Saurabh Pathak, PhD
College of Engineering and Computer Science
Assistant Professor - Materials Science
Biography
Dr. Saurabh Pathak received the Ph.D. degree in Engineering jointly from RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia, and CSIR–National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi, India, in 2021, following his M.Tech. in Advanced Material Physics and Engineering (2016) and B.E. in Mechanical Engineering (2013). He is currently an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the College of Engineering and Computer Science, VinUniversity, Vietnam. Prior to this position, he was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne, Australia (2020–2022), a Visiting Fellow at Monash University and CSIRO Australia Centre (2019–2021), a BK Senior Research Associate and later BK Assistant Professor at Seoul National University, South Korea (2022–2025), and a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellow at Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic (2025–2026). He has also been awarded the prestigious Ramanujan Fellowship in 2026 at IIT Roorkee, India, and the Brain Pool Fellowship in South Korea. Dr. Pathak has authored more than 50 publications in leading international journals, including Nano Energy, Advanced Functional Materials, Applied Energy, Small, Chemical Society Reviews, Sustainable Energy Technologies & Assessment and Journal of Materials Chemistry C, with an h‑index of 25 and over 2000 citations. He serves as Guest Editor for Materials, Crystals, and Biomedicine, and as Review Editor for Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering and Frontiers in Nanotechnology. He has reviewed more than 50 articles across top journals such as ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Physics of Fluids, and Applied Energy. He has received six Best Invited Speaker Awards, multiple best paper and poster recognitions, and the HDR Impact Award (RMIT, 2019). In addition, he has contributed to ISO nanotechnology standards and certified reference materials, and has delivered invited talks at international conferences and universities worldwide.
· Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology
· Magnetic Nanoparticles and Ferrofluids
· Soft Robotics and Biomedical Devices
· Renewable Energy Systems
· Thermal and Fluid Engineering
· Rheology and Magnetorheology
· Additive Manufacturing
· Sensors and Actuators
· Electromagnetism and Spin Dynamics
· Advanced Materials Characterization
· Nanofabrication
· Machine Learning and Optimization
· Sustainable Energy Technologies
· Magnetic Hyperthermia and Biomedical Applications
· Engineering Thermodynamics
· Fluid Mechanics
· Heat and Mass Transfer
· Advanced Fluid Mechanics
· Strength of Materials
· Renewable Energy Engineering
· Materials Science and Engineering
· Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology
· Sensors and Measurement Systems
· Electromagnetism and Magnetic Materials
· Additive Manufacturing
· Soft Robotics and Biomedical Devices
· Experimental Methods and Instrumentation
· Machine Learning Applications in Engineering Optimization
1. Pathak, S.; Zhang, R.; Bun, K.; Zhang, H.; Gayen, B.; Wang, X. Development of a novel wind to electrical energy converter of passive ferrofluid levitation through its parameter modelling and optimization. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments 2021, 48, 101641.
2. Pathak, S.; Jain, K.; Kumar, P.; Wang, X.; Pant, R.P. Improved thermal performance of annular fin-shell tube storage system using magnetic fluid. Applied Energy 2019, 239, 1524-1535.
3. Pathak, S.; Kim, S.-K. Dual-Crosslinked Superparamagnetic Hydrogels with Tailored Viscoelasticity for Soft Robotics, ACS Applied Nano Materials (2024).
4. Pathak, S.; Zhang, R.; Gayen, B.; Kumar, V.; Zhang, H.; Pant, R.P.; Wang, X. Ultra-low friction self-levitating nanomagnetic fluid bearing for highly efficient wind energy harvesting. Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments 2022, 52, 102024.
5. Singh, R.; Pathak, S.*, Jain, K.; Noorjahan; Kim, S.-K. Correlating the Dipolar Interactions Induced Magneto-Viscoelasticity and Thermal Conductivity Enhancements in Nanomagnetic Fluids. Small 2023, 19 (39), 2205741.
6. Pathak, S.; Jain, K.; Noorjahan; Kumar, V.; Pant, R.P. Magnetic Fluid Based High Precision Temperature Sensor. IEEE Sensors Journal 2017, 17, 2670-2675.
7. Pathak, S.; Verma, R.; Singhal, S.; Chaturvedi, R.; Kumar, P.; Sharma, P.; Pant, R.P.; Wang, X. Spin dynamics investigations of multifunctional ambient scalable Fe3O4 surface decorated ZnO magnetic nanocomposite using FMR. Scientific Reports 2021, 11, 3799.
8. Pathak, S.; Verma, R.; Kumar, P.; Singh, A.; Singhal, S.; Sharma, P.; Jain, K.; Pant, R.P.; Wang, X. Facile Synthesis, Static, and Dynamic Magnetic Characteristics of Varying Size Double-Surfactant-Coated Mesoscopic Magnetic Nanoparticles Dispersed Stable Aqueous Magnetic Fluids. Nanomaterials 2021, 11, 3009.
9. Singh, A.; Kumar, P.; Pathak, S.*; Jain, K.; Garg, P.; Pant, M.; Mahapatro, A.K.; Singh, R.K.; Rajput, P.; Kim, S.-K. Tailored nanoparticles for magnetic hyperthermia: Highly stable aqueous dispersion of Mn-substituted magnetite superparamagnetic nanoparticles by double surfactant coating for improved heating efficiency. Journal of Alloys and Compounds 2024, 976, 172999.
10. Singh, Arjun, Rahul Arya, Nikki Choudhary, Navraj Poudel, Poonam Arora, K. K. Maurya, T. K. Mandal, Pathak Saurabh “Design and Validation of a Low-Cost, Portable Arduino-Based Platform for Assessing Physicochemical Drinking Water Quality Across Urban and Peri-urban Areas of Delhi and Surrounding Regions.” Water Conservation Science and Engineering 10, no. 2 (2025): 69.
· 2020: Ph.D. in Engineering, jointly awarded by RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia, and CSIR–National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi, India
· 2016: M.Tech. in Advanced Material Physics and Engineering, CSIR–National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi, India
· 2013: B.E. in Mechanical Engineering, BIT Raipur, India
· 2026 Ramanujan Faculty Fellowship, Government of India, IIT Roorkee
· 2025–2026 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowship.
· 2022–2025 Brain Pool Fellowship, National Research Foundation of Korea, Seoul National University
· 2019 HDR Impact Award, RMIT University, Australia
· 2018–2020 RMIT RTP Fellowship, RMIT University, Australia
· 2017 Best Poster Award, International Conference on Thin Films (Springer)
· 2016 Best Oral Presentation Award, National Symposium on Electroceramics: Materials and Devices
· Best Invited Speaker Awards, including:
· Seminar Series in Mechanical Engineering, South China University of Technology (2021)
· International Conference on Advances in Metrology, New Delhi (2019)
· National Symposium on Electroceramics, India (2016)
