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About

Nikhil Ji Tiwari was born in Deoria, Uttar Pradesh, India, where he completed his early education. After schooling, he moved to Gorakhpur for higher studies. He received his Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree from St. Andrews College, Gorakhpur, affiliated with Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, India, in June 2017. He subsequently completed his Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Organic from Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gorakhpur University in June 2019.

He later joined the Indian Institute of Technology Indore (IIT Indore) in January 2020, where he earned his Ph.D. in Chemical Sciences under the supervision of Prof. Rajneesh Misra.

Following his doctoral studies, he continued his research in the same group at the Indian Institute of Technology Indore, where he worked as a Translational Research Fellow (Research associate) from November 2025 under the guidance of Prof. Rajneesh Misra. Currently, he is working as a Translational Research Fellow (Postdoctoral Fellow) at IIT Indore in the same research group.

He is currently working as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Konstanz, Germany.

His research interests span Organic Photonics and Organic Electronics, with particular emphasis on organic optoelectronic materials, organometallic systems, and energy storage applications.

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Education

Aug 2026 - Present

Post Doctarate Fellow

University of Konstanz, Germany

Nov 2025 - Sep 2026

Translational Research Fellow

(Research Associate)

Indian Institute of Technology, Indore

Jan 2020 - May 2026

Doctor of Philosophy

Indian Institute of Technology, Indore

2017 - 2019

Master of Science

Deen Dayal Upadhyay, Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur

2014 - 2017

Bachelar of Science

St. Andrews College, Gorakhpur

(Affiliated with Deen Dayal Upadhyay, Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur)

Awards

and

Scholarships 

  • ​Translational Research Fellow (Research Associate) Department of Chemistry, IIT Indore, November 2025 – September 2026
  • Senior Research Fellow, Department of Chemistry, IIT Indore,  January 2022 – July 2025
  • Junior Research Fellow, Department of Chemistry, IIT Indore,  January 2020 – December 2021
  • Qualified National Eligibility Test (NET) Awarded with All India Rank 109,  June 2019
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