• Education
    1994 - Ph.D. in Chemistry from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
    1988 - M.S. in Physical Chemistry from Magadh University
    1985 - B.S. in Chemistry from Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur University
  • Positions
    2013 - Present: Professor , North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University
    2013 - 2013: Visiting Faculty, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
    2007 - 2013: Associate Professor, North Carolina A&T State University,
    2004 - 2007: NCAT-ORNL Joint Faculty, North Carolina A&T State University
    2004 - 2007: Assistant Professor, North Carolina A&T State University
    2005 - 2005: Visiting fellow, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
    2004 - 2004: Visiting fellow, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
    2000 - 2001: Senior Research Scientist, North Carolina A & T State University
    1996 - 2000: Research Scientist, University of Florida
    1995 - 1996: Visiting Research Faculty, North Carolina State University
    1995 - 1995: Research Associate, Morgan State University
    1994 - 1994: Research Associate, , Indian Institute of Science
  • Awards
    2023 - Interdisciplinary Research Team Award, North Carolina A&T State University
    2023 - Best Teacher Award, North Carolina A&T State University College of Engineering
    2012 - University Senior Researcher of the Year Award, North Carolina A&T State University
    2007 - University Outstanding Young Investigator of the Year Award, North Carolina A&T State University
    2005 - Outstanding Young Investigator of the Year Award, NCAT College of Engineering
Biography

Dr. Dhananjay Kumar is currently a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at North Carolina Agriculture and Technical State University (NCAT). He also holds a joint faculty position with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). He has developed a pulsed laser deposition assisted synthesis method for self-assembly of nanophase materials. This method is generic in nature and has been applied to the self-assembly of magnetic, superconducting, optical, and super-hard nanomaterials. He is actively engaged in professional societies such as MRS, APS, and EMRS.

Research

Thin films, Condensed matters, Nanoscale materials, Alternative Energy

Publications
Ryan Moxon, Zhigang Xu, Felix Tettey, Ikenna Chris-Okoro, Dhananjay Kumar
Dental Metal Matrix Composites: The Effects of the Addition of Titanium Nanoparticle Particles on Dental Amalgam
Materials 17 (2024)
Kaushik Sarkar, Madison Jordan, Abebe Kebede, Steve Kriske, Frank Wise, Dhananjay Kumar
Enhanced Magnetic Cooling through Tailoring the Size-Dependent Magnetocaloric Effect of Iron Nanoparticles Embedded in Titanium Nitride Thin Films
Magnetochemistry 9 (2023)
Ryan Moxon, Zhigang Xu, Ikenna Chris-Okoro, Sheilah Cherono, Dhananjay Kumar
Determination and Calculations of Mercury Vapor Concentration and Energy Released from Freshly Condensed Dental Amalgams Having Various Copper Percentages within the Alloy
Materials 16 (2023)