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Season 2 - Lecture 5

Chemistry's Periodic Table through the Eyes of Physicist

Prof. Sajjad Ather

(Dept. of Physics Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh)

Brief Biography

Prof. Mohammad Sajjad Athar Dept. of Physics, Aligarh Muslim University)

Academic Qualification

M. Sc. A. M. U., 1990, I Div., I Position. (Gold Medal)
M. Phil. A. M. U., 1993, 79%.
Ph. D. A. M. U., 1997.
J.R.F. UGC/CSIR, 1991

Academic Experience

Lecturer, Aligarh Muslim University, 7th Feb.1995-6th Feb.1999
Sr. Lecturer, Aligarh Muslim University, 7th Feb.1999-6th Feb.2004
Reader, Aligarh Muslim University, 7th Feb. 2004-6th Feb.2007
Associate Professor, Aligarh Muslim University, 7th Feb. 2007-6th Feb. 2010
Professor, Aligarh Muslim University, 7th Feb. 2010-till date

Profile:

In recent years the need for a better understanding of nucleon dynamics in the nuclear medium has been emphasized in order to precisely estimate the lepton event rates using the Monte Carlo generators. These generators are being used in the analysis of neutrino oscillation experiments. Most of these experiments are using neutrino and antineutrino beams of a few GeV, to which neutrino oscillation parameters are sensitive. The experiments use heavy nuclear targets in order to obtain significant numbers of events. For a neutrino interacting with a nucleon bound inside a nucleus, a good knowledge of nuclear medium effects becomes a necessity in order to make a precise estimate of the cross section.

I am working with GENIE group (Scientists from USA, Europe and Japan) to get a common Monte Carlo generator to be used in the prediction of neutrino event rates.

I am collaborating with the scientists at INSTITUTO DE FISICA CORPUSCULAR (IFIC), University of Valencia, and University of Granada, Spain on the understanding on neutrino reactions off the nucleon targets.

I am collaborating with the scientists at The Institute for Cosmic Ray Research (ICRR), University of Tokyo on the precise determination of atmospheric neutrino flux for the proposed experiment in India( INO), South Pole and Finland.

I am a member of the MINERvA collaboration at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, U.S.A.

I am a member of NUSTEC collaboration (collaboration of about 25 theorists and experimentalists world wide) to improve our understanding of neutrino interactions with nucleons and nuclei and, practically, get that understanding in the event generators.

I am a member of the India-based neutrino observatory(INO)-collaboration, a mega science project,