Dr. Soumen Mandal is working as a Researcher at Cardiff University, UK. He has previously worked at Institut Neel, France between 2008 and 2012. He obtained his PhD from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India in 2009. His current research interest is diamond growth and devices with applications in thermal management,superconductivity, filtration, and next generation communication. He is the co-inventor of diamond based electropositive filters. He has also pioneered chemical mechanical polishing of diamond. He has published about 75 journal articles in refereed journals, contributed 2 book chapters, written 1 review article. He has also delivered 1 plenary talk, 3 invited talks and numerous oral presentations in international conferences.