Jitendra Kumar Behera

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

• L. Zhao, J. K. Behera, S. Zang, S. Si, S. Wang, Y. Cai, and Y. Meng (2025). “Angle-independent Equidistant Multimode Topological Interface States in a 1-D Photonic Crystal Heterostructure Containing Hyperbolic Metamaterials.” Optics & Laser Technology, 192, 113754. IF: 5.0.
• A. Ittepadan, J. K. Behera, and C. Nayak (2025). “Angle-independent Equidistant Multimode Topological Interface States in a 1-D Photonic Crystal Heterostructure Containing Hyperbolic Metamaterials.” Physics Letters A, 555, 130798. IF: 2.6.
• C. Nayak, J. K. Behera, R. Moharana, and L. N. Kotov (2025). “Three- and Four-material Photonic Quasicrystal.” Optical Engineering, 64(7), 077101. IF: 1.2.
• H. Poddar, C. Nayak, J. K. Behera, and D. Dash (2024). “Extrinsic Magnetised Plasma Kolakoski Quasicrystal.” Optical Materials, 152, 115545. IF: 3.8.
• C. Nayak, J. K. Rakshit, J. K. Behera, G. Palai, S. K. Tripathy, L. N. Kotov, Y. Sharma, and M. Tanweer Ahmad B. (2024). “Symmetrical Fibonacci Polymeric Photonic Multilayers: Light Localization and Elasto-optic Effect.” Optical and Quantum Electronics, 56(9), 1437. IF: 3.33.
• J. K. Behera, X. Zhou, and R. E. Simpson (2021). “Design of c-axis Oriented Pnictogen Chalcogenides for Strain Engineered iPCM.” ACS Applied Electronic Materials, 3(7), 3114–3122. IF: 4.494.
• 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: 8.6.
• J. K. Behera, L. Kuan, M. Lian, and T. Cao (2021). “A Reconfigurable Hyperbolic Metamaterial Perfect Absorber.” Nanoscale Advances, 3(6), 1758–1766. IF: 5.598.
• J. K. Behera, W. Wang, X. Zhou, S. Guan, W. Weikang, Y. Shengyuan, and R. E. Simpson (2020). “Resistance Modulation in Ge2Sb2Te5.” Journal of Materials Science & Technology, 50, 171–177. IF: 10.319.
• J. K. Behera, X. Zhou, A. Ranjan, and R. E. Simpson (2018). “Sb2Te3 and its Superlattices: Optimization by Statistical Design.” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 10(17), 15040–15050. IF: 10.383.
• 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: 3.422.
• Y. Meng, J. K. Behera, S. Wang, M. Jiang, J. Lin, J. Wei, Y. Wang, T. Cao, and Y. Long (2020). “Tunable Grain Orientation of Chalcogenide Film and Its Application for Second Harmonic Generation.” ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 12(26), 29953–29958. IF: 10.383.
• Y. Meng, J. K. Behera, Z. Wang, J. Zheng, J. Wei, L. Wu, and Y. Yang (2019). “Nanostructure Patterning of C-Sb2Te3 by Maskless Thermal Lithography Using Femtosecond Laser Pulses.” Applied Surface Science, 508, 145228. IF: 7.392.
• Y. Meng, J. K. Behera, Y. Ke, L. T. Chew, Y. Wang, Y. Long, and R. E. Simpson (2018). “Design of a 4-level Active Photonics Phase Change Switch Using VO2 and Ge2Sb2Te4.” Applied Physics Letters, 113(7), 071901. IF: 3.971.
• 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: 10.050.
• X. Zhou, J. K. Behera, S. Lv, L. Wu, Z. Song, and R. E. Simpson (2017). “Avalanche Atomic Switching in Strain Engineered Sb2Te3–GeTe Interfacial Phase-change Memory Cells.” Nano Futures, 1(2), 025003. IF: 4.070.
• 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: 19.924.
• L. Lu, W. Dong, J. K. Behera, L. T. Chew, and R. E. Simpson (2018). “Inter-diffusion of Plasmonic Metals and Phase Change Materials.” Journal of Materials Science, 54(4), 2814–2823. IF: 4.682.

Google Scholar Profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=P3ESG4EAAAAJ&hl=en

• 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

• 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