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In-Charge, FRENA
(Facility for Research in Experimental Nuclear Astrophysics)
1/AF, Bidhannagar, Kolkata-700064. India.
(SINP is a Grant-in-Aid Institution under the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Government of India)Â
Career
July 2022 - Present: Associate Professor, NPD & In-charge, FRENA, SINP.
2021: Research Associate at FRIB, Michigan State University, USA. (Could not join in-person due to job offer at SINP.)
2019 - 2022: Postdoctoral Fellow at FAIR-GSI Helmholtzzentrum, Darmstadt, Germany. (Get_Involved Fellow.)
2013 - 2019: Ph.D. at Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Delhi, Delhi. (DST INSPIRE Fellow.)
2007 - 2012: M.Sc. (5 years' Integrated MSc) at National Institute of Technology, Surat. (Gold Medallist).
Awards Received
2022- SERB-SRG (Principal Investigator) grant of around INR 3 Million for the project titled: "Development of a PERCS active-chamber with novel low background-radiation technology for overground nuclear astrophysics measurements". SERB has now transitioned to ANRF.
2021- RSE-Saltire International Collaboration Award (Co-PI) of around GBP 12000 for the project titled: "A Compton-suppression system for the FATIMA gamma-ray detector array at FAIR", in collaboration with the University of the West of Scotland.
2013- DST-INSPIRE Award for PhD at the University of Delhi.
2012- Institute Gold Medal at the end of 5 years' Integrated MSc course, National Institute of Technology, Surat. [Gold Medal Certificate].
2012- Indian delegate to the 62nd Lindau Nobel Laureates' Meetings at Germany. Currently serving as a Peer Reviewer. [Certificate from DST and Lindau].
2011- Associated Member of the personnel at CERN (Summer Student) [Certificate from CERN].
Download PDF version of full CV here.
Special Mention- Blog of my wife (Neha Banerjee, IAS) https://nebanerjee.blogspot.com/