Dr. Ashutosh Rath

Principal Scientist

CSIR-Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology 

Bhubaneswar, Odisha, 

751013, India

 Phone (office): +91-6742379302

Email : ashutosh.immt@csir.res.in

Webpages: http://www.immt.res.in/EmpDescription.aspx?EmpId=%27383%27

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Area of research:

Experimental condensed matter Physics: Nanomaterials and Thinfilms, 2D Materials, Surface and interface physics,

Structure-property correlation, In-situ/ operando TEM, focused ion beam (FIB) and Advanced transmission electron microscopy

(in particular Aberration-corrected STEM and Electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS)). 

Professional Career:

2023 - Present: Principal Scientist, CSIR-IMMT, Bhubaneswar, India

2019 - 2023: Senior Scientist, CSIR-IMMT, Bhubaneswar, India

2017 - 2019 : Postdoctoral Research Fellow: Prof. Stephen Pennycook's group at the National University of Singapore, Singapore

2013 - 2017 : Postdoctoral Research Associate:  Prof. Paul Voyles's group at the University of Wisconsin- Madison, WI, USA

2013 : Postdoctoral Research Associate: Prof. Dipankar Banerjee's group at Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India

Visiting Scientist:  Institute of Solid State Physics, University of Bremen, Germany

Visiting Scientist:  Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar, India

Education:

 2007 – 2012  :   Ph. D.  in  Experimental Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar, India                     

2006 – 2007 :   Diploma in Advanced Physics, Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar, India

2003 – 2005: Master's in Physics (Particle physics specialization), Utkal University, Odisha, India                                                     

2000 – 2003: Bachelor's in Physics, Dhenkanal College, Dhenkanal                                                                             

Awards & Scholarship : 

•  EMSI-Excellence in Microscopy Award-2024

• Lifetime member of the Electron Microscopy Society of India (http://www.emsi.org.in)

•  Lifetime member of the Indian Institute of Metals (IIM)

• Lifetime member of the Materials Research Society of India (MRSI)

•  Lifetime member of the Materials Research Society of India (MRSI) 

•  Qualified in Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE)

•  Qualified in JRF_NET EXAM 

•  Qualified in JEST 

•  National Scholarship holder (2003)

•   Best presentation award at C-spin annual review meeting-2014, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA (2014)           

Publications:  55