Rate My Professor Simant Srivastav

Dr. Simant Kumar Srivastav is an Assistant Professor (Grade-II) in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Allahabad, Prayagraj, where he joined in 2022. He teaches Physical Chemistry to undergraduate students and Spectroscopy courses. Prior to this, he served as an Assistant Professor at Lalit Narayan Mithila University, Darbhanga, from 2017. His postdoctoral research was conducted at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, and IIT Delhi. Srivastav earned his PhD in Chemistry from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur in 2014, along with a Junior Research Fellowship. His research focuses on photocatalysis, multiferroics, and microbiology, with over 437 citations on Google Scholar. He leads projects funded by the Department of Science and Technology-Science and Engineering Research Board (DST-SERB), including investigations into nanomaterials for environmental remediation. Srivastav serves as Convener of the Patent Cell and is a team member of the Incubation Centre at the University of Allahabad.

Key publications by Srivastav include 'Low Temperature Synthesis, Structural, Optical and Magnetic Properties of Bismuth Ferrite Nanoparticles' (Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 2012), which has garnered over 100 citations, 'Structural Transformation and Enhancement in Magnetic Properties of Single-Phase Bi1-xPrxFeO3 Nanoparticles' (various journals), and 'Effect of Nanostructure on Thermoelectric Properties of La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 in 300–600 K Temperature Range' (Materials Research Express, 2018). Recent works encompass spectroscopic and molecular docking studies, as well as room-temperature dilute magnetic semiconductor behavior in nonmagnetic semiconductors. His contributions extend to national seminars and workshops on advanced functional materials. Srivastav actively recruits Junior Research Fellows and postdoctoral fellows for his lab, fostering research in nanomaterial synthesis and applications.