George Thomas' Group

Prof. K. George Thomas' lab at IISER Thiruvananthapuram (@tvmiiser) . We focus on light-matter interactions in molecules and nanomaterials.

[Merin Varghese @MERINVARGHESEP2]

Happy to share that I have successfully defended my PhD thesis! 🎓😇🥳
Grateful to Prof. K. George Thomas for his guidance and to Prof. Saptharshi Mukherjee for the insightful discussion during the defense.
Thankful to @KGT_Lab, friends, and family for their support.

[School of Chemistry IISER TVM @Chemie_iisertvm]

Thesis Defence by Ms. Merin Varghese, from Prof. K. George Thomas Lab
@tvmiiser @KGT_Lab

[George Thomas' Group @KGT_Lab]

Heartiest congratulations to our dear Professor George Thomas on receiving the SASTRA-CNR Rao Award for excellence in chemistry and materials science awarded by @SastraUniv on the occasion of National Science Day👏👏 @tvmiiser @Chemie_iisertvm

[George Thomas' Group @KGT_Lab]

Kudos to Dr.@vishnuek_, our former PhD student, for earning the Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship! He is currently pursuing postdoctoral research with Prof. Tobias Brixner, @Uni_WUE , and the fellowship supports his continued work there.
@tvmiiser @AvHStiftung @Chemie_iisertvm

[George Thomas' Group @KGT_Lab]

Thrilled to announce that our PhD student, Ms. Merin Varghese P, received the @ACSEnergyLett Best Poster Award at the APC Conference 2025!
@Chemie_iisertvm @tvmiiser @ACSPublications
Congratulations @MERINVARGHESEP2👏👏

[School of Chemistry IISER TVM @Chemie_iisertvm]

Excellent talk on "Super-resolution fluorescence imaging of polymer gels" by Prof. Dominik Wöll from RWTH Aachen University, Germany.
@tvmiiser @KGT_Lab
@tvmiiser

[George Thomas' Group @KGT_Lab]

From InP QDs rooted in Cu²⁺, Zn²⁺ & Ga³⁺ chemistry to applications in solar cells, LEDs, displays & bioimaging- harnessing nanoscale innovation for a brighter, cleaner future: our review on InP QDs is featured on the cover of the latest edition of @ACSEnergyLett
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[Abhijit Saha @Abhijit23477533]

What a beautiful conference it was! @ICP2025 @GroupGuldi @KGT_Lab @ckerzig @LudoTroian @_CuiWang

[George Thomas' Group @KGT_Lab]

Congratulations to Dr. Livin Paul @Livinpaul2 on successfully defending his PhD thesis: Quantum Emitters in Plasmonic Field: From
Ensemble to Single-Particle Spectroscopy. Grateful to Prof. Jaydeep Basu @iiscbangalore for serving as external examiner and for his valuable insights

[George Thomas' Group @KGT_Lab]

Here are some glimpses of @ICP2025. Happy to be a part of this. It was truly enriching, and thank you all for the fruitful discussions.

[George Thomas' Group @KGT_Lab]

Excited to share our PhD student @timi_titus12 gave an oral presentation at the 32nd International Conference on Photochemistry @ICP2025. Thankful to the organizing committee for this wonderful opportunity.
@tvmiiser

[George Thomas' Group @KGT_Lab]

Our latest work explores the hidden role of interchromophoric Interactions in determining the sign of bisignated CD signals, is now out in @JPhysChem.
Congratulations @Sujith83535752, @AiswaryaE3, and our collaborators for the wonderful work👏
@tvmiiser
https://t.co/DU2sIDFSlT

[George Thomas' Group @KGT_Lab]

From detailed synthesis strategies to post-synthetic tweaks, ensemble & single-particle photo-physics, and real-world applications. Check out our latest review
@ACSEnergyLett. https://t.co/kRhmIGQK4x
Congratulations to @DevikaRajan17 @manoj_bhaskarn @Swathik97 @ AnoopThomas
👏

[George Thomas' Group @KGT_Lab]

@QLiMS_iisc @NatureComms Congratulations to all the authors @QLiMS_iisc

[QLiMS Group @QLiMS_iisc]

Our latest paper is just out in @NatureComms
https://t.co/f7YDFnGVBj
Here we show that light-matter strong coupling can modify the ground state intermolecular interactions of organic chromophores and subsequent emission properties without tweaking their chemical structure.

[Anusandhan National Research Foundation @ANRFIndia]

📢 #ANRFIndia Invites Applications for National Post-Doctoral Fellowship (NPDF)!

Shape your research journey with support from @ANRFIndia

🗓️Application Period:
1 June 2025 – 30 June 2025

🔗For more, visit: https://t.co/rWtJMZyW8R

#researchgrant #NPDF

[Jino George (IISER Mohali) @Jinothechemist]

Our work on polaritonic chemistry is now up on arXiv...https://t.co/8UHumA0Lrk
This work exclusively discusses the role of Dark States in strong coupling. Thanks to Christian Shaefer for the wonderful theory and Sugumar's Lab @poc_at for providing this beautiful photoswitch!

[Ministry of Education @EduMinOfIndia]

#HEISuccessStories
IISER Thiruvananthapuram (IISER TVM)
@tvmiiser is driving cutting-edge research with industry collaborations and global partnerships.

● Clean Energy Innovation: Hosting IC-MAP (DST), led by Prof. Shaijumon, bringing 15 institutestogether to advance solid-state battery technology using ML & AI. The Centre for Solid-State Battery Technology is developing miniature batteries for commercialization.

● Food Safety Breakthrough: In collaboration with Kerala Agricultural University, researchers developed a pesticide detection technology for fruits & vegetables using SERS technology.

● Research Park & Startups: Signed an MoA with Kerala Startup Mission to foster knowledge exchange, research collaborations, and startup support.

● Global Research Initiative: Secured ₹6.37 crore (DST) for a 5-year Indo-German research project with University of Würzburg, enabling the exchange of 32 students & 20 faculty.

Faculty Achievements:
○ Prof. Kana M. Sureshan – INSA Fellow
○ Prof. Utpal Manna – FNASc Fellow

● International Recognition:

○ Nobel Laureate Prof. Morten Meldal delivered a public lecture at IISER TVM (Jan 6, 2024).
○ Indo-German Science Cooperation recognized IISER TVM’s IRTG collaboration with JMU at the highest level.
🔗 Learn more: https://t.co/pSTbZ7dzts

[George Thomas' Group @KGT_Lab]

Happy to announce our alumni Dr. Sandeep Kulangara published an interesting article on @JPhysChem #victoriacollegepalakad
Congratulations for the nice work👏
Influence of Exciton Diffusivity and Nanocrystal Size on Carrier Dynamics in CsPbBr3 Perovskites
https://t.co/0HyKStXm64

[George Thomas' Group @KGT_Lab]

Congratulations @MainTvm for the excellent piece of work 👏👏
@tvmiiser @Chemie_iisertvm @NatureSynthesis

[Main Group Chemistry @ IISERTVM @MainTvm]

Now online in @NatureSynthesis

Synthesis and reactivity of an antimony(III) dication

https://t.co/uSs4AevvaH

This work is in collaboration with Laurent Maron
We are thankful for @ANRFIndia for funding & @tvmiiser @Chemie_iisertvm for the facilities.
@Deepti__Sharma @annabel_benny