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IntroductionDr. Budhi Singh is a distinguished Professor at Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan, China, specializing in van der Waals heterostructures and quantum devices based on two-dimensional materials, including semiconducting, magnetic, and superconducting systems. His research focuses on understanding the electrical and magnetic properties of vdW materials and their heterostructures, with the aim of advancing both fundamental condensed matter physics and next-generation electronic and spintronic technologies. His research interests also include emergent quantum phenomena in moiré heterostructures, such as moiré multiferroicity, correlated electronic phases, and quantum phase transitions. Through experimental investigations of low dimensional quantum materials, his work contributes to the development of advanced device architectures for quantum information processing, spintronics, and neuromorphic computing. Dr. Singh is a recipient of the DST INSPIRE Faculty Award from the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. He has secured competitive research funding from the Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India, and the National Research Foundation (NRF) of Korea. Dr. Singh has authored over 40 peer-reviewed scientific publications as corresponding author, first author, and contributing author in leading international journals, including Nature Electronics, Advanced Materials, ACS Nano, Small, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Physical Review B, Applied Physics Letters, and Journal of Applied Physics, among others. His research has made significant contributions to the understanding and technological application of two-dimensional quantum materials and van der Waals heterostructures.
Education ExperiencePh.D. in Physics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India, 2013
M.Sc. in Physics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India, 2005
B.Sc. in Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Himachal Pradesh University, India, 2002
Work ExperienceDistinguished Full-Time Professor at Center for Low-Dimensional Quantum Materials (LQM) and School of Materials Science & Chemical Engineering, Hubei University of Technology, China. [March 2026-Present]
Senior Researcher, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, South Korea. [ July 2020-February 2026].
DST Inspire Faculty, Inter University Accelerator Centre, New Delhi, Materials Science, Division. [May 2015-May 2020]
Visiting Scholar, Research, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. [April 2014-March 2015]
Postdoctoral Researcher, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, South Korea [July 2020-February 2026]
Experimental condensed matter physics and device engineering of van der Waals heterostructures, focusing on semiconducting, magnetic, and superconducting two-dimensional materials for electronic, spintronic, and quantum device applications
(1) Budhi Singh, et al., Quantum phase transitions in graphene coupled to a twisted WSe2 moiré ferroelectricity, Advanced Materials 38, e14744 (2026).
(2) C. Jang, Budhi Singh, J. Niu, S.-M. Lee, N. Lee, S. Lee, Bidirectional Polarization-Controlled Non-Volatile Ferroelectric SnS/α-In2Se3 van der Waals Heterojunction for Reconfigurable Logic-in-Memory, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 17, 61091-61099 (2025).
(3) L. Devi, N. Sarkar, S. Kumar, H. C. Chauhan, Budhi Singh and S. Ghosh, Photoinduced reversible change in superconductivity and observation of Planckian dissipation in Bi2Sr2Ca2Cu3O10+δ, Europhysics Letters 152, 46001 (2025).
(4) Budhi Singh et al. Uniqueness and Future Perspectives of 2D Ferroelectric Devices: Applications in Emerging Computing Paradigms and Hardware Security, Materials Horizons (Review Article) 12, 9432-9475 (2025).
(5) K. Won, E. Jeong, J. Yoon, D. Jeon, J. Hong, H. Yoo, Y. Bang, P. K. Srivastava, Budhi Singh, Z. Lee, C. Lee, Spectroscopic signatures of ultra-thin amorphous carbon with the tuned disorder directly grown on a dielectric substrate, Advanced Materials,37,2413732(2024).
(6) Y. Hassan, Budhi Singh (First Author, equal contribution), M. Joe, B.-M. Son, T. D. Ngo, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, W. J. Yoo, P. K. Srivastava, C. Lee, Twist-Controlled Ferroelectricity and Emergent Multiferroicity in WSe2 Bilayers. Advanced Materials, 36, 2406290 (2024).
(7) P. K. Srivastava, Y. Hassan, S. Lee, M. Joe, M. S. Abbas, H. Ahn, A. Tiwari, S. Ghosh, W. J. Yoo, Budhi Singh (Corresponding Author), T. Low, C. Lee, Unusual Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya Interaction in Graphene/Fe3GeTe2 van der Waals Heterostructure, Small, 20, 2402604 (2024).
(8) Budhi Singh et al. Topology-Driven Coulomb Drag in van der Waals Heterostructure with Broken Inversion Symmetry, ACS Applied materials, and Interfaces, 16, 31247-31253, (2024).
(9) N. Ali, Budhi Singh, P. K. Srivastava, F. Ali, M. Lee, H. Park, H. Shin, K. Lee, H. Choi, S. Lee, T. D. Ngo, Y. Hassan, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, C. Lee, W.J. Yoo, Link between T-Linear Resistivity and Quantum Criticality in Ambipolar Black Phosphorus, ACS Nano, 18, 11978-11987 (2024).
(10) A. Tiwari, H. Ahn, B. Kumar, J. Saini, P. K. Srivastava, Budhi Singh, C. Lee, S. Ghosh, Phase transition in the two-dimensional Heisenberg ferromagnet Fe3GeTe2 with long-range interaction, Physical Review B, 109, L020407 (2024).
(11) D. Sahoo, J.Shakya, S. Choudhury, S. S. Roy, L. Devi, Budhi Singh (Corresponding Author), S. Ghosh, B. Kaviraj, High-Performance MnO2 Nanowire/MoS2 Nanosheet Composite for a Symmetrical Solid-State Supercapacitor, ACS Omega, 7, 16895−16905 (2022).
(12) D. Sahoo, J. Shakya, S. Choudhry, Budhi Singh (Corresponding Author), and B. Kaviraj, A simple two-step strategy to synthesize defect-rich MoS2 nanocrystals for enhanced electrochemical hydrogen evolution, AIP Advances 12, 035119 (2022).
(13) A. Chakravorty, C. Dufour, Budhi Singh, H. Jatav, G. R. Umapathy, D. Kanjilal, D. Kabiraj, Recovery of ion-damaged 4H-SiC under thermal and ion beam-induced ultrafast thermal spike assisted annealing, Journal of Applied Physics 130 165901-9 (2021).
(14) M. Joe, P. K. Srivastava, Budhi Singh. Singh, A Hyobin, C. Lee, Iron-based ferromagnetic van der Waals materials, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 125, 7734-7745 (2021).
(15) A. Chakravorty, Budhi Singh, H. Jatav, S. Ojha, R. Meena, D Kanjilal, D Kabiraj, Controlled generation of photoemissive defects in 4H-SiC using swift heavy ion irradiation, Journal of Applied Physics, 129, 245905-10 (2021).
(16) N. Ali, Budhi Singh (Corresponding Author), Vijya. A. R., S. Lal, C.S. Yadav, K. Tarafder and S. Ghosh, Ferromagnetism in Mn-doped ZnO: A joint theoretical and experimental study, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 125 7734-7745 (2021).
(17) P. K. Srivastava, Y. Hassan, D.J. P. de Sousa, Y. Gebredingle, M. Joe, F. Ali, Y. Zheng, W. J. Yoo, S. Ghosh, J.T. Teherani, Budhi Singh (Corresponding Author), T. Low, C. Lee, Resonant tunnelling diodes based on twisted black phosphorus homostructures, Nature Electronics, 4, 269-276 (2021),
(18) A. Chakravorty, Budhi Singh, H. Jatav, S. Ojha, J. Singh, D Kanjilal, D Kabiraj, Intense ionizing irradiation-induced atomic movement toward recrystallization in 4H-SiC, J. App. Phys., 128, 165901 (2020).
(19) Y. Hassan, P. K. Srivastava, Budhi Singh, A. M. Sabbtain ,F. Ali, W. J. Yoo, C. Lee, Phase engineered molybdenum telluride/black phosphorus van der Waals heterojunction for tunable multivalued logic, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 12,14119-14124 (2020), IF 9.5.
(20) V. Rani, P. Kumar, A. Sharma, S. Yadav, Budhi Singh, N. Ray, S. Ghosh, Carrier Induced Hopping to Band Conduction in Pentacene, Scientific Reports 9, 20193-20201 (2019).
(21) N. Ali, Vijya A. R., Z. A. Khan, K. Tarafder, A. Kumar, M. K Wadhwa, Budhi Singh (Corresponding Author), S. Ghosh, Ferromagnetism from non-magnetic ions: Ag-doped ZnO, Scientific Reports 9, 20039-20051 (2019).
(22) N. Ali, Budhi Singh, S. Ghosh, Room-temperature ferromagnetism in ZnO: Cu and ZnO: Ag co-doped with Al, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 492, 165618-165624 (2019).
(23) Budhi Singh, N. Ali, A. Chakravorty, I. Sulania, S. Ghosh and D. Kabiraj, Wetting behavior of MoS2 thin films, Materials Research Express, 6, 096424-096431 (2019).
(24) N. Ali, Budhi Singh (Corresponding Author), Z. A. Khan, Vijya. A. R., K. Tarafder and S. Ghosh, Origin of ferromagnetism in Cu-doped ZnO, Scientific Reports 9, 2461-2467 (2019).
(25) P. K. Srivastava, Y. Hassan, Y. Gebredingle, J. Jung, B. Kang, W. J. Yoo, Budhi Singh (Corr. Author), C. Lee, Multifunctional van der Waals Broken‐Gap Heterojunction, Small 15, 1804885-93 (2019).
(26) P. K. Srivastava, Y. Hassan, Y. Gebredingle, J. Jung, B. Kang, W. J. Yoo, Budhi Singh (Corresponding Author), C. Lee, Van der Waals broken-gap pn heterojunction tunnel diode based on black phosphorus and rhenium disulfide, ACS Applied materials & Interfaces 11, 8266-8275 (2019).
(27) Budhi Singh et al. Current Transport Mechanism in ZnO and Metal Phthalocyanine Based Inorganic /Organic Hybrid p–n Junction Diodes. J. of Electron. Mater. 47, 5595 (2018).
(28) V. Rani, A. Sharma, P. Kumar, Budhi Singh, S. Ghosh, Charge transport mechanism in copper phthalocyanine thin films with and without traps, RSC Advances 7, 54911-54919 (2017).
(29) S. Mishra, Budhi Singh, S. Bhattacharya, J. K. Panda, D. Kabiraj, A. Roy, S. Ghosh, Probing charge carrier compensation in high energy ion irradiated III–V semiconductor by Raman spectroscopy and Hall measurements, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 47, 963-970 (2016).
(30) B. Paul, Budhi Singh, S. Ghosh, A. Roy, A Comparative Study on Electrical and Structural Characteristics of Group III (Al, Ga, In) doped ZnO, Thin Solid Films, 603, 21-28 (2016).
(31) J. Wang, S. Rathi, Budhi Singh, I.-Y. Lee, H.-I. Joh, G.-H. Kim, Alternating Current Dielectrophoresis Optimization of Pt-Decorated Graphene Oxide Nanostructure for Proficient Hydrogen gas sensor, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 7, 13768 (2015).
(32) J. Wang, S. Rathi, Budhi Singh, I.-Y Lee, S. Maeng, H.-I Joh, G.-H Kim, Dielectrophoretic assembly of Pt nanoparticle-reduced graphene oxide nanohybrid for highly sensitive multiple gas sensor, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 220, 755-761 (2015).
(33) Budhi Singh et al. Alignment of grapheme oxide Nanostructures between microelectrodes via Dielectrophoresis for Hydrogen Gas Sensing Applications, Applied Physics Letters 106, 203106-203110 (2015).
(34) Budhi Singh and S. Ghosh, Highly Conducting Gallium Doped ZnO Thin Film as Transparent Schottky Contact for Organic Semiconductor Based Schottky Diodes, Journal of Electronic Materials, 44, 2663-2669 (2015).
(35) Budhi Singh and S. Ghosh, Highly Conducting Transparent Indium doped Zinc Oxide Thin Films, Journal of Electronic Materials 43, 3217-3220 (2014).
(36) J. Wang, Budhi Singh, J. Park, S. Rathi, I.-Y Lee, S. Maeng, H.-I Joh, C.-H. Lee and G.-H. Kim, Dielectrophoresis of Graphene Oxide Nanostructures for Hydrogen Gas Sensor at Room Temperature, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 194, 296 (2014).
(37) Budhi Singh and S. Ghosh, Zinc Oxide and Metal Phthalocyanine Based Hybrid P-N Junction Diodes, Applied Physics Letters, 103, 133301-13304 (2013)..
(38) J. Wang, Budhi Singh, S. Maeng, H.-I Joh and G.H. Kim, Assembly of thermally reduced graphene oxide nanostructures by alternating current dielectrophoresis as hydrogen-gas sensors, Applied Physics Letters, 103, 083112-083116 (2013).
(39) A. Sharma, P. Kumar, Budhi Singh, S. R. Chaudhuri, S. Ghosh, Capacitance-voltage characteristics of organic Schottky diode with and without deep traps, Applied Physics Letters 99, 023301(2011).
(40) Budhi Singh, Z. A. Khan, I. Khan, S. Ghosh, Highly conducting zinc oxide thin films without post-growth annealing, Applied Physics Letters 97, 241903-241905 (2010).
(1) DST Inspire faculty Award and Fellowship 2014, India
(2) Junior research fellowship (JRF) CSIR, 2008, India
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