Personal details
- Name
- Dr Ajay Pandey
- Position(s)
- Senior Lecturer
Science and Engineering Faculty,
School of Electrical Engineering & Robotics - 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
- a2.pandey@qut.edu.au
- Location
- View location details (QUT staff and student access only)
- Identifiers and profiles
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- 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
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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)
Biography
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
Teaching
- EGB348: Electronics/Introduction to Organic Electronics
- ENN590/ENN592: Master of Engineering Projects (Unit Coordinator)
- PVB301: Materials and Thermal Physics
Experience
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!
Publications
- Jansen-van Vuuren R, Armin A, Pandey A, Burn P, Meredith P, (2016) Organic photodiodes: The future of full color detection and image sensing, Advanced Materials p4766-4802
- Ullah M, Yambem S, Moore E, Namdas E, Pandey A, (2015) Singlet fission and triplet exciton dynamics in rubrene/fullerene heterojunctions: Implications for electroluminescence, Advanced Electronic Materials p1-9
- Pandey A, (2015) Highly efficient spin-conversion effect leading to energy up-converted electroluminescence in singlet fission photovoltaics, Scientific Reports p1-6
- Fang Y, Pandey A, Nardes A, 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 R, Pivrikas A, Pandey A, Burn P, (2013) Colour selective organic photodetectors utilizing ketocyanine-cored dendrimers, Journal of Materials Chemistry C p3532-3543
- Pandey A, 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 E, Pandey A, Samuel I, Keeble D, (2010) Bipolaron formation in organic solar cells observed by pulsed electrically detected magnetic resonance, Physical Review Letters p1-4
- Pandey A, Deakin P, Jansen-van Vuuren R, Burn P, Samuel I, (2010) Photo-rechargeable battery effect in first generation cationic-cyanine dendrimers, Advanced Materials p3954-3958
- Pandey A, Nunzi J, (2007) Rubrene/fullerene heterostructures with a half-gap electroluminescence threshold and large photovoltage, Advanced Materials p3613-3617
- Pandey A, 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.
Awards
Awards and recognition
- Type
- Editorial Role for an Academic Journal
- Reference year
- 2015
- Details
- Nature Publishing Group- Scientific Reports (Chemical Physics, Molecular Electronics, Spintronics, Photonics, Nanotechnology)
- Type
- Fellowships
- Reference year
- 2015
- Details
- Vice Chancellor's Senior Research Fellowship on Medical and Healthcare Robotics
- Type
- Fellowships
- Reference year
- 2013
- Details
- Australian Renewable Energy Agency Research Fellowship on Singlet Exciton Fission
Research projects
Grants and projects (Category 1: Australian Competitive Grants only)
- Title
- New Class of Intelligent Robotic Imaging System for Keyhole Surgeries
- Primary fund type
- CAT 1 - Australian Competitive Grant
- Project ID
- AISRF53820
- Start year
- 2017
- Keywords
- Keyhole-Surgery; Stereopsis; Robot-Assisted Surgery; Soft-Tissue Tracking;
Supervision
Current supervisions
- Intelligent Robotic Imaging System with Deep Learning for Keyhole Surgeries
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Ross Crawford, Professor Jonathan Roberts, Associate Professor Davide Fontanarosa - Interplay of Singlet and Triplet Exciton in Organic Semiconductor Heterojunctions
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Professor Jonathan Roberts, Professor Ross Crawford, Dr Soniya Yambem - Application of Vision of Gestural Guided Continuum Robots in Orthopeadic Surgery
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