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About Us

At SMART Group, we have assembled a team of brilliant minds, comprising renowned scientists, engineers, and researchers who share a common passion for pushing the boundaries of what is possible. Together, we strive to unravel the mysteries of sustainable and smart materials engineering, materials interfaces, sensors, energy storage and generators, electrochemical phenomena, connected IoT integrated systems and revolutionise the scientific industry.

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Dr. Libu Manjakkal

Group Head​

Associate Professor

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Dr. Libu Manjakkal (PhD, MRSC): Libu Manjakkal received BSc (2006) and MSc (2008). degrees in physics from Calicut University and Mahatma Gandhi University, India. From 2009 to 2012, he was with CMET, Thrissur, India, and in 2012 for a short period, he worked at NOVA School of Science and Technology in Lisbon, Portugal. In 2012 he received a Marie Curie Fellowship to complete his PhD studies. He completed Ph.D. in electronic engineering from the Institute of Electron Technology, Poland (2012–2015). In 2015-2016, he worked as a post-doctoral fellow in the same institute.  Between 2016-2022, he was a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Glasgow in various roles, including Marie Curie experienced researcher, Research Assistant, Research Associate, and Scientific Project Manager of a Marie Curie ITN project). His research focuses on material synthesis, energy storage, electrochemical sensors, wearable electronics and energy-autonomous sensing systems. He was shortlisted for important awards by the European Commission for the Marie Curie Awards in the “Promising Research Talent” category and the “Outstanding Young Scientists Scholarship Award” from the Polish Ministry of Higher Education. He is one of the global winners of the 2024 Results in Engineering (RINENG) Young Investigator Award.  He is currently the editor of Chemical Engineering and Results in Engineering Journal, ELSEVIER and acted as a guest editor in IEEE Internet of Things Journal, Biosensors and Results in Engineering. 

Affiliate Academics

Postdoctoral Fellows

PhD Students

Our Alumni

No
Name
Year
Course
Title of Thesis
Remarks
22
Arjun K. R.
2025
Masters
21
Mustehsan Beg
2025
PhD
Flexible Energy Storage
Now Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Strathclyde
20
Reyna Victoria Jaime Arellano
2025
MSc
Sustainable Energy Storage
19
Habeeb Rahman
2025
MSc
Wearable TENG
18
Anju Saji
2024
MSc
Perovskite-based Energy Storage
17
Wajeeha Habib
2024
MSc
Sustainable Materials based Energy Storage
16
Sreenath S. Gopidas
2024
MSc
AZO-based Supercapacitor
15
Sindhya Ajith
2024
MSc
Solid Electrolyte
14
Amith Mathew
2024
MSc
Transparent Electrochemical Devices
13
Shiva Kumar
2024
MSc
Sustainable Energy System Design for Environmental Applications
12
Athul Chandran
2024
Research Assistant
Printed Energy Storage
11
Chandini Kumar
2024
MSc
Flexible Electrochromic Energy Storage Devices for Wearable Applications
Received researcher job at IPPT-PAN, Poland
10
Maria Prince
2024
MSc
Metal Organic Framework Structures for Flexible Energy Storage Devices
9
Vishnu Sam
2024
MSc
Miniaturised Wearable Textile Battery for Energy Autonomous Systems
8
Jithin Kanathedath
2024
MSc
3D Structured Foam-Based Electrodes for Large-Area Energy Storage
Received PhD offer, Edinburgh Napier University
7
Shanina Shareef
2024
MSc
Perovskite-Based Electrodes for Flexible Energy Storage
6
Athul Chandran
2023
MSc
Influence of Temperature on Electrochemical Properties of Rigid and Flexible Supercapacitors Embedded in Polymer Package
5
Arun K. Sebastian
2023
MSc
Flexible Supercapacitor for Smart Window Applications
4
Anuja Sasi Kumar
2023
MSc
Electrodeposition of Metal Oxide on Conducting Fibre for Energy Storage Device Fabrication
Received PhD offer, FCT-NOVA, Portugal
3
Achu Mavelil Titus
2023
MSc
Integration of Wireless Power Transfer Technology with Supercapacitor
Received PhD offer, Dublin City University
2
Reshma Nair
2023
MSc
Hybrid Supercapacitor Using Metal Oxide Composites
1
Anjana Ramesh
2022
MSc
Organic Semiconductor-Based Electrochemical Capacitors for Power Management
Currently Research Assistant at University of Cambridge

Our Collaborators 

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