Jitendra Kumar Behera

Jitendra Kumar Behera

Assistant Professor
Jitendra.behera@mahindrauniversity.edu.in

Jitendra K. Behera is an Assistant Professor in the Ecole Centrale School of Engineering (ECSoE) at Mahindra University, Hyderabad, India. Prior to joining MU, he worked as an Assistant Professor at School of Advanced Sciences in Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, India. His current research interests include designing chalcogenide materials and its nanostructure for data storage and active photonics devices. Apart from research he has experience in teaching both UG and PG student. He has published 25+ international peer-reviewed journal papers, with total citations over 890+ with current h-index 15+. Some of his work is highlighted in PHY.ORG and ScienceDAILY

(https://phys.org/news/2018-04-statistical-optimization-layered-d-crystals.html, https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/04/180425093801.htm)

  • Post-Doctoral –RWTH Aachen University, Germany, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China
  • Ph.D. (Engineering Product Development) – Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), Singapore
  • M.Sc. (Physics)—IIT Kharagpur, India

Experience

  • June 2025-Present, Assistant Professor, Mahindra University, Hyderabad
  • June 2022-June 2025, Assistant Professor, VIT Vellore, Tamil Nadu
  • July 2021-June 2022, Assistant Professor, MIT World Peace University, Pune, Maharashtra
  • Jan 2017-March 2017, Visiting Scholar, University of Bath, UK
  • May 2014-Nov 2014, Industrial Research Intern, Data Storage Institute, A-Star, Singapore

Publications

  • L. Zhao, J. K. Behera, S.Zang, Y. Cai, Y. Meng (2025). Reconfigurable multidimensional optical manipulation of visible light via chalcogenide phase-change metasurfaces. Optics and Laser Technology, 192,113794. (IF=5.0)
  • J. K. Behera, X. Zhou, and R. E. Simpson (2021). Design of c-axis oriented pnictogen chalcogenides for strain engineered iPCM. ACS Applied Electronics Materials 3, 7, 3114–3122. (IF=4.7)
  • J. K. Behera, L. Kuan, M. Lian, and T. Cao (2021). A Reversible Tuning of High Absorption in Chalcogenide– Metal Stacked–Layer Structure and Its Application for Multichannel Biosensing. Advanced Photonics Research, 2, 8, 2000152. (IF=3.9)
  • J. K. Behera, L. Kuan, M. Lian, and T. Cao (2021). A reconfigurable hyperbolic metamaterial perfect absorber. Nanoscale Advances 3, 6, 1758–1766. (IF=4.6)
  • J. K. Behera, W. Wang, X. Zhou, S. Guan, W. Weikang, Y. Shengyuan, and R. E. Simpson (2020). Resistance Modulation in Ge2Sb2Te5. Journal of Material Science and Technology 50, 171–177. (IF=14.3)
  • J. K. Behera, X. Zhou, A. Ranjan, and R. E. Simpson (2018). Sb2Te3 and its Superlattices: Optimization by Statistical Design. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 10 (17):15040–15050 (This work is highlighted in www.phys.org). (IF=8.2)
  • J. K. Behera, X. Zhou, J. Tominaga, and R. E. Simpson (2017). Laser switching and characterisation of chalcogenides: systems, measurements, and applicability to photonics. Optical Materials Express 7 (10),3741–3759. (IF=3.1)
  • Y. Meng, J. K. Behera, S. Wang, M. Jiang, J. Lin, J. Wei, Y. Wang, T. Cao, Y. Long (2020). Tunable Grain Orientation of Chalcogenide Film and Its Application for Second Harmonic Generation. ACS Applied Material and Interfaces 12, 26, 299953–29958 (IF=8.2)
  • Y. Meng, J. K. Behera, Z. Wang, J Zheng, J. Wei, L. Wu, Y. Yang (2019). Nanostructure Patterning of C-Sb2Te3 by Maskless Thermal Lithography Using Femtosecond Laser Pulses. Applied Surface Science 508, 145228. (IF=6.9)
  • Y. Meng, J. K. Behera, S. Wen, R. E. Simpson, J. Shi, L. Wu, Z. Song, J. Wei, and Y. Wang (2018). Ultrafast multi-level optical tuning with CSb2Te3 thin films. Advanced Optical Materials, 6 (17), 1800360. (IF=7.2)
  • W. Dong, H. Liu, J. K. Behera, L. Lu, J. H. Ng Ray, K. V. Sreekanth, X. Zhou, J. K. W. Wang, and R. E. Simpson (2018). Wide Bandgap Phase Change Material Tuned Visible Photonics. Advanced Functional Materials 29 (6), 1806181. (IF=19.0)
  • J. Kalikka, X. Zhou, J. K. Behera, N. Giacomo, and R. E. Simpson (2016). Evolutionary design of interfacial phase changes van der Waals heterostructures. Nanoscale 8 (42), 18212–18220. (IF=5.1)
  • Functional Materials’ Growth, Design, and Characterisation
  • Crystal Nanostructure Design
  • Thin film and Superlattices
  • Structure-property correlation study
  • Chalcogenides, Non-Volatile Memory, Data Storage
  • Photonics, Hyperbolic Metamaterial, Plasmonics
  • Photovoltaic, Solar Cells