Curriculum Vitae

Sk Mujaffar Hossain, Ph.D. — Computational Materials Science & Quantum Computing. This page mirrors the downloadable CV; see the PDF for a printable version.

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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 Publications for a curated view of recent first-author work, or Google Scholar for the live list.

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.