Kamlendra Awasthi received his PhD degree in Physics from the University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, India in 2007. For his post-doctoral work, he has worked at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India and the Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden, Germany, from October 2008 to March 2012. Dr. Awasthi joined the Department of Physics at Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur, India, in April 2012 as an INSPIRE Faculty and in December 2023, he joined as an Associate Professor. He has co-authored more than 160 scientific publications. At present, Dr Awasthi also holds the position of Head of the Department. His research areas are Nanostructured thin films, membrane-based gas separation, polymer nanofilters, gas separation and sensing, soft materials, functional nanomaterials, and hydrogen energy: generation, separation, sensing, and storage. Dr. Awasthi is the recipient of the following reputed fellowships: the Young Scientist Award (2008), Department of Science and Technology, Government of India; Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship (2009) by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany; INSPIRE Faculty Award (2012) from the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India; and the Early Career Research Award (2017) from SERB-New Delhi, India, Brain Pool Fellowship, National Research Foundation of Korea (2023).