Dr. SAJI K J is currently the Director, International School of Photonics, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi since July 2022. He obtained his masters and a Ph.D. degree in Physics from Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT). He was a visiting researcher at the Tokyo Institute of Technology. He has completed post-doctoral researchfrom the New University of Lisbon, Portugal, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science (EMPA), Switzerland and the University of Utah, Salt Lake City USA.He started his career as Assistant Professor in Physics at Govt. Victoria College, Palakkad. He is a recipient of the Raman Post-doctoral Fellowship from UGC. He joined the post of Assistant professor at the International School of Photonics in 2016. He became an Associate professor in March 2022. His research interests include two-dimensional materials for optoelectronic and nano-electronic applications, thin-film transistors, Triboelectric Nanogenerators, memristors, Neuromorphic circuits etc. His research interest includes Electrical conduction mechanism in nano structures, Memristors, Thin film transistors, Triboelectric Nanogenerators, Two dimensional materials for optoelectronic and nano-photonics applications.