Dr Shibu Sidharth
Research Supervisor
Smart Materials Lab
Department of Nanoscience and Technology, University of Calicut
Email: shibu@uoc.ac.in; shibuchem@gmail.com
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​Shibu Sidharth received his Under Graduate (2002) and Masters (2004) Degrees in Chemistry from the University of Calicut (St Thomas' College, Thrissur). Subsequently, he joined the Department of Chemistry at Indian Institute of Technology Madras for his graduate studies, where he obtained a PhD degree in Chemistry (2010) under the guidance of Padma Shri Prof. T. Pradeep. He has been worked as JSPS fellow at AIST (Prof. Vasudevanpillai Biju), Japan and Madam Marie Curie fellow at University of Bordeaux (Prof. Brahim Lounis), France. In 2017, he joined at CSIR-CECRI, as a Ramanujan Fellow (SERB) and Assistant Professor (AcSIR). In 2021, he joined at University of Calicut, as Assistant Professor (Dept. of Nanoscience and Technology).
Education
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1999-2004 BSc., MSc. Chemistry, Calicut University, India
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2005-2010 PhD, IIT Madras, India
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2011-2013 JSPS Fellow, AIST Shikoku, Japan
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2013-2015 CNRS Fellow, University of Bordeaux, France
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2015-2017 Marie Curie Fellow, University of Bordeaux, France
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2017-2021 Ramanujan Fellow, CSIR-CECRI, Karaikudi, Tamilnadu
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2021 onwards, Assistant Professor, University of Calicut, Kerala
Awards and Fellowships ​
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JSPS-BRIDGE Fellowship (2023)
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Ramanujan Fellowship (2017-2022), SERB
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Madam Marie Curie Fellowship (2015-2017), Horizon 2020
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Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellowship (2011-2013), JSPS
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JRF and SRF, UGC/CSIR (2006-2010), CSIR
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3rd rank in MSc. Chemistry, University of Calicut (UOC) (2004)
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Professional Activities
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Full member: The Society for Advancement of Electrochemical Science and Technology, SAEST
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JSPS Alumni Membership