Dr.
Vipin Kumar

Dr. Vipin Kumar is a computational/theoretical materials physicist and joined the junior research group TWOB led by Marcus Einert as a PostDoc in 2024. His present research involves quantum and classical simulations of the water-gas shift reaction (WGSR) to model surface phenomena. He is also enthusiastic about integrating machine learning into his future research endeavors to further advance materials science.

Vipin Kumar studied Physics at the National Institute of Technology, Surat, India from 2014 to 2018 and received his PhD in in Physics (Computational Materials Science) from Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat, India, in October 2018, where he played a key role in developing novel 2D nanomaterials for diverse applications, including sensors, semiconductors, optoelectronics, and thermoelectrics. His post-doctoral career also includes two years as a Post-Doc Researcher at the University of Ulsan, South Korea (2018-2020), focusing on 2D nanomaterials for energy applications like ORR and H₂ production via DFT frameworks, followed by two years as a Sackler Post-Doc Researcher at Tel Aviv University, Israel (2021-2023). He then served as a CNRS Senior Post-Doctoral Researcher at Université Grenoble Alpes, France (2023-2024) before starting his current position as a Research Associate at the Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany.