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Dr. Abhinav Kumar Khorwal

Assistant Professor

Institute of Engineering & Technology

Biography

Dr. Abhinav holds a PhD from Central University of Rajasthan, Ajmer and Postdoctoral Research from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, in the area of Experimental Condensed Matter Physics with focus on Magnetic materials, Frustrated magnetism, Magnetic phase transition and Magnetocaloric effect (MCE). His research expertise is anchored around Spin glasses, Critical phenomena and MCE. His research contributions have been presented in leading national as well as international conferences and published in renowned journals like Journal of Alloys and Compounds and Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials. His research and efforts have been recognised through ‘Best Poster Award’ by ISMS-2024’ by CURAJ.

Education

  • Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (June 2025 – May 2026)

    Postdoctoral Research Associate

    Focus: Valorization of Waste and Decarbonization of Blast Furnace

  • Central University of Rajasthan, Ajmer (Aug 2019 – Jan 2025)

    Ph.D.

    Topic: Physical Properties of Mn-based Full Heusler Alloys

  • University of Rajasthan, Jaipur (2012 – 2014)

    M.Sc. - Physics

    Major: Electronics and Communications

  • Magnetic materials
  • Phase transition
  • Frustrated magnetism
  • Spin glasses
  • Magnetocaloric effect

  • Mukesh Verma, B. S. R. Koteswara Rao, Abhinav Kumar Khorwal, Gounda Abdul Basheed, and Yugandhar Bitla, Interfacial Coupling-Driven Transitions in a Ferromagnetic La1.4Sr1.6Mn2O7 - La0.67Sr0.33MnO3 Composite, Applied Electronic Materials, 8, 4012-4019 (2026)
    DOI: https://pubs.acs.org/10.1021/acsaelm.6c00172
  • Abhinav Kumar Khorwal, Sujoy Saha, Mukesh Verma, Lalita Saini, Suvigya Kaushik, Yugandhar Bitla and Ajit K. Patra, Low temperature re-entrant spin-glass features and magnetic critical phenomena of ferromagnetic Al2MnFe Heusler alloy, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 1043, 183936 (2025)
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2025.183936
  • Sujoy Saha, Abhinav Kumar Khorwal, Yugandhar Bitla, and Ajit K. Patra, Evolution of Spin-Glass Phase in Antiferromagnetic Mn2FeAl1–xSix Heusler Alloys, Physica Status Solidi RRL, 2500182 (2025)
    DOI: http://doi.org/10.1002/pssr.202500182
  • Mukesh Verma, Abhinav Kumar Khorwal, Pardeep, G. A. Basheed, Ajit K. Patra, S. N. Kaul and Yugandhar Bitla, Observation of three-dimensional ising to uniaxial dipolar crossover in a double exchange ferromagnet, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 629, 173323 (2025)
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmmm.2025.173323
  • Neha Mathur, Suman Mahala, Abhinav Kumar Khorwal, Yugandhar Bitla, Bhupendra Goswami, Partha Roy and Hemant Joshi, Magnetic Nickel Nanoparticles Supported on Oxidized Charcoal as a Recoverable Catalyst for N‐Alkylation of Amines with Alcohols, ACS Applied Nano Materials, 11159-11169 (2024)
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.4c00492
  • Abhinav Kumar Khorwal, Sujoy Saha, Alexey V. Lukoyanov and Ajit K. Patra, Signatures of nearly compensated magnetism and spin glass behavior in highly frustrated β-Mn-type Mn50Fe25+xAl25-x Heusler alloys, The Journal of Chemical Physics 160, 114705 (2024)
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0178029
  • Abhinav Kumar Khorwal, Sonu Vishvakarma, Shubhra Dash, Yugandhar Bitla, M. Vasundhara and Ajit K. Patra, Magnetic Relaxation of Polycrystalline Mn1.5Fe1.5Al Alloy, AIP conference proceedings 2995, 020173 (2024)
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0178029
  • Sujoy Saha, Sonu Vishwakarma, Abhinav Kumar Khorwal, Yugandhar Bitla and Aijt K. Patra, Structural and magnetic properties of Mn50Fe25Al5Si20 alloy, AIP conference proceedings 2995, 020176 (2024)
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0178027
  • Lalita, Pardeep, Yugandhar Bitla, Abhinav Kumar Khorwal and G. A. Basheed, Enhanced magnetocaloric effect in melt-spun Mn5−xFexGe3 (x = 0 and 1) ribbons with anisotropy induced spin-dimensionality crossover, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 587, 171309 (2023)
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmmm.2023.171309
  • Abhinav Kumar Khorwal, Nancy, Shubhra Dash, Arun Kumar, A.V. Lukoyanov, E. I. Shreder, Yugandhar Bitla, M. Vasundhara, Ajit K. Patra, Evidence for canonical spin glass behaviour in polycrystalline Mn1.5Fe1.5Al Heusler alloy, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 546, 168752 (2022)
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmmm.2021.168752

  • International Webinar on Emerging Trends in Material Science (IWETMS-2020)
  • Current Trends in Physical Sciences (CTPS-2020)
  • Recent Advances in Nanoscience and its Applications (SCNS JNU New Delhi)
  • Recent Trends in Material Science and Engineering (RTMSE-2020)
  • Emerging Smart Materials for Advancement of Science and Technology (ESMAST-2021) held on 11-12 June 2021 by INVERTIS university.
  • 8-days hand on training on Rietveld refinement of powder XRD Data using FullProf held on 24th-31st July 2021 by Dept. of Physics, PSMO college, Tirurangadi.
  • 3-days Symposium of Magnetism and Spintronics (SMS-2021) held on 25th-27th Nov 2021 by NISER Bhubaneswar.
  • 66th DAE Solid State Physics Symposium (DAE SSPS 2022) (paper published and participated).
  • 4th International conference on condensed matter & applied physics (ICC2023).

  • Undergraduate

  • Electromagnetism
  • Condensed Matter Physics (Solid State Physics)
  • Mechanics

  • Assistant Professor, JKLU (Jul 2026 - Present).
  • Assistant Professor, Govt. College Dudu, Jaipur (March 2025 – May 2025).
  • Lecturer, Presidency College, Alwar (July 2016 - Feb 2017).

  • Journal of NanoScience in Advance Materials
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