SERIIUS Team
SERIIUS participants include the following people from India and the United States. We provide a photo and brief information on each person.
Mohit Acharya
IISc-Bangalore
Thrust/Activity: CSP / High-T, High-P, Closed-Cycle CO2 Brayton Cycle
Project: CSP-2: Low-Cost Heliostat for Brayton Cycle
Sumanshu Agarwal
IIT-Bombay
Thrust/Activity: PV / Multiscale Modeling & Reliability
- Project: PV-4: Integrated Modeling
Pooja Agarwala
IIT-Bombay
Thrust/Activity: PV / Earth-Abundant PV & Advanced Processing
- Project: PV-2: Organic PV Materials & Devices
![Joel Ager Employee Headshot](https://www.seriius.org/images/seriiuslibraries/team-members/photo_bio_ager.jpg?sfvrsn=afb1fdb3_1)
Joel Ager
LBNL
Thrust/Activity: PV / Multiscale Modeling & Reliability
- Project: PV-6: Novel Materials for Intrinsic Stability in Harsh Environments
![Rakesh Agrawal Employee Headshot](https://www.seriius.org/images/seriiuslibraries/team-members/photo_bio_agrawal.jpg?sfvrsn=2f65eea2_1)
Rakesh Agrawal
Purdue University
Thrust/Activity: PV / Earth-Abundant PV & Advanced Processing
- Project: PV-1: Thin-Film Absorber Materials & Processing (Co-Leader)
![M. Ashraf Alam Employee Headshot](https://www.seriius.org/images/seriiuslibraries/team-members/photo_bio_alam.jpg?sfvrsn=7986f6d6_1)
M. Ashraf Alam
Purdue
Thrust/Activity: PV / Advanced Process/ Manufacturing Technology
- Project: PVCore-2: Thin-Film Absorber Production
Thrust/Activity: PV / Multiscale Modeling & Reliability
- Project: PV-4: Integrated Modeling (Co-Leader)
Prateek Anand
IISc-Bangalore
Thrust/Activity: CSP / Thermal Storage & Hybridization
- Project: CSP-5: Storage & Hybridization
![Sudarshan Ananth Employee Headshot](https://www.seriius.org/images/seriiuslibraries/team-members/photo_bio_ananth.jpg?sfvrsn=92f5ee3e_1)
Sudarshan Ananth
Wipro
Thrust/Activity: SEI / Solar Energy Integration & Storage Analysis
- Project: SEICore-1: Interoperability & Compatibility for PV (Co-Leader)
![Jay Apt Employee Headshot](https://www.seriius.org/images/seriiuslibraries/team-members/photo_bio_apt.jpg?sfvrsn=36bac1eb_1)
Jay Apt
Thrust/Activity: SEI / Solar Energy Integration & Storage Analysis
- Project: SEI-3: Integration & Energy Storage (Co-Leader)
Jaywant Arakeri
IISc-Bangalore
Thrust/Activity: CSP / Low-Temperature Organic Rankine Cycle
- Project: CSPCore-1: Small-Scale Turbo-Expanders
![B.M. Arora Employee Headshot](https://www.seriius.org/images/seriiuslibraries/team-members/photo_bio_arora.jpg?sfvrsn=647c67f_1)
B.M. Arora
IIT-Bombay
Thrust/Activity: PV / Advanced Process/Manufacturing Technology
- Project: PVCore-2: Thin-Film Absorber Production
Raja Sekhar Baddula
IIT-Bombay
Thrust/Activity: PV / Earth-Abundant PV & Advanced Processing
- Project: PV-3: Nanostructured Absorbers & Electrodes
Jitendra Balakrishnan
Corning
Thrust/Activity: PV / Advanced Process/Manufacturing Technology
- Project: PVCore-3: Flexible Substrates
![Parag Banarjee Employee Headshot](https://www.seriius.org/images/seriiuslibraries/team-members/photo-bio-banarjee-p.jpg?sfvrsn=a70b4acd_1)
Parag Banarjee
Washington University in St. Louis
Thrust/Activity: PV / Advanced Process/Manufacturing Technology
- Project: PVCore-1: Solar-Grade Si Development
![Santanu Bandyopadhyay Employee Headshot](https://www.seriius.org/images/seriiuslibraries/team-members/photo_bio_bandy2.jpg?sfvrsn=f06c20ce_1)
Santanu Bandyopadhyay
IIT-Bombay
Thrust/Activity: CSP / High-T, High-P, Closed-Cycle CO2 Brayton Cycle
- Project: CSP-1: High-T Receiver for CO2 Cycle
Thrust/Activity: CSP / Thermal Storage & Hybridization
- Project: CSP-5: Storage & Hybridization
Amit Bansal
Corning
Thrust/Activity: PV / Advanced Process/Manufacturing Technology
- Project: PVCore-3: Flexible Substrates
![Durga Basak Employee Headshot](https://www.seriius.org/images/seriiuslibraries/team-members/photo_bio_basak.jpg?sfvrsn=6c67bb8e_1)
Durga Basak
IACS
Thrust/Activity: PV / Multiscale Modeling & Reliability
- Project: PV-6: Novel Materials for Intrinsic Stability in Harsh Environments
![Bikramjit Basu Employee Headshot](https://www.seriius.org/images/seriiuslibraries/team-members/photo_bio_basu_b.jpg?sfvrsn=72b3cc4f_1)
Bikramjit Basu
IISc-Bangalore
Thrust/Activity: CSP / Low-Temperature, Organic Rankine Cycle
- Project: CSP-3: ORC Collector & Optical Materials
Thrust/Activity: CSP / Thermal Storage & Hybridization
- Project: CSP-5: Storage & Hybridization (Co-Leader)