Menaka Jha

Menaka Jha
Institute of Nano Science and Technology
An Autonomous Institute of Department of Science and Technology Government of India
Punjab
India

Dr. Menaka Jha is working as a Scientist-B in the Institute of Nano Science and Technology, located at Habitat Centre, Phase – 10, Sector 64, Mohali, Punjab, India since March, 2015. She has worked as a Senior Scientist at Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi in the area of water purification during Dec-14 to Feb-15. During Feb-2013 to Nov-2014, she has worked as a postdoctoral research associate in University of Louisville, Kentucky, USA (Feb-2013 to Aug-2014) and University of Illinois, Chicago, USA (Sept-2014 to Nov-2014). Dr. Jha, received her M.Sc. degree from University of Delhi in 2006 and Ph.D degree from Indian Institute of Technology in 2012. Dr. Jha is an author of one book chapter, 24 papers in reputed journal along with 4 patents.  Some of the Technology developed from her patent has been successfully transfer to HEMRL, DRDO, Pune.

Nanostructured materials and their application to make electronic devices , Fabrication of Low cost light emitting device and its application in cancer therapy, Low temperature stabilization of boron based materials (borane, boride and borates) and stabilization of higher oxidation states in binary and ternary metal oxides, Quantum dots based Colloidal nanostructures and their application in making flexible electronic devices, Production and storage of H2 using nanostructured materials