
  • Laser-Matter Interactions
  • Photothermal Spectroscopy
  • Thermal Lens technique
  • Non-Linear Optics
  • Z-Scan Technique
  • Nanofluidics – Heat Transfer fluids
  • Nanoparticle Synthesis
Research Collaborations
  • Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland
  • University of Kerala
  • AIMS Kochi
  • Sacred Heart College, Thevara, Kochi
  • IISC Bangalore
  • IIT Madras
  • CUSAT, Kochi
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