George Thomas' Group

Happy to share that I have successfully defended my PhD thesis! 🎓😇🥳 Grateful to Prof. K. George Thomas for his guidance and to Prof. Saptharshi Mukherjee for the insightful discussion during the defense. Thankful to @KGT_Lab, friends, and family for their support.

Thesis Defence by Ms. Merin Varghese, from Prof. K. George Thomas Lab @tvmiiser @KGT_Lab

Heartiest congratulations to our dear Professor George Thomas on receiving the SASTRA-CNR Rao Award for excellence in chemistry and materials science awarded by @SastraUniv on the occasion of National Science Day👏👏 @tvmiiser @Chemie_iisertvm

Kudos to Dr.@vishnuek_, our former PhD student, for earning the Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship! He is currently pursuing postdoctoral research with Prof. Tobias Brixner, @Uni_WUE , and the fellowship supports his continued work there. @tvmiiser @AvHStiftung @Chemie_iisertvm

Thrilled to announce that our PhD student, Ms. Merin Varghese P, received the @ACSEnergyLett Best Poster Award at the APC Conference 2025! @Chemie_iisertvm @tvmiiser @ACSPublications Congratulations @MERINVARGHESEP2👏👏

Excellent talk on "Super-resolution fluorescence imaging of polymer gels" by Prof. Dominik Wöll from RWTH Aachen University, Germany. @tvmiiser @KGT_Lab @tvmiiser

From InP QDs rooted in Cu²⁺, Zn²⁺ & Ga³⁺ chemistry to applications in solar cells, LEDs, displays & bioimaging- harnessing nanoscale innovation for a brighter, cleaner future: our review on InP QDs is featured on the cover of the latest edition of @ACSEnergyLett @tvmiiser

What a beautiful conference it was! @ICP2025 @GroupGuldi @KGT_Lab @ckerzig @LudoTroian @_CuiWang

Congratulations to Dr. Livin Paul @Livinpaul2 on successfully defending his PhD thesis: Quantum Emitters in Plasmonic Field: From Ensemble to Single-Particle Spectroscopy. Grateful to Prof. Jaydeep Basu @iiscbangalore for serving as external examiner and for his valuable insights

Here are some glimpses of @ICP2025. Happy to be a part of this. It was truly enriching, and thank you all for the fruitful discussions.

Excited to share our PhD student @timi_titus12 gave an oral presentation at the 32nd International Conference on Photochemistry @ICP2025. Thankful to the organizing committee for this wonderful opportunity. @tvmiiser

Our latest work explores the hidden role of interchromophoric Interactions in determining the sign of bisignated CD signals, is now out in @JPhysChem. Congratulations @Sujith83535752, @AiswaryaE3, and our collaborators for the wonderful work👏 @tvmiiser pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

From detailed synthesis strategies to post-synthetic tweaks, ensemble & single-particle photo-physics, and real-world applications. Check out our latest review @ACSEnergyLett. pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac… Congratulations to @DevikaRajan17 @manoj_bhaskarn @Swathik97 @ AnoopThomas 👏

@QLiMS_iisc @NatureComms Congratulations to all the authors @QLiMS_iisc

Our latest paper is just out in @NatureComms nature.com/articles/s4146… Here we show that light-matter strong coupling can modify the ground state intermolecular interactions of organic chromophores and subsequent emission properties without tweaking their chemical structure.

📢 #ANRFIndia Invites Applications for National Post-Doctoral Fellowship (NPDF)! Shape your research journey with support from @ANRFIndia 🗓️Application Period: 1 June 2025 – 30 June 2025 🔗For more, visit: anrfonline.in/ANRF/npdf #researchgrant #NPDF

Our work on polaritonic chemistry is now up on arXiv...arxiv.org/abs/2503.12097 This work exclusively discusses the role of Dark States in strong coupling. Thanks to Christian Shaefer for the wonderful theory and Sugumar's Lab @poc_at for providing this beautiful photoswitch!

#HEISuccessStories IISER Thiruvananthapuram (IISER TVM) @tvmiiser is driving cutting-edge research with industry collaborations and global partnerships. ● Clean Energy Innovation: Hosting IC-MAP (DST), led by Prof. Shaijumon, bringing 15 institutestogether to advance solid-state battery technology using ML & AI. The Centre for Solid-State Battery Technology is developing miniature batteries for commercialization. ● Food Safety Breakthrough: In collaboration with Kerala Agricultural University, researchers developed a pesticide detection technology for fruits & vegetables using SERS technology. ● Research Park & Startups: Signed an MoA with Kerala Startup Mission to foster knowledge exchange, research collaborations, and startup support. ● Global Research Initiative: Secured ₹6.37 crore (DST) for a 5-year Indo-German research project with University of Würzburg, enabling the exchange of 32 students & 20 faculty. Faculty Achievements: ○ Prof. Kana M. Sureshan – INSA Fellow ○ Prof. Utpal Manna – FNASc Fellow ● International Recognition: ○ Nobel Laureate Prof. Morten Meldal delivered a public lecture at IISER TVM (Jan 6, 2024). ○ Indo-German Science Cooperation recognized IISER TVM’s IRTG collaboration with JMU at the highest level. 🔗 Learn more: iisertvm.ac.in

Happy to announce our alumni Dr. Sandeep Kulangara published an interesting article on @JPhysChem #victoriacollegepalakad Congratulations for the nice work👏 Influence of Exciton Diffusivity and Nanocrystal Size on Carrier Dynamics in CsPbBr3 Perovskites pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

Congratulations @MainTvm for the excellent piece of work 👏👏 @tvmiiser @Chemie_iisertvm @NatureSynthesis