Experience:
Associate Professor (January 2023 to Till date) Department of Physics, School of Sciences, GITAM (deemed to be university), Visakhapatnam 530041.
Assistant Professor (August 2017 to December 2022) Department of Physics, School of Sciences, GITAM (deemed to be university), Visakhapatnam 530041.
SERB SIRE Visiting Researcher (September 2022 to February 2023) Department of Physics, University of Naples Federico II, Italy (Host: Prof Salvatore Amoruso)
Post-Doctoral Research Associate, (January 2014 to July 2017) Laser Lab, School of Physics, University of Hyderabad (Guide: Prof D Narayana Rao).
Commonwealth Visiting Scholar, (September 2012 to March 2013) Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada (Guide: Prof Gap Soo Chang)
Lecturer (PG and UG) (2004 to 2008) The Hindu College, Machilipatnam
Education:
Ph.D. – Physics (2008-2013) School of Physics, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India.
Title of thesis: “Synthesis, Characterization and Swift Heavy Ion Induced Modification of Semiconductor (Ge & Si) Nanocrystals”. Degree awarded in December 2013. Thesis Supervisor: Prof Anand P Pathak
M.Sc. Nuclear Physics (2002-2004) Andhra University.
B.Sc. Maths, Physics, Chemistry (1999-2002) Acharya Nagarjuna University.
UGC-CSIR NET (CSIR JRF) Physical sciences (2007)