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Jagannathan Thirumalai received his Ph.D. from Alagappa University, Karaikudi in 2010 and was awarded a post-doctoral fellowship at Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Republic of Korea, in 2013. He was an assistant professor of physics at B.S. Abdur Rahman University, Chennai, India from 2011 to 2016. Currently, he is a Senior Assistant Professor and Head of the Physics Department, at SASTRA

Deemed University, Kumbakonam (T.N.), India. His research interests focus on luminescence, self-assembled nanomaterials, thin film optoelectronic devices, and spintronics applications. He has published more than 65 SCOPUS/SCI-indexed papers and ten book chapters and has edited seven books, six for IntechOpen. His research activities are funded by the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) of India.
