A Constituent College of Mizoram University
DBT Star College
A+ NAAC Accredited Institution
49th Rank in NIRF 2025
faculty
Dr. Lalmuanpuia Vanchhawng
Assistant Professor
lalmuanpuia@pucollege.edu.in
Ph. D
13 years

Details

Email id: lalmuanpuia@pucollege.edu.in

Orcid id: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5673-552X
Research Gate id: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lalmuanpuia-Vanchhawng
Google Scholar Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=KMJfMKYAAAAJ&hl=en
YouTube Channel Link (if any): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE8AzDyAHmjmNqQ0CPbfmJQ

Educational Qualifications:
1. B.Sc (Chemistry Honours)
2. M.Sc. (Physics)
3. Ph.D. (Nuclear/Radiation Physics)

Details of Employment :
1. Guest Lecturer, Govt. Zirtiri Residential Science College. 2007 – 2008 & 2012 – 2013.
2. Assistant Professor, Pachhunga University College. 1st May 2023.

Subject Taught:
1. Properties of Matter
2. Oscillations
3. Acoustics
4. Atomic and Nuclear Physics
5. Electronics
6. Thermodynamics
7. Classical Mechanics
8. Statistical Mechanics
9. Fortran Programming

Administrative Responsibilities :
1. Assistant Secretary, Information Technology & Website Committee
2. Assistant Secretary, Exam Committee
3. Member, Sports & Physical Education Committee
4. Member, Discipline, Campus Management & Boundary Committee
5. Member, Hostel Committee

Membership in Academic Societies :
1.     Life member, Nuclear Track Society of India
2.     Member, Mizoram Science Society

Research interest:
1. Nuclear/Radiation Physics
2. Electronics
3. Condense Matter Physics

Research guidance :
1. Lalengmawia, Colney. Registration no: MZU/Ph.D./2123 of 12.09.2022. Ongoing.
2. L.P. Vanlalchaka. Registration no: MZU/Ph.D./2459 of 30.08.2023. Ongoing.

Research projects and consultancy
1. Assessment of Natural Radioactivity content on different materials used for Constructions and Fabrications of dwellings in Aizawl District, Mizoram, India. Mizoram University. Rs. 2,00,000/-. 1.5 years. (Completed)
2. First-Principles DFT Investigation of Radon (Rn) and Thoron (Rn-220) Adsorption and Diffusion in Common Building Materials. IRG (ANRF). Rs. 33 L. 3 years (Ongoin).

List of Research Publications (since joining PUC):
1. Measurement of Inhalation Dose for Radon in Dwellings Using Direct Progeny Sensors in Southern Part of Mizoram, India. ISST Journal of Applied Physics, 5, 85 – 87, 2014.
2. Indoor Radon Concentrations and Radon Flux Measurement in North East India. ISST Journal of Applied Physics, 5, 40 – 43, 2014.
3. Annual Inhalation Dose of Indoor Radon in dwellings in Aizawl City, Mizoram, India. Science Vision, 16 (1), 16-20, 2016.
4. Optoelectronic and Electronic properties of cubic bulk and 001 surface of CsPbBr3. ArXiv. 2012. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2108.00877
5. Comparative study of half-metallic ferromagnetic behavior in ZnO monolayer doped with boron and carbon atoms. International Nano Letters, 11, 113-123, 2021. DOI:  10.1007/s40089-021-00330-4
6. Electronic and optical properties of cubic bulk and ultrathin surface [001] slab of CsPbBr3. Surfaces and interfaces, 30, 101829, 2022. DOI: 10.1016/j.surfin.2022.101829
7. Strain‑Modulated Electronic and Optical Properties of Monolayer and Bilayer CdS: A DFT Study. Journal of Electronic Materials, 51, 6556 – 6567, 2022. DOI: 10.1007/s11664-022-09897-w
8. Theoretical Study of ZnS Monolayer Adsorption Behavior for CO and HF Gas Molecules. ACS Omega, 7, 40176 – 40183, 2022. DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.2c05064
9. First principles insight of silicene-ZnS-silicene trilayer heterostructure. Physica Scripta, 98 (6), 065928, 2023. DOI: 10.1088/1402-4896/acd087
10.  An ab initio study of electronic, mechanical, and piezoelectric properties of the trigonal, tetragonal and cubic phases of lead-free perovskite SnBO3 (B= Ti, Zr, Hf). Materials Today Communications, 2024. DOI: 10.1016/j.mtcomm.2024.108139

List of Books/ Book Chapters/ Conference Proceedings authored :
1. Proceedings of National Workshop on Sensor Networks, Internet of Things and Internet of Everything. Notion Press. ISBN: 9781647606572. National Level.

List of Books Editted :
1. An introduction to FORTRAN 77, ISBN: 978-81-931027-0-1. National. Editor.

List of Invited Lecture/ Paper Presentation :
1. Indoor Radon: Inhalation Dose Assessment in North-Eastern Part of India, 2nd International Conference on Sources, effects and risks of Ionizing radiation (SERIR2), Bali, Indonesia. 2016.
2. Seasonal Variation of Indoor Radon Concentrations in dwellings in Eastern Part of Mizoram, Mizoram Science Congress, 2016.
3. Invited talk on Interaction of Radiation with Matters: The Effect of Radiation on Human Tissues, 4th National Conference of Indian Society of Radiographers and Technologists, Mizoram, 2017.
4. Radon Assessment: Soil Gas and its correlation with Mass Exhalation Rate, Mizoram Science Congress, 2022.