Monica Enculescu | Wastewater Treatment | Research Excellence Award

Dr. Monica Enculescu | Wastewater Treatment | Research Excellence Award

National Institute of Materials Physics | Romania

Dr. Monica Enculescu is a senior physicist and nanomaterials researcher with nearly three decades of experience at the National Institute of Materials Physics (NIMP), Magurele, Romania, where she is currently a Scientific Researcher I in the Laboratory of Functional Nanostructures. She obtained her Ph.D. in Optics and Spectroscopy from the University of Bucharest, following an MSc in Semiconductor Physics and a Licentiate degree in Physics. Her research expertise spans the fabrication and characterization of functional nanostructures, including electrospun polymer nanofibers, semiconductor and metallic nanostructures, composite nanomaterials, and plasmonic systems, with applications in optoelectronics, sensing, photocatalysis, biosensing, and environmental remediation. She has led or coordinated numerous national and international research projects and has been actively involved in Romanian–European collaborative programs. Dr. Enculescu has authored 221 scientific documents indexed in major databases, accumulating 2,771 citations from 2,365 citing documents, and holds an h-index of 26. Her work also includes patented technologies in biosensing and surface plasmon resonance platforms. She has received prestigious recognitions, including the Romanian Academy “Dragomir Hurmuzescu” Award for Physics and a national Excellency Prize for research. Through sustained scientific leadership, international collaboration, and high-impact research output, she has made significant contributions to functional nanostructures and applied materials physics.

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Narinder Kaur | Emerging Research Trends | Best Researcher Award

Dr. Narinder Kaur | Emerging Research Trends | Best Researcher Award

Jaypee Institute of information and technology Noida | India

Dr. Narinder Kaur is an accomplished physicist and researcher specializing in 2D materials, photoelectrochemical water splitting, photodetectors, thermoelectricity, and nanoscale characterization techniques such as Raman spectroscopy, AFM, ellipsometry, and electrospinning. She earned her Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, focusing on the growth, structural, optoelectronic, and photoelectrochemical properties of 2D transition metal chalcogenides and their heterostructures. She holds an M.Tech in Nanoscience and Technology and an M.Sc. in Physics, both with top distinctions. Dr. Kaur has extensive research experience as a senior research fellow, teaching assistant, and trainer in advanced spectroscopy and microscopy techniques, and has mentored numerous M.Tech and Ph.D. students in projects involving heterostructure synthesis, thermoelectric materials, and defect engineering of 2D materials. She has contributed to high-impact publications in reputed journals including ACS Applied Energy Materials, RSC Journal of Materials Chemistry C, and Small, and presented her work at international conferences. Dr. Kaur has expertise in material synthesis, device fabrication, and characterization, and has demonstrated leadership in managing central research facilities. Her work advances energy conversion, photodetection, and nanoscale material science, earning her recognition in the field of condensed matter physics and nanotechnology.

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Kaur, N., & Sharma, D. (2025). “Design and optimization of MoS2 nanolayers for sustainable waste water treatment and photoelectrochemical hydrogen production.” International Journal of Hydrogen Energy.

Kaur, N., & Sharma, D. (2025). “Optimized Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting via Orientation-Controlled Growth of 2D In2S3 Nanoflakes by Chemical Vapor Deposition.” ACS Applied Energy Materials.

Kaur, N., Ghosh, A., & Rohtagi, B. (2025). “Synthesis of Au nanoparticles and functionalization of In2S3 nanoflowers for enhanced photoelectrochemical performance.” Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry.

Kaur, N., Kodan, N., Sharma, D., Ghosh, A., Bisht, P., Singh, R., & Mehta, B. R. (2025). “2D-In2S3 nanoflakes/1D-WO3 nanorods heterojunction with enhanced absorption and photoresponse for photoelectrochemical water splitting.” Renewable Energy.

Bisht, P., Belle, B. D., Aggarwal, P., Ghosh, A., Xing, W., Kaur, N., Singh, J. P., & Mehta, B. R. (2024). “Gas Sensing Properties of PLD Grown 2D SnS Film: Effect of Film Thickness, Metal Nanoparticle Decoration, and In Situ KPFM Investigation.” Small.