Faculty

Dr. Mainpal Singh is an Experimental Condensed Matter Physicist who completed his Ph.D. from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. His research interests include superconductivity, quantum materials, electronic transport phenomena, topological aspects of condensed matter systems, and topological quantum computation. His work primarily focuses on experimental investigations of superconducting properties using transport and magnetization techniques, penetration depth measurements, and advanced data modeling using computational techniques. He has authored more than 10 research papers published in reputed peer-reviewed international journals. Alongside research, he is deeply passionate about physics education, mentoring students, and promoting scientific curiosity and analytical thinking.

• Graduation In: B.Sc Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics
• Graduation From: JNVU, Jodhpur
• Graduation Year: 2016

• Post Graduation In: M.Sc Physics
• Post Graduation From: MDSU, Ajmer
• Post Graduation Year: 2018

• Doctorate In: Ph.D Condensed Matter Physics
• Doctorate From: JNU, New Delhi
• Doctorate Year: 2025

• Engineering Physics
• Semiconductor Physics
• Introduction to Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Computation
• Nanomaterial Characterization Techniques

• Saha, P., M. Singh, P. D. Babu, and S. Patnaik. “Unconventional relaxation dynamics in the chiral magnet Co 8 Zn 7 Mn 5: Evidence of inertial effects.” Physical Review B 113, no. 10 (2026): 104427.
• M. Singh, P. Saha, A. Chahar, H. Singh, B. Birajdar, D.K. Shukla, S. Patnaik. Competing role of disorder and charge density wave in superconducting TiSe1.2S0.8, Physical Review Materials (2025).
• M Singh, P. Saha, V. Nagpal, S. Patnaik, Superconductivity and weak anti-localization in nodal-line semimetal SnTaS2, Superconductor Science and Technology (2022).
• M. Singh, P. Saha, K. Kumar, D. Takhar, B. Birajdar, V. P. S. Awana, and S. Patnaik, Electromagnetic properties of copper doped lead apatite Pb10−xCux(PO4)6O, Journal of Materials Science (2024).
• P Saha, M Singh, V Nagpal, P Das, S Patnaik, Scaling analysis of anomalous Hall resistivity and magnetoresistance in the quasi-two-dimensional ferromagnet Fe3GeTe2, Physical Review B (2023).
• N. Firdosh, S.Sinha, I. Sinha, M.Singh, S. Patnaik, S. Manna, Intertwined magnetic phase driven exchange bias and its impact on the anomalous Hall effect in MnBi4Te7, Physical Review B (2025).

• Gold Medal for First rank in the University in M.Sc. (Physics)
• CSIR-UGC NET JRF: June 2018 (AIR 105) & December 2018 (AIR 150)
• JEST 2019 (AIR 87)
• DST-INSPIRE Scholarship during B.Sc. and M.Sc. for securing place in top 1% students.
• “Best Poster Award” at 66th DAE-SSPS Conference held at BIT Mesra in December 2022
• Member of American Physical Society(APS)- Year 2022-2023
• Member of Materials Research Society(MRS) – Year 2024-2025
• International travel grant from DST-Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF) to attend the MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit, 2024 Boston, Massachusetts held in December 2024.