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Dr. Prabhanjan Kulkarni

Designation: Scientist - C
Centre: Centre for Sensors, Vision Technology and IT (CSVT)
Group: Sensor Technology Development Centre
Joining Date: 21.03.2024
Email Id: prabhanjan[at]cmti[dot]res[dot]in
Office Telephone No:
Mobile No: +91-8123931070

  • Scientist-C at Centre for Sensors, Vision Technology and IT (CSVT), CMTI Bengaluru, Karnataka (March 2024 – Present)
  • R&D Engineer at Basic R&D Division, SEMITEC Corp., Chiba, Japan (September 2023 – February 2024)
  • Postdoctoral Researcher at the Research Center for Magnetic and Spintronic Materials, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan (August 2019 – August 2023)
  • Research Fellow (JRF/SRF) at Surface Engineering Division, CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories, Bengaluru, Karnataka (March 2012 – March 2017)
  • Ph. D. – Academic Institute: National Institute of Technology, Calicut, Kerala and R&D Institute: National Aerospace Laboratories, Bengaluru, Karnataka.
  • M. Tech. in Nanotechnology from VIT University, Vellore, Tamil Nadu.
  • B. E. in Electronics and Telecommunication from Shivaji University, Kolhapur, Maharashtra.
  • Design and development of MEMS devices
  • Magneto-resistive and Spintronics Sensors
  • Thin Film deposition and micro/nano-fabrication

Few Key publications:

  • Tomoya Nakatani, Prabhanjan D. Kulkarni, Hirofumi Suto, Keisuke Masuda, Hitoshi Iwasaki, and Yuya Sakuraba, Perspective on nanoscale magnetic sensors using giant anomalous Hall effect in topological magnetic materials for read head application in magnetic recording, Appl. Phys. Lett. 124, 070501 (2024).
  • Prabhanjan D. Kulkarni, Hitoshi Iwasaki, and Tomoya Nakatani, The effect of geometrical overlap between giant magnetoresistance sensor and magnetic flux concentrators: a novel comb-shaped sensor for improved sensitivity, Sensors 22(23), 9385 (2022).
  • Prabhanjan D. Kulkarni, Tomoya Nakatani, Zehao Li, Taisuke Sasaki, and Yuya Sakuraba, The effect of NiFeCr seed layer composition on the giant magnetoresistance properties of [FeCoNi/Cu] multilayers, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 560, 169562 (2022).
  • Prabhanjan D. Kulkarni, P.V. Sreevidya, Jakeer Khan, P. Predeep, Harish C. Barshilia, P. Chowdhury, Reduction in magnetic exchange bias in CoFe/FeMn/CoFe trilayers due to reduced pinned uncompensated moments in AFM layer, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 472, 111 (2019).
  • Prabhanjan D. Kulkarni, B. Sellarajan, M. Krishnan, Harish C. Barshilia and P. Chowdhury, Anisotropic magnetic properties of bi-layered structure of ordered Co nanowire array: Micro – magnetic simulations and experiments, Journal of Applied Physics 114, 173905 (2013).
  • Received the Best Innovation award of CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories, Bengaluru, for the work on ‘Development of Speed Sensors with Magneto Resistive Element Technology for Automobile Application’.
  • Prasanta Chowdhury, Harish C. Barshilia, Jakeer Khan, Prabhanjan D. Kulkarni, Murali Krishnan, An Improved Magnetic Multilayer Structure for Sensor Applications and a Process for Preparation Thereof, Indian patent no. : 494456 (Granted).
  • Obara Naoki, Onaka Kazuhiro, Nakatani Tomoya, Prabhanjan D. Kulkarni, Magnetic sensor and method for manufacturing magnetic sensor, Japanese Patent no: JP2022139920A (status: published/under review).
  • Prabhanjan D. Kulkarni, Iwasaki Hitoshi, Nakatani Tomoya, Magnetic sensor design, Japanese Patent no: JP2023155954A (status: published/under review).