Dr Shreya Mukherjee PhD

• PhD in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India.
• Master of Engineering in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India.

Dr Shreya Mukherjee is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Birmingham. She obtained her PhD from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, where her research focused on physical and mechanical metallurgy and the relationship between microstructure and mechanical behaviour in Ni-based superalloys.

Following her PhD, she continued her research career in India through postdoctoral and research appointments, including work at the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru. She subsequently moved to the United States and joined the University of North Texas, where she worked as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. Her research there included advanced processing and deformation studies of high-entropy alloys, additively manufactured and solid-state processed materials, with emphasis on microstructure evolution, phase transformations and mechanical response under quasi-static, cyclic and high-strain-rate loading.

In 2026, Dr Mukherjee joined the University of Birmingham as an MSCA Postdoctoral Fellow. Her fellowship project is focused on the development of next-generation BCC superalloys.

Her broader research experience spans high-entropy alloys, Ni-based superalloys, titanium alloys, refractory alloys, additive and solid-state manufacturing, and advanced electron microscopy. She has worked extensively with techniques including SEM, EBSD, TEM, FIB, APT and X-ray, Synchrotron diffraction, together with tensile, fatigue, creep, in-situ and high-strain-rate mechanical testing.

Dr Shreya Mukherjee’s research focuses on processing–microstructure–property relationships in advanced structural materials, with particular emphasis on alloy design, deformation mechanisms, high-temperature behaviour, additive manufacturing and advanced microstructural characterisation.

BCC superalloys– University of Birmingham

Her current research focuses on the development of next-generation BCC superalloys for demanding high-temperature applications. The work combines computationally informed alloy design with experimental processing, heat treatment, advanced microscopy and mechanical testing.

High-entropy alloys and solid-state additive manufacturing – University of North Texas

At the University of North Texas, Dr Mukherjee worked on high-entropy and compositionally complex alloys, examining deformation and phase-transformation mechanisms under tensile, cyclic and high-strain-rate loading. Her research investigated the roles of dislocation slip, twinning and transformation-induced plasticity in controlling strength, ductility and fatigue behaviour.

She also worked extensively on solid-state additive manufacturing, particularly additive friction stir deposition and friction-stir-based processing, to understand the influence of severe plastic deformation and thermal history on grain refinement, phase transformation and mechanical behaviour.

A further area of research involved Al–diamond composites for thermal-management applications, where she investigated friction stir processing as a route to disperse diamond particles within aluminium matrices and examined microstructure, particle–matrix interfaces and their influence on thermal conductivity.

Creep of Ti alloys – Indian Institute of Science

At the Indian Institute of Science, her research focused on the creep and deformation behaviour of titanium alloys. This work examined temperature-dependent deformation mechanisms, microstructural evolution and the relationship between dislocation processes and creep response.

Ni-based superalloys – IIT Kharagpur

During her doctoral research at IIT Kharagpur, Dr Mukherjee worked on Ni-based superalloys, with emphasis on microstructure–mechanical property relationships and the influence of processing and microstructural evolution on high-temperature mechanical behaviour.

Across these research areas, she uses advanced characterisation techniques including SEM, EBSD, TEM, FIB, APT and X-ray diffraction, together with tensile, fatigue, creep, high-strain-rate and in-situ mechanical testing.

Participates in international research collaboration and knowledge-exchange activities through the MSCA fellowship, including engagement with partner institutions in the UK, Germany and Finland.

Contributes to STEM and materials-science outreach activities aimed at increasing awareness of materials engineering among school and prospective university students.