Associate Professor
Ajay Pandey
Faculty of Engineering,
School of Electrical Engineering & Robotics
Biography
Dr Ajay Pandey received a PhD in Physics from the University of Angers (France) in 2007 for his fundamental research work on Molecular Semiconductor Heterojunctions. Currently, he is an Associate Professor at the School of Electrical Engineering and Robotics (EER). He held prestigious fellowships including QUT-Vice Chancellor’s Senior Research Fellowship in Medical Robotics, and an Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) Research Fellowship in High Efficiency Photovoltaics. He leads the Integrated Photonics and Quantum Sensing research group with a research focus on building platform technologies aimed at addressing grand challenges in Energy Harvesting, Bio-inspired Intelligence and Consciousness, Non-invasive tools for neuroscience, and Multimodal Biomedical Imaging. He is a Chief Investigator of QUT's Centre for Materials Science and Centre for Biomedical Technologies, and also serves as an Editorial Board Member of Scientific Reports- a Springer Nature Group open access journal.He has graduated 8 PhDs and 2 M.Phil students and currently has the research supervision of 8 PhD students. His teaching roles includes lecturing and unit coordination of EGB240 and EGB348, core Electronics units offered to 2nd and 3rd year undergraduate engineering students. He has published >115 research publications, 1 patent, and 3 book chapters that are consistently cited by top research groups from academia and industry . For recent publications please visit his Google Scholar profile at https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=xLA_Xr8AAAAJ&hl=en
Personal details
Positions
- Associate Professor
Faculty of Engineering,
School of Electrical Engineering & Robotics
Keywords
Nanoscale Sensors and Devices, Advanced Bionics and Medical Robotics, Multispectral Imaging and Machine Vision, Wearables, Smart Skins and Soft Robotics, Electroluminescence and Energy up-conversion, Molecular Optoelectronics, Singlet Fission and Multi-exciton generation, Quantum sensing, Neuroengineering, Exciton Science
Research field
Electrical engineering, Condensed matter physics, Biomedical engineering
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2020
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy (University of Angers)
Professional memberships and associations
Member of IEEE Member of Institute of Physics Member of SPIE ORCID iD: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6599-745X
Teaching
- EGB348: Electronics/Introduction to Organic Electronics
- ENN590/ENN592: Master of Engineering Projects (Unit Coordinator)
- PVB301: Materials and Thermal Physics
Experience
2021-current: Associate Professor, School of Electrical Engineering and Robotics, Queensland University of Technology
2018-2021: Senior Lecturer, School of Electrical Engineering and Robotics, Queensland University of Technology
2015- 2018: Vice Chancellor’s Senior Research Fellow, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Queensland University of Technology
2013-2015: ARENA Research Fellow, The University of Queensland, School of Chemsitry and Molecular Biosciences
2010-2013: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre for Organic Photonics and Electronics, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland
2007-2010: Postdoctroal Research Fellow, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of St Andrews
2003-2004: Research Engineer, Samtel Centre for Display Technology, Indian Institute of Technology- Kanpur
My most recent research activity is focussed on:
- Advanced Optoelectronics and Photonics
- Cavity Optomechanics and Quantum Sensing
- Novel Camera Technology and Vision Systems for Robotics and Automation
- On-Sensor and Near-Sensor Computing for Vision, Tactile and Neuromorphic Intelligence
- Multi-functional, Soft and fMRI compatible Brain-Machine Interfaces
- Single Photon Detection, Energy Up-Conversion and Night Vision.
- Programmable and Distributed Sensor Networks
Publications
- Kielar, M., Gooch, H., Xu, L., Pandey, A. & Sah, P. (2021). Direct Detection of Neuronal Activity Using Organic Photodetectors. ACS Photonics, 8(1), 228–237. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/209621
- Hamid, T., Kielar, M., Yambem, S. & Pandey, A. (2021). Multifunctional Diode Operation of Tetracene Sensitized Polymer: Fullerene Heterojunctions with Simultaneous Electroluminescence in Visible and NIR Bands. Advanced Electronic Materials, 7(1). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/207305
- Ali, S., Jonmohamadi, Y., Takeda, Y., Roberts, J., Crawford, R. & Pandey, A. (2021). Supervised Scene Illumination Control in Stereo Arthroscopes for Robot Assisted Minimally Invasive Surgery. IEEE Sensors Journal, 21(10), 11577–11587. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/207559
- Ali, S. & Pandey, A. (2020). Color and depth sensing sensor technologies for robotics and machine vision. In O. Sergiyenko, W. Flores-Fuentes & P. Mercorelli (Eds.), Machine Vision and Navigation (pp. 59–86). Springer. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/200195
- Jansen-van Vuuren, R., Ali, S. & Pandey, A. (2020). Image and signal sensors for computing and machine vision: Developments to meet future needs. In O. Sergiyenko, W. Flores-Fuentes & P. Mercorelli (Eds.), Machine Vision and Navigation (pp. 3–32). Springer. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/200196
- Kielar, M., Hamid, T., Wiemer, M., Windels, F., Hirsch, L., Sah, P. & Pandey, A. (2020). Light detection in open-circuit voltage mode of organic photodetectors. Advanced Functional Materials, 30(9). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/200194
- Pandey, A., Kielar, M., Hamid, T., Wu, L., Windels, F. & Sah, P. (2019). Organic optoelectronic diodes as tactile sensors for soft-touch applications. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 11(24), 21775–21783. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/200193
- Hamid, T., Yambem, S. & Pandey, A. (2019). Photodetection efficiency enhancement of IR sensitive organic photodetectors via triplet energy transfer. Synthetic Metals, 256, 1–6. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/134150
- Ullah, M., Yambem, S., Moore, E., Namdas, E. & Pandey, A. (2015). Singlet fission and triplet exciton dynamics in rubrene/fullerene heterojunctions: Implications for electroluminescence. Advanced Electronic Materials, 1(12), 1–9. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/100955
- Pandey, A., (2015). Highly efficient spin-conversion effect leading to energy up-converted electroluminescence in singlet fission photovoltaics. Scientific Reports, 5, 1–6. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/94425
QUT ePrints
For more publications by Ajay, explore their research in QUT ePrints (our digital repository).
Awards
- Type
- Funding Award
- Reference year
- 2021
- Details
- Bionics Innovation Award 2020 for Sense of Touch
- Type
- Editorial Role for an Academic Journal
- Reference year
- 2015
- Details
- Nature Publishing Group- Scientific Reports(Chemical Physics, Molecular Electronics, Spintronics, Photonics, Nanotechnology)
- Type
- Fellowships
- Reference year
- 2015
- Details
- Vice Chancellor's Senior Research Fellowship on Medical and Healthcare Robotics
- Type
- Fellowships
- Reference year
- 2013
- Details
- Australian Renewable Energy Agency Research Fellowship on Singlet Exciton Fission
Selected research projects
- Title
- New Class of Intelligent Robotic Imaging System for Keyhole Surgeries
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- AISRF53820
- Start year
- 2017
- Keywords
- Keyhole-Surgery; Stereopsis; Robot-Assisted Surgery; Soft-Tissue Tracking
Projects listed above are funded by Australian Competitive Grants. Projects funded from other sources are not listed due to confidentiality agreements.
Supervision
Current supervisions
- Development of Organic Photodetectors Based on Novel Acceptor and Donor Systems - Towards Near-infrared Detection
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Prashant Sonar, Professor Jonathan Roberts