As a materials science graduate student, I specialize in the discovery, synthesis, and characterization of magnetic materials. Discovery involves finding new or previously known compounds through data mining or rapid exploratory synthesis methods. The materials are synthesized in bulk form using traditional solid-state synthesis routes, chemical vapor transport methods, crystals grown from flux melt or through gas flow reduction reactions. Structural, chemical, magnetic, and electrical characterization is done in the form of powder x-ray diffraction (XRD), SEM/EDS/EBSD, calorimetry (DSC, DTA, TGA), SQUID magnetometry (MPMS) and magneto-transport measurements (PPMS). Analyzing neutron scattering measurements carried out at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Australian Centre for Neutron Scattering is an integral part of my research.