About me

Academic background

Postdoctoral Career

Currently, I am working as a postdoctoral associate (2017-present) in the CEE department of University of California, Riverside (Supervisor: Prof. Bryan Wong). With Prof. Wong, I am implementing some of the non-adiabatic dynamics techniques (like Ehrenfest, FSSH etc. ) in DFT packages like CP2K. I am also studying hot-electron induced chemistry on various surfaces such as ZnO.

Earlier, from Feb 2016 to Dec 2017, I have completed my first postdoc at the chemistry department of "University of Rochester" with Prof. Pengfei (Frank) Huo. While working with Prof. Huo, I had the chance to learn and implement various nonadiabatic techniques such as Ehrenfest, FSSH, MMST and QD-PLDM in the DFTB+ software. I will always be thankful to Prof. Huo for introducing me to the field of nonadiabatic dynamics.

From Sep 2015 to Jan 2016, I have worked as a research associate (provisional) at the Chemistry and Physics of Materials Unit (CPMU) of Jawaharlal Nehru Center for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bengaluru, India with Prof. Balasubramanian Sundaram. During this time (and also during some stages of my Ph. D.), I had the chance to work with Prof. Sundaram's group and to learn a few molecular dynamics techniques such as BOMD. I am thankful to him for always giving me a chance to interact with him, whenever necessary, irrespective of my association with his group.

M.S. and Ph. D. Career

From 2008 to 2015, I did my Integrated Ph. D. at the CPM unit of JNCASR. For both my M. S. and Ph. D., Prof. Swapan K Pati, has guided me. I am grateful to him for introducing me to the field of computational materials science and always pushing me to improve my coding skills (this indeed helped me a lot during my postdoctoral career). Apart from his research skills, I will always admire him for his benevolence.

In general, my research interests mainly cover the computational aspects of the materials science.

Philosophy

In brief, I am a researcher, and more importantly, a learner who ask questions about why the things happen in the way they are. Thus, a majority of the times, I am interested in the logic rather than the belief; take the help of the science rather than the religion. Accordingly, I feel completely responsible for my actions (past, present and future) within my limits. Here, within my limits, doesn't mean that I believe in a supernatural power controlling my actions. Rather, I would like to acknowledge the fact that one will not have 100% control on their life and nature does have its impact on us and vice-versa.

I am attracted to free thinkers like Osho, Ayan Rand, Jaggi Vasudev, RGV etc. I love to learn more about evolution, programming, brain, and psychology apart from my regular research.