I joined IIT Bhubaneswar as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics, School of Basic Sciences (SBS). I am a native of Ganjam district, Odisha, bordering Chilika Lake. I completed my B.Sc. (Physics Honours) from Khallikote Autonomous College, Berhampur, M.Sc. in Physics from Utkal University, M.Tech. from IIT Kharagpur, and Ph.D. from IIT Delhi.

My Ph.D. research focused on spin-based phenomena in magnetic thin films and advanced materials. During my Ph.D., I played a key role in developing a broadband ferromagnetic resonance (FMR) setup at IIT Delhi (2011–2012). I subsequently worked as a postdoctoral researcher and researcher at Uppsala University and the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, where I worked on advanced thin films, nanoscale device fabrication, and spintronic technologies.

My research focuses on nanoscale spintronic devices, spin–orbit effects, quantum materials, and spin Hall nano-oscillators (SHNOs). In particular, I work on developing very small, energy-efficient oscillators and connecting them into large networks for generating and processing microwave signals. I have demonstrated 10 nm SHNO devices operating at ultra-low currents of ~28 μA and investigated their synchronization in large-scale networks.

1.Electromagnetic waves and Optics (PH2L301) [UG, 3rd Sem]

2.Advanced Experimental Techniques (PH3P301) [UG, 5th Sem]

3. Electricity and Magnetism (PH1L302) [UG, 2nd Sem]

4. Electromagnetic Theory and Applications (EP2L004) [UG, 4th Sem]

5. Electronics (PH5L018) [PG, 1st Sem]

Ph.D.

1. Ms. Puspanjali Nanda (ongoing).
2. Ms. Sanjurani Maisal (ongoing).
3. Mr. Tapas Tunga (ongoing)

1. Spintronic nano-oscillator arrays (sno-arrays): for microwave power electronics applications. (PM-ECRG)
2. Spin current for energy-efficient spintronic applications (Institute seed grant).

1. Victor H González(equal first author), Frank Schulz(equal first author), Nilamani Behera (equal first author), Martina Ahlberg, Akash Kumar, Andreas Frisk, Felix Groß, Sven Erik Ilse, Steffen Wittrock, Markus Weigand, Gisela Schütz, Johan Åkerman, Sebastian Wintz, “Direct Observation of Propagating Spin Waves in a Spin Hall Nano‐Oscillator“, Advanced Materials, e74547 (2026).https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.74547Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
2. Nilamani Behera, Avinash Kumar Chaurasiya, Akash Kumar, Roman Khymyn, Artem Litvinenko, Lakhan Bainsla, Ahmad A Awad, Johan Åkerman, “Nanosecond phase ordering in ultra-large spin Hall nano-oscillator lattices for unconventional computing“,  Nature Nanotechnology, 21, pages1105–1112 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-026-02216-y
3. Lakhan Bainsla, Bing Zhao, Nilamani Behera, Anamul Md Hoque, Lars Sjöström, Anna Martinelli, Mahmoud Abdel-Hafiez, Johan Åkerman, Saroj P Dash, “Large out-of-plane spin–orbit torque in topological Weyl semimetal TaIrTe₄“, Nature Communications, 15, 4649 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-48872-3
4. Akash Kumar, Avinash Kumar Chaurasiya, Victor H González, Nilamani Behera, Ademir Alemán, Roman Khymyn, Ahmad A Awad, Johan Åkerman, “Spin-wave-mediated mutual synchronization and phase tuning in spin Hall nano-oscillators“, Nature Physics,  21, 245–252 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-024-02728-1
5. Lakhan Bainsla, Yuya Sakuraba, Akash Kumar, Avinash Kumar Chaurasiya, Keisuke Masuda, Nattamon Suwannaharn, Ahmad A Awad, Nilamani Behera, Roman Khymyn, Taisuke Sasaki, Saroj Prasad Dash, Johan Åkerman, “Energy-efficient single layer spin hall nano-oscillators driven by berry curvature“, ACS Nano, 19, 18534–18544,(2025).https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.5c02048
6. Nilamani Behera, Avinash Kumar Chaurasiya, Victor H González, Artem Litvinenko, Lakhan Bainsla, Akash Kumar, Roman Khymyn, Ahmad A Awad, Himanshu Fulara, Johan Åkerman, “Ultra‐Low Current 10 nm Spin Hall Nano‐Oscillators“, Advanced Materials, 36, 2305002 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202305002