Vivek studied Physics at Cotton University and completed his masters in Solid State Materials from Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India in 2020. His master’s thesis project was on partial substitution of halide perovskites for stable perovskite solar cell. In August 2021, he has joined Centre for Nanoscience and Engineering, IISc as a PhD student under supervision of Prof. Pavan Nukala. His research plan is to work on stochastic spiking material systems for neuromorphic applications. He is an exchange PhD student at the Chair of Materials Science and Nanotechnology and will work on “Modeling of spatiotemporal patterns in materials network”.