The Kamat Group

Graduate Students



Jishnudas Chakkamalayath

Jishnu is a fifth-year doctoral student in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Notre Dame. He graduated with a Masters degree in Chemistry from the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER-TVM) in 2019. Jishnu’s current research is focused on studying the interfacial processes occurring in metal-semiconductor hybrid nanostructures.
Email: jchakkam@nd.edu




Bo-An Chen

Bo-An is a fifth year doctoral student in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Notre Dame. He graduated from National Taiwan University (NTU) with a Masters’ degree in Chemistry in 2016. Bo-An's current research is focused on exciton dynamics in 2-dimensional materials and its mechanism on photo- and electrocatalytic CO2 reduction. He also studies the fundamental knowledge of ion conductivity in novel solid electrolyte.
Email: bchen6@nd.edu




Anthony Kipkorir

Anthony is a Fifth-year doctoral student in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Notre Dame. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from the University of Nairobi, Kenya in 2017. His current research is focused on photophysical properties of Ternary I-III-VI Semiconductor Quantum Dots.
Email: akipkori@nd.edu

Anthony's LinkedIn | X: @kipkorirkoech_






Gábor Szabó

Gábor is a third-year PhD student in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. He graduated with a master’s degree in Chemistry from the University of Szeged (Hungary) in 2021. His current research focuses on understanding light- and heat induced degradation processes in perovskite solar cells.
Email: gszabo3@nd.edu

Gábor's LinkedIn | X: @gaborszabo_




Akshaya Chemmangat

Akshaya is a second-year doctoral student in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Notre Dame. She graduated with a Master’s degree in chemistry from the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER-TVM) in 2022. Akshaya’s current research is focused on understanding the energy and charge transfer processes in perovskite nanocrystal-acceptor hybrids.
Email: achemman@nd.edu

Akshaya's LinkedIn





Bikram Ghosh

Bikram is a first-year PhD student in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Notre Dame. He graduated with a Master's degree in Applied Chemistry from Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira (RKMV-Belur Math), India in 2023. Bikram’s current research is focused on metal-semiconductor hybrid nanostructures.
Email: bghosh@nd.edu

Bikram's LinkedIn | X: @BikramGhosh_99





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Manish Mukherjee

Manish is a first-year PhD student in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Notre Dame. He graduated with a Master’s degree in Chemistry from the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER-Kolkata) in 2023. His current research is focused on understanding the energy and charge transfer processes in perovskite nanocrystal-acceptor hybrids.
Email: mmukherj@nd.edu