Dr. Prangya P. Sahoo is a Senior Research Scientist at the Centre for Advanced Materials Application (CEMEA), Slovak Academy of Sciences. She earned her Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, and pursued postdoctoral research at North Carolina State University (USA), the University of Liverpool (UK), and the University of Oslo (Norway). Her research focuses on advanced materials for energy storage, particularly Li-ion and Na-ion batteries enhanced by atomic layer deposition (ALD). She has authored 23 Web of Science–indexed publications with over 500 citations (h-index = 11). At CEMEA, she has been instrumental in establishing Li-ion and Na-ion battery research and has contributed to several national and EU-funded projects, including FULL-MAP, SusHiBatt, and ANGeLiC. She was the 1st Runner-Up of the 2023 L’Oréal–UNESCO For Women in Science Slovakia (Engineering Sciences) for her project “Better Batteries: ALD for Improved Properties of Li-ion Battery Electrodes.” Her honors include fellowships from France, India, and Slovakia, and she holds the Level II Researcher distinction from SAS. Dr. Sahoo’s work advances sustainable energy storage through nanoscale interface engineering and international collaboration.
Slovak Academy of Sciences
Bratislava, Bratislavský, Slovakia
L’Oréal – UNESCO For Women in Science in Slovakia, 7th edition, 2023 1st Runner-Up
L’Oréal – UNESCO For Women in Science in Slovakia
(Project: Better Batteries: Ultra-thin layers deposited by Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) for improved properties of Li-ion battery electrodes
Senior Scientist or Principal Investigator
Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
01 Dec 2019 - present
University Educator/Researcher
University of Žilina, Žilina, Slovakia
01 Sep 2018 - 01 Nov 2019
University Educator/Researcher
University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
01 Jan 2015 - 01 Apr 2018
Post Doctoral Researcher
University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
01 Jun 2013 - 01 Jan 2015
Post Doctoral Researcher
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, USA
01 Apr 2011 - 01 May 2013
Graduate Student or Post Graduate
Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, Bengaluru, India
01 Aug 2005 - 01 Apr 2011