Kiesar Sideeq Bhat (Dr.) received his B.Sc. degree from the University of Kashmir in 2009, followed by an M.Sc. in Organic Chemistry from the University of Pune, India, in 2012. He pursued his Ph.D. from 2015 to 2019 at the Advanced Materials Processing Laboratory (AMPL), Chonbuk National University, South Korea, under the supervision of Professor Yoon-Bong Hahn. His doctoral work focused on the development of nanomaterial-based chemical and biosensors, as well as conductive electrodes for printable and flexible electronics.
Following his Ph.D., Dr. Bhat undertook a short-term postdoctoral position with Professor Sooman Lim at the Department of Flexible and Printed Electronics, Chonbuk National University, working on DNA-based biosensors. From January 2020 to December 2021, he served as a postdoctoral fellow at the Bioinspired Functional Materials Laboratory (BfMLab), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, where he focused on shape-reconfigurable and recyclable 3D/4D nanomaterial-based printed systems.
In 2021, Dr. Bhat was awarded the prestigious Ramanujan Fellowship-cum-Grant by the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Government of India. He further expanded his international experience as a postdoctoral scientist from September 2022 to December 2023 at MIT’s research center in Singapore (Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology-SMART). There, he collaborated with researchers and industry partners from MIT, USA, and beyond, working on Magnetic Resonance Relaxometry (MRR) based Critical Quality Attribute (CQA) technology for advanced stem cell manufacturing.
Currently, Dr. Bhat is serving as a Ramanujan Fellow at the Department of Applied Science (Chemistry), IOT Zakura, University of Kashmir.
He has presented his research at numerous national and international conferences and symposiums and has published over 30 research articles in high-impact peer-reviewed journals, along with 2 international patents.
Research Interests
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Nanomaterial chemistry for real-life applications
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Organic and inorganic materials synthesis and characterization
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Printable and flexible electronics
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Biosensors and electrochemical sensors for biomedical applications
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Optoelectronic and energy devices
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Development of Magnetic Resonance Relaxometry (MRR) based instrumentation and cell phenotyping technologies
Department of Applied Sciences