Semiconductor Design for Energy and Optoelectronics

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Welcome to Murthy Dharmapura's Lab

Our lab is located at the Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), Manipal, Karnataka, India. Our vision is to develop functional materials for energy and optoelectronics applications. In this pursuit, our lab is equipped with innovative minds and state-of-the-art facilities to rationally tune the properties of materials.

Recent News

Simon is awarded Ernst Mach Grant-worldwide from Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, Science and Research (BMFWF), OeAD-GmbH – Austria’s Agency for Education and Internationalization, Mobility and Cooperation.

Reha is awarded INSPIRE Fellowship from Department of Science & Technology (DST), Government of India.

Sujana secured Best Poster Award at the 12th International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technology (ICMAT) 2025, Singapore organized by MRS Singapore.

Sujana is awarded Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF) International Travel Support to present her poster titled “Role of Iridium-Doping in Barium Titanate and Tuning Optoelectronic Properties to Realize Visible Light-driven Hydrogen Evolution” at the 12th International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technology (ICMAT) 2025, Singapore organized by MRS Singapore.

Murthy is awarded an India-Austria bilateral research grant from The Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India and Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research (OeAD). This grant will allow exchange of researchers from TU Wien and our research group.

Simon visited Surrey Ion Beam Centre, Advanced Technology Institute, University of Surrey, United Kingdom as Research Intern from 19th February 2025 to April 20th 2025. This visit was a part of the MoU between University of Surrey, UK and Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal, India. He worked on the synthesis of 2D materials for hydrogen generation.

Murthy is awarded a Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Government of India research grant on developing next-generation optical sensor materials that detect real-time and ppm-level hydrogen leaks. Project duration: 3 years.

Sujana and team published “Oxygen Vacancies and Ti3+ In-Gap Defects Dictate Photocatalytic H2 Generation in BaTiO3” in ACS Applied Energy Materials.