Manojit Pusty

Dr. Manojit Pusty is a Researcher at the Division of Microrobotics and Control Engineering within the Department of Computing Science at the University of Oldenburg, Germany, where he has been working as a Postdoctoral Research Associate since August 2023. His research specializes in advanced sensor technologies and materials science for biomedical and energy applications.

Education:

• PhD in Materials Science and Engineering, IIT Indore, India (2020)
• Master of Technology in Electronics and Communication Engineering, IIT Kharagpur, India (2014)
• Bachelor of Technology in Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering, Bankura Unnayani Institute of Engineering, WBUT, India (2011)

Research Focus: Dr. Pusty's work spans multiple interdisciplinary areas including:

• Development of piezo-resistive sensors and nanogranular tunneling strain sensors for biomedical diagnostics
• Synthesis of ZnO nanowires and fabrication of nanogenerators
• Photo-piezo composite materials for actuators and energy harvesting systems
• Advanced piezoelectric characterization techniques

Projects and Grants: He has contributed to significant research initiatives including:

• EU Project-PULSE-COM: Developing photo-piezo composites for actuators and energy harvesting
• ANR Project-LATINO: Wet chemistry synthesis of ZnO nanowires and nanogenerator development

Dr. Pusty is part of the Microrobotics and Control Engineering team led by Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Sergej Fatikow and serves as the division's webmaster. His work bridges materials science, nanotechnology, and biomedical engineering.