Vindhya Hegde

Materials physicist specializing in defect-engineered oxide semiconductors and hybrid 2D nanocomposites for photovoltaic and photoelectrochemical energy conversion. Experienced in materials synthesis, interfacial engineering, dielectric spectroscopy, and semiconductor device fabrication. Focused on correlating defect chemistry and heterointerface design with charge transport and recombination dynamics.

Postdoctoral Researcher at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (2025-11)

Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering. Advisor: Prof. Sundararaman Gopalan

• Synthesized transition-metal-doped TiO₂ and MoS₂/oxide hybrid nanocomposites (sol-gel, hydrothermal)
• Engineered defect density and interfacial band alignment in oxide heterostructures
• Investigated dielectric relaxation and charge transport using EIS and broadband dielectric spectroscopy
• Fabricated photovoltaic test devices to correlate materials design with carrier dynamics

Visiting Research Associate (Volunteer) at Technion – Israel Institute of Technology (2013 – 2013)

Department of Chemistry, PI: Prof. Aharon Blank. Department of Physics, PI: Prof. Yakov Krasik

Teaching Assistant at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (2022 – 2024)

Department of Physics

Instructor: Research Methodology at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (2024 – Present)

M.Tech - VLSI & Mechatronics

Physics Lecturer (Undergraduate) (2009 – 2011)

Ph.D. in Physics – Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (2024-09)

M.Sc. in Physics (Electronics Specialization) – Karnatak University (2009-07)

B.Sc. in Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics – Dr. A. V. Baliga College of Arts and Science (2007-06)