Santanu Kumar PADHI is currently a postdoctoral researcher in the Physics Department, University of Torino. In 2021, he received a Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Hyderabad, India. His research interests lie in nanoscale materials' exploration initiatives for better healthcare, environmental, and biomedical fields. Ultrasonic sonochemistry and microwave-assisted methods for material processing are his expertise. He specializes in analyzing experimental data obtained from X-ray diffraction (XRD), electron microscopy (SEM and TEM), UV-VIS-NIR, photoluminescence, and Raman spectroscopy. He is a member of the Electron Microscopy Society of India, the Material Research Society of India, and the Indian Physics Association, and is an affiliate member of the Royal Society of Chemistry. He has authored four publications and one conference proceeding.