QUT | Staff Profiles | Ajay Pandey

Name: Dr Ajay Pandey
Position(s): Senior Lecturer
Science and Engineering Faculty,
Electrical Engineering, Computer Science,
Robotics and Autonomous Systems; IHBI Membership
Institute of Health Biomedical Innovation (IHBI),
IHBI Science and Engineering Projects,
IHBI Chem Physics Mech Engineering - CDA
Discipline *: Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Condensed Matter Physics, Biomedical Engineering
Phone: +61 7 3138 4227
Email: a2.pandey@qut.edu.au
Location: View location details (QUT staff and student access only)
Identifiers and profiles
Qualifications: Doctor of Philosophy (University of Angers)
Professional memberships and associations: Member of IEEE Member of Institute of Physics Member of SPIE ORCID iD: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6599-745X
Keywords: Exciton Science and Physics of Nanoscale Devices, Advanced Bionics and Medical Robotics, Multispectral Imaging and Machine Vision, Wearables, Smart Skins and Soft Robotics, Energy conversion and Energy up-conversion, Electroluminescence and Night Vision, Singlet Fission and Multi-exciton generation, Quantum sensing, Optogenetics (devices)

* Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008

Dr Ajay Pandey is a Senior Lecturer in Robotics and Autonomous Systems at the School of Electrical Engineering and Robotics, and a Domain Leader within Manufacturing with Advanced Materials, Institute of Future Environments. Prior to his current appointment, he held prestigious fellowships including QUT-Vice Chancellor’s Senior Research Fellowship and Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) Research Fellowship at the University of Queensland (UQ).

Dr Pandey’s research interests have the interdisciplinary mix of Photonics, Chemical Physics, Molecular Electronics, Computer Science and Robotics. He has published widely around issues surrounding energy, environment and health.

As a physicist and engineer, Dr Pandey applies the bottom-up and top-down approach to create new technological solutions to interdisciplinary research problems. His research group at QUT specialises in development and implementation of advanced sensing technology for applications in Neuroscience, Intelligent Bionics, Medical Robotics, Soft Robotics, Energy conversion and Night Vision. He also serves as an Editorial Board Member of Scientific Reports- a Springer Nature Group journal.cHis work is consistently cited by top academic as well as industrial R&D labs.

https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=xLA_Xr8AAAAJ&hl=en

This information has been contributed by Dr Ajay Pandey.

My most recent research activity is focussed on:

3D reconstruction of surgical space using RGB-D cameras for Medical Robotics.
Soft Tactile Sensors and Flexible Electronic-skin for Social and Medical Robots. PhD Projects available!
Energy Up-conversion and Night Vision. PhD Projects available!
Multispectral imaging for Medical Robotics. PhD Projects available!

This information has been contributed by Dr Ajay Pandey.

Jansen-van Vuuren RD, Armin A, Pandey AK, Burn P, Meredith P, (2016) Organic photodiodes: The future of full color detection and image sensing, Advanced Materials p4766-4802
Ullah M, Yambem SD, Moore E, Namdas EB, Pandey AK, (2015) Singlet fission and triplet exciton dynamics in rubrene/fullerene heterojunctions: Implications for electroluminescence, Advanced Electronic Materials p1-9
Pandey AK, (2015) Highly efficient spin-conversion effect leading to energy up-converted electroluminescence in singlet fission photovoltaics, Scientific Reports p1-6
Fang Y, Pandey AK, Nardes AM, Kopidakis N, Burn P, Meredith P, (2013) A narrow optical gap small molecule acceptor for organic solar cells, Advanced Energy Materials p54-59
Jansen-van Vuuren RD, Pivrikas A, Pandey AK, Burn P, (2013) Colour selective organic photodetectors utilizing ketocyanine-cored dendrimers, Journal of Materials Chemistry C p3532-3543
Pandey AK, Aljada M, Velusamy M, Burn P, Meredith P, (2012) Nanostructured, active organic-metal junctions for highly efficient charge generation and extraction in polymer-fullerene solar cells, Advanced Materials p1055-1061
Behrends J, Schnegg A, Lips K, Thomsen EA, Pandey AK, Samuel ID, Keeble DJ, (2010) Bipolaron formation in organic solar cells observed by pulsed electrically detected magnetic resonance, Physical Review Letters p1-4
Pandey AK, Deakin PC, Jansen-van Vuuren RD, Burn P, Samuel ID, (2010) Photo-rechargeable battery effect in first generation cationic-cyanine dendrimers, Advanced Materials p3954-3958
Pandey AK, Nunzi J, (2007) Rubrene/fullerene heterostructures with a half-gap electroluminescence threshold and large photovoltage, Advanced Materials p3613-3617
Pandey AK, Dabos-Seignon S, Nunzi J, (2006) Pentacene: PTCDI-C13H27 molecular blends efficiently harvest light for solar cell applications, Applied Physics Letters p1-2

For more publications by this staff member, visit QUT ePrints, the University's research repository.

Current supervisions

Intelligent Robotic Imaging System with Deep Learning for Keyhole Surgeries
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Ross Crawford, Professor Jonathan Roberts, Dr Davide Fontanarosa
Energy Up-Conversion in Multifunctional Organic Optoelectronic Pixels for Medicine and Robotics
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Jonathan Roberts, Professor Ross Crawford, Dr Soniya Yambem
Application of vision guided snake like robots in hip arthroscopy
Masters by Research, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Jonathan Roberts, Professor Ross Crawford, Dr Leo Wu
4D ultrasound image guidance for autonomous knee arthroscopy
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Ross Crawford, Dr Anjali Tumkur Jaiprakash, Dr Marie-Luise Wille
Proton to electron transducer using organic thin film transistors
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Soniya Yambem, Professor Mia Woodruff
Near Infrared Absorbing Organic Photodiodes for Biomedical and Bioelectronics Applications
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Prashant Sonar, Professor Jonathan Roberts
Enhancing the Electrical Performance of the Donor-Acceptor Conjugated Polymers based Organic Field Effect Transistors through Device Engineering for Electronic Applications
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Prashant Sonar, Professor Ken Ostrikov, Dr Soniya Yambem
Developing a Macro-Micro Teleoperation system with Snake robots for Minimally Invasive Surgeries
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Leo Wu, Professor Jonathan Roberts, Professor Ross Crawford

Dr Ajay Pandey

Awards and recognition

Grants and projects (Category 1: Australian Competitive Grants only)

Current supervisions