Dr. Praveen C. S. is an Assistant Professor and has completed his Masters degree in Physics (Specialization in Applied Electronics) from the Department of Physics, Karyavattom Campus, at the University of Kerala. He obtained his PhD from the Materials Research Laboratory at the University of Nova Gorica, Slovenia in Physics for developing materials for Photocatalytic Water-splitting applications. He was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Condensed Matter Physics group of CNR-IOM hosted at SISSA, Trieste, Italy, wherein he worked mainly on 2D materials. Later he moved to ETH Zurich, Switzerland and worked initially at the Nanoscale Simulations group and later at the Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry. During his assignment at ETH he has been working mainly on heterogenous catalysis. He joined International School of Photonics as a DST-INSPIRE Faculty Fellow in October 2018 and has been appointed as an Assistant Professor in March 2021. His topic of research includes Electronic Structure of Bulk and 2D materials and their functionalization, Homogenous and Heterogenous catalysis, Materials for battery applications, and developing various functional materials. materials and their functionalization, Homogenous and Heterogenous catalysis , Materials for battery applications, and developing various functional materials. He has more than 22 publications in international journals and a member of IEEE.