Brief CV
Research Experience
01/23 - date Ramón y Cajal fellow, IFIMAC - Condensed Matter Physics Center, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
04/21-12/22 Group Leader, IFIMAC - Condensed Matter Physics Center, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
02/18-03/21 Researcher, Center for Quantum Spintronics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim
02/16-01/18 A. v. Humboldt postdoc fellow, University of Konstanz, Germany
08/15-01/16 Guest researcher, University of Konstanz, Germany
04-05/2015 Visiting Scholar, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India
2011 - 2015 PhD Research, Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
2013 - 2014 PhD Research, Walther Meissner Institute for Low Temperature Research and Technical University of Munich, Garching, Germany
2009 - 2010 Master thesis, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India
05-07/2008 Research Internship, Peter Gruenberg Institute, Research Center Juelich, Germany
2006, 2007 Research Internship, Homi Bhabha Center for Science Education, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India
Education
2011 - 2015 PhD in Physics, Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
2009 - 2010 Master of Technology in Electrical Engineering (Microelectronics), Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India
2005 - 2009 Bachelor of Technology in Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India
Select Awards and Distinctions
Ramón y Cajal fellowship 2021 for acquiring a permanent academic position at a Spanish university
Alexander von Humboldt postdoc fellowship for carrying out research at University of Konstanz for two years
Featured in a newspaper article entitled "Young Guns in Science" for exceptional research performance as an undergraduate
WISE fellowship by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for a research internship at Research Center Juelich, Germany
Among the 30 students selected nationwide for the National Initiative on Undergraduate Sciences program (India)
Received gold medal in Indian National Physics Olympiad
Professional Service
Co-chair for SPICE workshop Hybrid Correlated States and Dynamics in Quantum Materials.
Co-organizer for the Focus topic "Spin Transport & Magnetization Dynamics in Metal Based Systems" for the APS March meeting 2023.
Co-chair for Gordon Research Seminar on Spin Dynamics in Nanostructures 2019.
Co-chair for SPICE workshop Coherent order and transport in spin-active systems.
Regular referee for the journals Nature, Nature Physics, Physical Review Letters, Science Advances, Physics Reports, Nature Communications, Physical Review Applied, Physical Review B, Physical Review A, Applied Physics Letters etc.
Physics with Industry Workshop 2012, Developed a solution for high precision position sensing in cryogenic environments for the company Janssen Precision Engineering. Work was carried out in a team of 10 people. Details in Workshop Proceedings.