University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Inorganic and Solid-State Chemistry
Recipient, Doctoral Recruitment Scholarship
Recipient, Marshall Syska Chemistry Graduate Scholarship
Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bengaluru, KA, India
Rare earth-based ternary intermetallics
Recipient, Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research (INSPIRE) Fellowship, Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India
University of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Specialization in Physical Chemistry
Recipient, DST INSPIRE Scholarship
Hindu College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India
Recipient, DST INSPIRE Scholarship (being top 1% among ~2.5M students), 2012
Recipient, Sitaram Jindal Foundation Scholarship, 2011
University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Synthesizing inorganic solid-state materials (rare earth containing oxyselenides) and evaluating their optical and electrocatalytic (HER and OER) properties.
Performing DFT calculations to understand the electrical, optical, and magnetic properties of materials.
Mentoring three graduate students and related research projects.
Employing machine learning to assess and discover materials for solid oxide fuel cell.
Applied machine learning approaches with experimental validation to search for new spinels for enhanced ionic conductivity and non-centrosymmetric compounds for laser applications.
Performed DFT calculations to understand electrical, optical, and magnetic properties of materials.
Discovered 11 new rare earth, metal-based semiconductors as potential materials for solar cells.
Designed 2 new metallic compounds having pink and gold yellow colors for jewelry applications.
Mentored 2 undergraduate and 5 graduate student research projects.
Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bengaluru, KA, India
Discovered two new barium-antimony-based ternary thermoelectric materials to convert heat to electricity.
Trained in solid state chemistry and materials science.
Explored rare earth-based ternary intermetallics having anisotropic near-zero thermal expansion property.
Synthesized two new intermetallics and established structural relations between them.
Published results in Inorganic Chemistry from the American Chemical Society as the first author.
University of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Completed a research project on electrochemical biosensors.
Indian Institute of Education and Research (IISER – Mohali) Punjab, India
Performed conformational analysis of cyclohexane using matrix isolation infrared spectroscopy.
Simulated various conformations of cyclohexane molecule using Gaussian as a tool for ab initio study
University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Teaching Introduction to Inorganic Chemistry to undergrad students.
Level 1: Foundations
Pedagogical principles in higher education.
Ethical practices in teaching and learning.
Student support and inclusion.
Classroom communication, management, and leadership.
Level 2: Practicum
Ethical principles in university teaching.
Self-assessment, self-reflexive and self-reflective practice.
Workplace professionalism.
Capacity for giving, receiving, and responding to feedback.
Level 3: Pedagogy and Course Design
Scholarship of Teaching of Learning (SoTL) practices in teaching in higher education.
Acting as a critical colleague.
Taught university general chemistry labs to first-year undergrad students (CHEM 10X).
Won best TA award for answering and helping the highest number of students during help room sessions. (Fall 2018, Winter 2019)
Won second-best TA award in conducting laboratory experiments (Winter 2019).
Proctored and marked university undergrad examinations.
Hindu College, University of Delhi
Taught underprivileged students free of cost as a member of the National Service Scheme (NSS India).
Led a summer research project of a team of five students. Designed and demonstrated basic chemistry experiments for school students.
X-ray diffractometers
Bruker D8 – Venture, Quest (single crystal), and Advance (powder), Inel and Rigaku (powder)
Electron Microscopy
JEOL scanning electron microscope
Zeiss Sigma 300 VP-FESEM
Spectroscopy
Bruker FT-IR, Cary 5000 UV-vis-NIR spectrophotometer
Quantum Design PPMS
SHELX, JANA, TOPAS, GSAS-II, FullProf, PCW
VASP, Quantum Espresso, Phonopy, Boltztrap2
AkaiKKR, TB-LMTO, Xband
VESTA, Diamond, Vaspkit, Bader, Supercell, XCrysden
Gaussian
ICSD, PCD, Scifinder, Materials Project
Linux, Python, GitHub, MS Office, Origin, Adobe Photoshop, and Illustrator
15. Mitacs Accelerate Grant ($45,000). 2023
14. J Gordin Kaplan Graduate Student Award. 2022
13. Graduate Students’ Association Travel Grant. 2022, 2019
12. Marshall Syska Chemistry Graduate Scholarship (~$10,247) for superior teaching record. 2021
11. Best teaching assistant in General Chemistry course during help room session. 2019
10. Second-best TA recognition award in supervising laboratory experiments (4.8/5 rating). 2019
9. Best teaching assistant in General Chemistry course during help room session. 2018
8. Teaching Assistantship, University of Alberta. 2017-22
7. Doctoral Recruitment Scholarship ($10,000), University of Alberta. 2017
6. Junior Research Fellowship from the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India, under Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research (INSPIRE) Program. 2016
5. DST INSPIRE fellowship for summer research project. 2014
4. DST INSPIRE scholarship (~$3200, academic excellence during undergraduate studies). 2013-15
3. DST INSPIRE scholarship (~$5000, being top 1% among ~2.5 million students). 2010-13
2. Sitaram Jindal Foundation Scholarship. 2011
1. Amul Vidya Shree Award for Outstanding Academic Performance. 2008
15. Gordon Research Conference (Solid State Chemistry), New Hampshire, USA. 2024.
14. Gordon Research Seminar (Solid State Chemistry), New Hampshire, USA. 2024.
13. North American Solid State Chemistry Conference, Calgary. (Poster) 2023.
12. Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, Vancouver, Canada. (Talk and Poster) 2023. (Link1 Link2 )
11. Canadian Hydrogen Convention, Edmonton, Canada. 2023.
10. Gordon Research Conference (Solid State Chemistry), New Hampshire, USA. 2022. (Link)
9. Gordon Research Seminar (Solid State Chemistry), New Hampshire, USA. 2022. (Link)
8. Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, Calgary, Canada. (Talk and Poster) 2022. (Link)
7. North American Solid State Chemistry Conference, Zoom. (Talk and Poster) 2021. (Link)
6. Digital Research Showcase on Twitter by Future Energy System, University of Alberta. 2021.
5. Digital Research Showcase on Twitter by Future Energy System, University of Alberta. 2020.
4. Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, Quebec City, Canada. (Talk) 2019.
3. Future Energy System Colloquium, University of Alberta. (Poster) 2019.
2. Future Energy System Colloquium, University of Alberta. (Poster) 2018.
1. Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. (Talk and Poster) 2018.
25. Sikdar, R.; Roy, N.; Selvaratnam, B.; Mishra, V.; Mumbaraddi, D.; Mondal, A.; Buxi, K.; Jana, P.; Mar, A. "Ahead by a Century: Discovery of Laves Phases Assisted by Machine Learning" Inorganic Chemistry 2024, 63, 5972–5981. [DOI]
24. Mishra, V.; Abdullahi, I.; Mumbaraddi, D.; Jomaa, M.; Gurin; L.; Nath, M.; Mar A. “Quaternary Rare-Earth Oxyselenides RE4Ga2Se7O2 (RE = Pr, Nd) with Trigonal Bipyramidal GaSe5 Units: Evaluation of Optical, Thermoelectric, and Electrocatalytic Properties” Chemistry of Materials 2024, 36, 937–948. [DOI]
23. Sarkar, D.; Bhattacharya, A.; Meyer, J.; Kirchberger, A. M.; Mishra, V.; Nilges, T.; Michaelis, V. "Unravelling Sodium-ion Dynamics in P2-type Honeycomb-layered Na2MgxZn2–xTeO6 Solid Electrolytes with Solid-state NMR" Journal of the American Chemical Society 2023, 145, 19727–19745. (DOI)
22. Mumbaraddi, D.; Mishra, V.; Jomaa, M.; Liu, X.; Karmakar, A.; Thirupurasanthiran, S.; Michaelis, V.; Grosvenor, A.; Meldrum, A.; Mar A. “Controlling the Luminescence of Rare-Earth Chalcogenide Iodides RE3(Ge1–xSix)2S8I (RE = La, Ce, Pr) and Ce3Si2(S1–ySey)8I” Chemistry of Materials 2023, 35, 6039–6049. (DOI)
21. Singh, A.; Mumbaraddi, D.; Mishra, V.; Roy, S.; Vinod, C.; Peter, S.C. "Metal Deficiency tailored by the 18-Electron Rule Stabilizes Metal based Inorganic Compounds” Chemistry of Materials 2023, 35, 6050–6058. (DOI)
20. Jomaa, M.; Mishra, V.; Mumbaraddi, D.; Sikdar, R; Sarkar, D.; Sun, M.; Yao, J.; Michaelis, V. K.; Mar, A. "Structure and Optical Properties of LixAg1-xGaSe2 and LixAg1-xInSe2" Inorganic Chemistry 2023, 62, 7491-7502. [DOI]
19. Chaudhary, M.; Karmakar, A.; Mishra, V.; Bhattacharya, A.; Mumbaraddi, D.; Mar, A.; Michaelis, V.K. "Effect of Aliovalent Bismuth Substitution on Structure and Optical Properties of CsSnBr3" Communications Chemistry 2023, 6, 75. [DOI]
18. Mishra, V.; Zabolotnii, A.; Mar, A. "La4Ga2Se6O3: A rare-earth oxyselenide built from one-dimensional strips" Inorganic Chemistry 2022, 61, 12458. [DOI]
17. Bhattacharya, A.; Mishra, V.; Tkachuk, D.; Mar, A.; Michaelis, V. K. "Mercurial possibilities: determining site distributions in Cu2HgSnS4 Using 63/65Cu, 119Sn, and 199Hg solid-state NMR spectroscopy" Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2022, 24, 24306–24316. [DOI]
16. Jomaa, M.; Mishra, V.; Chaudhary, M.; Mumbaraddi, D.; Michaelis, V. K.; Mar, A. "True colours shining through: Determining site distributions in coloured Li-containing quaternary Heusler compounds" Journal of Solid State Chemistry 2022, 314, 123372. [DOI]
15. Mumbaraddi, D.; Mishra, V.; Lidin, S.; Mar, A. "Minority report: Structure and bonding of YbNi3Ga9 and YbCu3Ga8 obtained in gallium flux" Journal of Solid State Chemistry 2022, 311, 123157 [DOI]
14. Mishra, V.; Mumbaraddi, D.; Iyer, A. K.; Yin, W.; Mar, A. "Semiconducting Sm3GaSe5O with trigonal bipyramidal GaSe5 units" Journal of Solid State Chemistry 2022, 308, 122901. [DOI]
13. Jomaa, M.; Mishra, V.; Mumbaraddi, D.; Chaudhary, M.; Dmytriv, G.; Michaelis, V. K.; Mar, A. "Coloured intermetallic compounds Li2ZnGa and Li2ZnIn" Journal of Solid State Chemistry 2022, 306, 122792. [DOI]
12. Zhou, Y.; Qiu, K.; Mishra, V.; Mar, A. "Lost horses on the frontier: K2BiCl5 and K3Bi2Br9" Journal of Solid State Chemistry 2021, 304, 122621. [DOI]
11. Mishra, V.; Mumbaraddi, D.; Iyer, A. K.; Mar, A. "Rare-earth indium selenides RE3InSe6 (RE = La−Nd, Sm, Gd, Tb): Structural evolution from tetrahedral to octahedral sites" Journal of Solid State Chemistry 2021, 297, 122096. [DOI]
10. Mishra, V.; Iyer, A. K.; Mumbaraddi, D.; Oliynyk, A. O.; Zuber, G.; Boucheron, A.; Dmytriv, G.; Bernard, G. M.; Michaelis, V. K.; Mar, A. "Coloured intermetallic compounds LiCu2Al and LiCu2Ga" Journal of Solid State Chemistry 2020, 292, 121703. [DOI]
9. Sarma, S. C.; Kaja, S. M.; Mishra, V.; Vinod, C. P.; Peter, S. C. "Tweaking Palladium Electronic Structure to Attain Oxygen Reduction Activity Superior to Platinum/C" ACS Applied Energy Materials 2020, 3, 6127–6132. [DOI]
8. Sarma, S. C.; Mishra, V.; Vemuri, V.; Peter, S. C. “Breaking the O═O Bond”: Deciphering the Role of Each Element in Highly Durable CoPd2Se2 toward Oxygen Reduction Reaction" ACS Applied Energy Materials 2020, 3, 231–239. [DOI]
7. Mumbaraddi, D.; Iyer, A. K.; Üzer, E.; Mishra, V.; Oliynyk, A. O.; Nilges, T.; Mar, A. "Synthesis, structure, and properties of rare-earth germanium sulfide iodides RE3Ge2S8I (RE = La, Ce, Pr)" Journal of Solid State Chemistry 2019, 274, 162–167. [DOI]
6. Sarma, S. C.; Vemuri, V.; Mishra, V.; Peter, S. C. “Sacrificial protection in action!”: ultra-high stability of palladesite mineral towards the oxygen reduction reaction" Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2019, 7, 979–984. [DOI]
5. Sarma, S. C.; Mishra, V.; Ann Mary, K. A.; Roy, S.; Peter, S. C. “Inverse Strain Effect in Atomic Scale”—Enhanced Hydrogen Evolution Activity and Durability in Cu-Substituted Palladseite" ACS Energy Letters 2018, 3, 3008–3014. [DOI]
4. Mishra, V.; Subbarao, U.; Roy, S.; Sarma, S. C.; Mumbaraddi, D.; Sarkar, S.; Peter, S. C. "Anisotropic Near-Zero Thermal Expansion in REAgxGa4–x (RE = La–Nd, Sm, Eu, and Yb) Induced by Structural Reorganization" Inorganic Chemistry 2018, 57, 12576–12587. [DOI]
3. Mishra, V.; Oliynyk, A. O.; Subbarao, U.; Sarma, S. C.; Mumbaraddi, D.; Roy, S.; Peter, S. C. "Complex Crystal Chemistry of Yb6(CuGa)50 and Yb6(CuGa)51 Grown at Different Synthetic Conditions" Crystal Growth & Design 2018, 18, 6091–6099. [DOI]
2. Subbarao, U.; Roy, S.; Sarma, S. C.; Sarkar, S.; Mishra, V.; Khulbe, Y.; Peter, S. C. "Metal Flux Growth, Structural Relations, and Physical Properties of EuCu2Ge2 and Eu3T2In9 (T = Cu and Ag)" Inorganic Chemistry 2016, 55, 10351–10360. [DOI]
1. Bhattacharya, A.; Mishra, V.; Terskikh, V.V.; Mar, A.; Michaelis, V.K. “Influence of Ge Substitution on the Structure and Optical Properties of CZT1–xGxS Photovoltaic Materials” Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2024 (submitted)
8. Machine learning in solid state chemistry, North American Solid State Chemistry Conference, Calgary. 2023
7. Machine Learning in Chemical and Materials Sciences by CNLS, Los Alamos National Laboratory. 2022
6. Machine Learning in Solid State Chemistry, NSERC-CREATE ME2. 2022
5. Solid Electrolytes for All-Solid-State Batteries Workshop, NSERC-CREATE ME2. 2022
4. Advanced XAS Data Analysis and Modeling Virtual Workshop, Canadian Light Source. 2020
3. Canadian Powder Diffraction Workshop 13 (CPDW13), Canadian Light Source. 2020
2. Introduction to Machine Learning: A Practical Workshop, FES-University of Alberta. 2018
1. Computational Workshop (AkaiKKR, ELK), Dept. of Chemistry, University of Alberta. 2018
6. Science Rendezvous, Energy Adventure, University of Alberta, 2024
5. U-School, University of Alberta, 2024
4. K-Days, Explore Edmonton, 2023 Link
3. Science Rendezvous, Energy Adventure, Future Energy Systems. 2023 [Link]
2. Science Rendezvous, Energy Adventure, Future Energy Systems. 2022
1. Science Outreach Program, by JNCASR Bangalore. 2016
4. Demonstrated science experiments to high school students, JNCASR. 2015
3. Established Chemelixir: The Chemistry Society at University of Lucknow. 2014
2. Member of National Service Scheme; volunteered for reaching out visually impaired students. 2012
1. Cadet at National Cadet Corps (India) in the Naval wing. 2012