Rate My Professor Nirpendra Singh

Dr. Nirpendra Singh is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physics at Khalifa University. He earned his Ph.D. in Condensed Matter Physics from the Indian Institute of Technology, India. Prior to joining Khalifa University, he held research positions as a scientist at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia and as a research professor at the Institute of Basic Sciences, Sungkyunkwan University in South Korea.

Dr. Singh’s research centers on the computational discovery of novel van der Waals layered materials and their heterostructures, with investigations into their electronic, magnetic, thermal transport, and catalytic properties. His work explores applications in valleytronics, thermoelectrics, and sustainable energy technologies. He has published more than 100 peer-reviewed articles in leading journals including Nature Communications, Advanced Materials, Advanced Functional Materials, Nano Energy, Small, and Physical Review Applied. His publications have received over 4,000 citations, corresponding to an h-index of 30. In 2024, Dr. Singh received the Faculty Scholarship Excellence Award: Innovation Excellence and has secured multiple internal and external research grants. He is affiliated with the Center for Catalysis and Separation and the Research & Innovation Center for Graphene and 2D Materials. He teaches courses including Computational Physics, Mathematical Physics, University Physics I, and University Physics II.