Group

Principal Investigator

Assistant Professor

Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2021-present

Postdoc., Northwestern University, 2016-2020
Ph.D., NanoEngineering, UC San Diego, 2011-2016
Integrated M.Tech.+B.Tech., Applied Chemistry, IIT-BHU, 2006-2011

Email: ajbandod@ncsu.edu
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Postdoctoral Fellows

Gurudatt N G
Postdoc., Electrical and Computer Engineering, NC State University, 2023-present.
Research Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Yonsei University, 2021-2023.
Postdoc., Lee Gil Ya Cancer & Diabetes Institute, 2018-2019.
Ph.D., Chem., Pusan National University, 2013-2018.
M. Sc., Biotech., Kuvempu University, 2008-2010.

Rajaram Kaveti
Postdoc., Electrical and Computer Engineering, NC State University, 2022-present
Research Professor, Korea University, 2020-2022
Ph.D., Advanced Materials Engineering, Kongju National University, 2016-2019
M. Sc., Physics, University of Hyderabad, 2012-2014

Graduate Students

Navya Mishra
PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering, NC State  B.E.(Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering)+M.Sc. (Chemistry) Dual degree, BITS Pilani, Goa Campus, 2017-2022

Baha Erim Uzunoglu
PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering, NC State University, 2022-current
M.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering, Bilkent University, 2019-2022
B.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering, Bogazici University, 2014-2019

Nivesh Sharma
PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering, NC State, 2022-present                                                                  M.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering, NC State, 2021-23                         
B.Tech., Electronics and Communication Engineering, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, 2020    

Bhavya Jain
PhD, NC State, 2024-present
B.Tech., Electronics and Communication Engineering, Galgotias College of Engineering and Technology, 2019-2023

Undergraduate Students

Lila Leighton Rademacher
B.S., Electrical Engineering, NC State, 2024 – Present

Alice Ko
B.S., Paper Science and Engineering & Chemical Engineering, NC State, 2025 – Present

Ethan Isaak Munda
B.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering, NC State, 2024 – Present

Krish Kathpalia
B.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering, NC State, 2024 – Present

Aram Mirabedini
B.S., Biomedical Engineering, NC State, 2022 – Present
Wells Fargo Library Student Scholar 2024-25
Abrams Scholar 2024-25

 

Anna Tran
B.S., Biomedical Engineering, NC State, 2023 – Present

Setayesh Naseri
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, NC State, 2023 – Present

Jonathan Saguier
B.S., Electrical Engineering, NC State, 2023 – Present

Adrian Rodriguez-Kattan
B.S., Chemical Engineering, NC State, 2024 – Present

Visiting Researchers

Dr. Shirin Movaghgharnezhad
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Bioengineering
Adjunct Faculty, Department of Mechanical Engineering
George Mason University

Prof. Bünyamin Şahin
Department of Basic Sciences,
Faculty of Engineering,
Necmettin Erbakan University, Konya, Turkey

High School Students

Hasita Alluri
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, 2024-Present

Janhawi Patil
Green Hope High School, 2024-Present

Eesha Kachhy
Enloe Magnet High School, 2023-Present

Riya Pragada
Green Level High School, 2021-Present

Group Photos

BRG Group (July, 2025)
Group lunch (Dec, 2024)
Group lunch (Dec, 2023)
Group Brunch (Dec, 2022)
Group Brunch (Nov, 2021)

Alumni

Sankalp Koduvayur Ganeshan (Visiting Masters student) Present: PhD student, Northwestern University
Terence Zeng (high school student) Present: BS at University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
George Hattle (high school student)
Shatorupa Ghosh (undergraduate researcher) Present: MS, Duke University
Yong Jae Kim (Post-doc) Present: SEMES Co. 
Riana Victoria (high school student) Present: Undergrad, NC State
Aarathi Pradeep (SERB-SIRE International Exchange Researcher) Present: Assistant Professor, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
Ayemeh Bagheri Hashkavayi (Post-doc) Present: Post-doc, UNC Chapel Hill 
Nate Garland (Post-doc) Present: Post-doc, NC State

Open Positions

The group has openings for self-motivated students with broad interests in electronics, materials science, biomedical engineering, and chemistry to join the multi-disciplinary team. 

 

Post-Docs: Please email your CV to Prof. Bandodkar. 

 

PhD students: Please email your CV to Prof. Bandodkar. Separately apply to the NCSU graduate program and list Prof. Bandodkar in your application. 

 

MS/BS students: Please email your CV to Prof. Bandodkar.

 

Visiting Scholars: Please email your CV to Prof. Bandodkar.