5 faculty members From University of Lucknow featured in Stanford University's List Of World's Top Scientists

By Prem Kumar Updated: Sep 17, 2024, 17:01 IST

Lucknow desk (R L Pandey).Five scientists from University of Lucknow have figured among the top two percent global scientists in the world database created by the Stanford University in the United States. The distinguished scientists are professor Amritanshu Shukla, Dr C R Gautam, Dr Roli Verma, from the Physics department, whereas professor Abhinav Kumar and Dr Vinod Kumar Vashishtha from the Chemistry department.

Professor Amritanshu Shukla, whose exemplary work on Theoretical Nuclear Physics and Thermal energy Storage has put the spotlight on him. Reportedly, 200 of his research papers have been published to date, with approximately 75 of those featured in international refreed journals. He also has 10 books to his credit, published by reputed international publishers.

Dr C. R. Gautam has been working in the field of ceramic materials and has successfully developed novel materials for biological applications including in dentistry and bone transplantation!

Whereas, it was Dr Roli Verma's work on optical sensors based on plasmonic and photonic nanostructures and films, that got her to the top. Her research work has been aimed at benefitting the environment and human health.

At the same time, Professor Abhinav Kumar's work has been in the area of transitional metals, polymers (CPs), metal-organic structures (MOFs), and dye-sensitised solar cells. This type of research has multiple uses in the field of Materials Science, wherein drug manufacturing and energy fields are particularly notable.

Dr Vashishtha from chemistry is an active researcher in the field of Separation Science, Macrocyclic Complexes, Chiral Separation, Bioanalytical Chemistry with special application in the field of Environmental Sciences.

Hon'ble Vice Chancellor ProfAlok Kumar Rai, congratulated these distinguished scientists and hope we continue to fly the flag of Lucknow University high like this with the distinct achievements of Students and teachers.

Scientists in the database are categorised into distinct scientific fields and 174 sub-fields using the established Science-Metrix classification system. Field- and subfield-specific rankings are also provided for scientists who have authored at least five papers. Data for their entire careers have been updated through the end of August 2024 and data for the most recent year reflects the number of citations received in the academic year 2023-24.