Jasneet Kaur
	Assistant Professor, PhD (Eternal University), BSc (Delhi University) Office: MC E220 Phone: (905) 688-5550 Ext.x3997 E-mail: JKaur2@BrockU.CA Research Website LinkedIn

Research Interests:

Dr. Kaur’s research focuses on synthesis, engineering, and investigation of layered and nanostructured materials, particularly two-dimensional (2D) materials, for applications in clean energy technologies. Kaur’s group designs and develops surface-engineered multifunctional materials and systematically studies their physical, chemical, electronic and electrochemical properties for creating advanced components for energy conversion, storage and harvesting systems, including batteries, supercapacitors, water electrolysers and triboelectric nanogenerators for energy harnessing and sensing applications. For more details and recent updates, check out Prof. Kaur's website.

We are always looking for motivated undergraduate and graduate students. If you are interested, please reach out at jkaur2@brocku.ca.

Teaching Assignments (2026-2027)

• PHYS 5P80 - Experimental Methods in Material Physic
• PHYS 3P91 - Experimental Physics I
• PHYS 1P22/92 - Introductory Physics II
• ENGS 3P44/ PHYS 3P44 - Nanotechnology in Energy Systems
• IENG 2P11 – Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer

Selected publications

• 2D Hexagonal Boron Nitride Based Anion Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis for Sustainable Hydrogen Production

J. Kaur*, M. Schweinbenz, K. Ho, A. Malekkhouyan, K. Ghotia, F. Egert, F. Razmjooei, S. A. Ansar, H. Zarrin. (*First author and corresponding author)Selected among top 10% of papers published in Sustainable Energy & Fuels, RSC journal
Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 2025, 9, 1196-1206.

• Wearable flexible solid-state supercapacitors: interface engineering using functionalized hexagonal boron nitride

A. Malekkhouyan, R. Eslami, P. Santhirakumaran, P. Emami Moghaddam, J. Kaur, M. Mehrvar, H. Zarrin
Nano Energy, 2025, 136, 110745.Recognized as Top downloaded article of 2025 by Nano Energy, Elsevier

• Surface Engineering of Two-dimensional Hexagonal Boron-nitride to Tune Interface of Optoelectronic Devices

G. S. Selopal, O. Abdelkarim, J. Kaur, J. Liu, L. Jin, Z. Chen, F. Navarro-Pardo, S. Manzhos, S. Sun, A. Yurtsever, H. Zarrin, Z. M. Wang, F. Rosei
Nanoscale, 2023, 15, 15810-15830

• Bidirectional Superionic Conduction in Surface Engineered 2D Hexagonal Boron Nitrides

J. Kaur, A. Malekkhouyan, G. S. Selopal, R. Tailor, F. Rosei and H. Zarrin
ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2021, 13, 5, 6532–6544.

• Plasmon-free polymeric nano wrinkled substrates for surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy

M. Mirbagheri*, J. Kaur*, H. V. Pham, V. Adibnia, H. Zarrin, X. Banquy, D. K. Hwang.
Langmuir, 2021, 37, 1, 322–329. (*J. Kaur and M. Mirbagheri contributed equally to this work and both authors are co-first authors.)

• Two-Dimensional Functionalized Hexagonal Boron Nitride for Solar-Driven Hydrogen generation

O. Abdelkarim, J. Kaur, G. S. Selopal, J. Liu, M. Mohammadnezhad, H. Zarrin, A. Yurtsever, G. Bassioni, Z. M. Wang, F. Rosei
Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2020, 8: 20698-20713

• Biological interactions of biocompatible and water dispersed MoS2 nanosheets with bacteria and human cells

J. Kaur, M. Singh, C. Dell‘Aversana, R. Benedetti, P. Giardina, M. Rossi, M. Valadan, A. Vergara, A. Cutarelli, A. M. Montone, L. Altucci, F. Corrado, A. Nebbioso, C. Altucci,
Scientific Reports 2018, 8:16386

• Raman spectra, photoluminescence, and ferromagnetism in pure and Co and Fe doped SnO2 nanoparticles

• J. Kaur, J. Shah, R. K. Kotnala, K. C. Verma
Ceramics International, 2012, 38: 5563