Curriculum Vitae
Sk Mujaffar Hossain, Ph.D. — Computational Materials Science & Quantum Computing.
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Research vision
I am a computational materials scientist integrating first-principles electronic
structure methods, materials-focused machine learning, and variational quantum
algorithms to address computational bottlenecks in materials and molecular systems.
My work spans density functional theory, quantum chemistry, and quantum simulation,
with particular emphasis on active-space design, algorithmic benchmarking, and
reproducible hybrid classical–quantum workflows. I focus on chemically and
energetically relevant systems where conventional approaches become computationally
intensive or lack interpretability, and where quantum-enhanced strategies may offer
scalable alternatives. My research aims to develop coherent frameworks that unify
predictive modeling, quantum algorithm development, and experimentally meaningful
materials problems.
Employment history
2024 – present — R&D Post Doctoral Fellow
Indo-Korea Science and Technology (IKST) Center, Bengaluru, India.
Research focus: Integration of density functional theory,
materials-focused machine learning, and quantum algorithms for materials and molecules.
2022 – 2024 — Research Associate (RA)
Research Institute of Sustainable Energy (RISE), TCG CREST, Kolkata, India.
Research focus: First-principles modeling and machine learning for
alkali-ion battery materials, including high-throughput descriptor development and
voltage prediction frameworks.
2015 – 2016 — Junior Research Fellow (JRF)
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB), India.
Research focus: Electronic structure calculations and materials
modeling using density functional theory.
Education
2016 – 2022 — Ph.D., Computational Chemistry
IISER Pune, India. Thesis: Combined Theoretical and Experimental Studies of
Some Antiperovskite Systems and their Energy Applications.
Advisors: Prof. Satish Ogale and Dr. Prasenjit Ghosh.
2012 – 2014 — M.Sc. Physics
Presidency University, Kolkata, India. Thesis: A study of the electronic
properties of graphene allotropes and its extended defects.
Advisor: Late Emeritus Prof. Abhijit Mookerjee.
2009 – 2012 — B.Sc. Physics
Vidyasagar University, West Midnapore, India.
Journal articles
Full, chronologically complete list (first-author and collaborative work). See
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Sk Mujaffar Hossain et al. “Integrating Density Functional Theory with Deep
Neural Networks for Accurate Voltage Prediction in Alkali-Metal-Ion Battery
Materials”.
Small Methods (2026), e02076.
DOI
Sk Mujaffar Hossain, Seung-Cheol Lee, and Satadeep Bhattacharjee. “Quantum
Simulations of Battery Electrolytes Using Variational Quantum Eigensolver,
Equation-of-Motion, and Sample-Based Diagonalization Methods: Active-Space Design,
Dissociation, and Excited States of LiPF₆, NaPF₆, and FSI Salts”.
Advanced Quantum Technologies 9.2 (2026), e00871.
DOI
Trupti Ghogare et al. “Earth-Abundant 3d-Transition Metal Metasilicates As
Effective Electrocatalysts For Alkaline HER: CuZnSiO₃ Outperforms CuSiO₃
and ZnSiO₃”.
ChemSusChem 18.9 (2025), e202402043.
DOI
Rhushikesh Godbole et al. “Light element (B, N) co-doped graphitic films on
copper as highly robust current collectors for anode-free Li metal battery
applications”.
Applied Physics Reviews 11.3 (2024).
DOI
Sk Mujaffar Hossain et al. “Core–shell Cu1-xNCo3-y/a-CuFeCo antiperovskite
as high-performance anode for Li-ion batteries”.
Journal of Physics:
Energy 6.1 (2024), p. 015008.
DOI
Bharati Debnath et al. “Visible Light-Driven Highly Selective CO₂
Reduction to CH₄ Using Potassium-Doped g-C₃N₄”.
Langmuir 38.10 (2022), pp. 3139–3148.
DOI
Bharati Debnath et al. “Construction of a 2D/2D g-C₃N₄/NiCr-LDH
heterostructure to boost the green ammonia production rate under visible light
illumination”.
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 14.32 (2022),
pp. 37076–37087.
DOI
Abhijit Biswas et al. “Growth, Properties, and Applications of Pulsed Laser
Deposited Nanolaminate Ti₃AlC₂ Thin Films”.
Phys. Rev. Applied 13.1 (2020), p. 044075.
DOI
Kingshuk Roy et al. “Fe₃SnC@CNF: A 3D Antiperovskite Intermetallic
Carbide System as a New Robust High-Capacity Lithium-Ion Battery Anode”.
ChemSusChem 13.1 (2020), pp. 196–204.
DOI
Skills
Computational methods
Quantum simulation
Materials AI/ML
Programming, HPC & languages
Conferences, workshops & schools
2026 — Talk: Korea–India Research Joint Workshop
KIST, Seoul, South Korea (25–30 May 2026).
2025 — Talk: Korea–India Research Joint Workshop
Kookmin University and KIST, Seoul, South Korea (8–25 May 2025).
2025 — Poster: International Conference on Sustainable Batteries
TCG CREST, Kolkata, India (24–27 Feb 2025).
2025 — Participant: International School on Modelling and Simulations of Materials
JNCASR, Bengaluru, India (20–22 Jan 2025).
2021 — Participant: COMSOL Multiphysics
Intensive online training course.
2020 — Participant: EESTER-2020
Evolution of Electronic Structure Theory & Experimental Realization, IIT Madras, Chennai, India.
2020 — Participant: Winter School on Electronic Structure and Molecular Dynamics Simulation
Kathmandu University, Nepal.
2018 — Talk: “Machine Learning in Materials Science”
Departmental Seminar, IISER Pune, India.
2018 — Participant: EESTER-2018
Evolution of Electronic Structure Theory & Experimental Realization, SRM University, Chennai, India.
Awards, achievements & certification
2016 — MHRD Fellowship
Ph.D. doctoral fellowship grant from Ministry of Human Resource and Development (MHRD), Govt. of India.
2020 — Teaching assistant award
For winter school on “Electronic Structure and Molecular Dynamics Simulations”.
2002 – 2008 — Merit-Cum Means Scholarship
Government of West Bengal, class VI–XII.
2025 — Certified Quantum Computing
Quantum Computing course jointly conducted by C-DAC and IIT Roorkee, with support
from the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India.
Teaching experience
2018 — Teaching Assistant, Chemical Principle I Course (CHM101)
IISER Pune.
2018 — Teaching Assistant, Computational Modelling Course (CMC101)
IISER Pune.
2019 — Teaching Assistant, Chemical Principle II Course (CHM102)
IISER Pune.
2019 — Teaching Assistant, Principles of Physical Chemistry Course (CH1213)
IISER Pune.
References available on request — see Contact.