Associate Professor
Ajay Pandey
Faculty of Engineering,
School of Electrical Engineering & Robotics
Biography
Dr Ajay Pandey was awarded a PhD in Physics from the University of Angers (France) with thesis titled " Physics and Models of Plastic Photovoltaic Devices". Currently, he is an Associate Professor at the School of Electrical Engineering and Robotics. He held prestigious fellowships including QUT-Vice Chancellor’s Senior Research Fellowship in Medical Robotics, and Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) Research Fellowship in Next generation Photovoltaic Technology. His research interests have the interdisciplinary mix of Condensed Matter Physics, Molecular Electronics, Materials Robotics and Quantum Sensing. He leads a number of major research projects, including development and implementation of bio-inspired advanced optoelectronic devices for applications in Neuroscience, Bionics, Medical Robotics, Energy Up-Conversion and Robotic Vision. He is a Program Leader within QUT's Centre for A Waste Free World and also serves as an Editorial Board Member of Scientific Reports- a Springer Nature Group open access journal. He has graduated 4 PhDs and 1 M.Phil student and currently has the research supervision of 12 PhD students. He is one of the unit coordinators of Master of Professional Engineering curriculum and teaches Electronics to the undergraduate engineering students. He has published >85 peer- reviewed research publications and his work is consistently cited by top R&D labs across the globe. https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=xLA_Xr8AAAAJ&hl=enPersonal details
Positions
- Associate Professor
Faculty of Engineering,
School of Electrical Engineering & Robotics- Kelvin Grove Q Block Membership
Institute of Health Biomedical Innovation (IHBI),
IHBI Science and Engineering Projects - Kelvin Grove Q Block Membership
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
Discipline
Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Condensed Matter Physics, Biomedical Engineering
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008
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
Selected publications
- Kielar M, Gooch H, Xu L, Pandey A, Sah P, (2021) Direct Detection of Neuronal Activity Using Organic Photodetectors, ACS Photonics, 8 (1), pp. 228-237.
- 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).
- 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), pp. 11577-11587.
- Ali S, Pandey A, (2020) Color and depth sensing sensor technologies for robotics and machine vision. In O Sergiyenko, W Flores-Fuentes & P Mercorelli, Machine Vision and Navigation, Springer, pp. 59-86.
- 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, Machine Vision and Navigation, Springer, pp. 3-32.
- 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).
- Kielar M, Hamid T, Wu L, Windels F, Sah P, Pandey A, (2019) Organic optoelectronic diodes as tactile sensors for soft-touch applications, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 11 (24), pp. 21775-21783.
- Hamid T, Yambem S, Pandey A, (2019) Photodetection efficiency enhancement of IR sensitive organic photodetectors via triplet energy transfer, Synthetic Metals, 256, pp. 1-6.
- 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), pp. 1-9.
- Pandey A, (2015) Highly efficient spin-conversion effect leading to energy up-converted electroluminescence in singlet fission photovoltaics, Scientific Reports, 5, pp. 1-6.
QUT ePrints
To find publications by Ajay, visit QUT ePrints, the University's research 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
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
Supervision
Current supervisions
- Robotic Vision for Knee Arthrocopy
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Ross Crawford, Professor Jonathan Roberts, Associate Professor Davide Fontanarosa - Near Infrared Absorbing Organic Photodiodes for Biomedical and Bioelectronics Applications
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Prashant Sonar, Professor Jonathan Roberts - Developing a Macro-Micro Teleoperation System with Snake Robots for Minimally Invasive Surgeries
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Leo Wu, Professor Jonathan Roberts, Professor Ross Crawford