Professional Experience:
December, 2023-Present: Researcher (Associate), Center for Quantum Science and Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, USA.
Feb, 2023-Nov, 2023: Researcher (Fellow), Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, USA.
Feb, 2022-Feb, 2023: Researcher (Scholar), Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, USA.
Sep, 2018 -Oct, 2021: Postdoctoral Researcher, Foundation For Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH), Europe.
Education:
Doctor of Philosophy (Physics): Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, India
Advisor: Professor Suman Kalyan Pal
M.Sc in Physics: University of Delhi (DU), Delhi, India.
Supervisor: Professor Vinay Gupta
B.Sc in Physics (Honours): University of Calcutta (CU), Kolkata, India
Honors and distinctions:
2023 Innovative Paper Award, ASME, MEMS division, & IMECE-2023, New Orlando, USA.
2023 FINALIST OF BEST PAPER AWARD, IEEE-NANO 2023, July, 2023, Jeju, South Korea
2023 Cash (worth $350) award from Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, USA
2017 International travel support (ITS) award from Science & Education Research Board (SERB), Department of Science & Technology (DST), Govt. of India
2017 Best Oral Presentation award in “Conference on the Spectroscopy of Emerging Functional Materials (SEFM 2017)” India
2017 Materials Research Society-Singapore (MRS-S) Funding support Award, Singapore
2017 Best Oral Presentation award in “Science & Innovation Seminar” in IIT Mandi Hostel day celebration (12th March, 2017), IIT Mandi, India
2017 Best Poster Presentation award in research fair Anusandhan, IIT Mandi, India
2014 Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) from Ministry of Human Research Development, Govt. of India
2013 Post Metric Scholarship, West Bengal Minorities Development & Finance Corporation (WBMDFC), Government of West Bengal, India
2012 Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) from Ministry of Human Research Development, Govt. of India
2012 Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE), India
2011 National Merit Scholarship in M.Sc (Physics), Govt. of West Bengal, India
2009 Ranked 88 in All India Entrance Test for M.Sc in Physics from Department of Physics & Astrophysics, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
Postdoc offers declined
1. Ming Chi University of Science and Technology (MCUT), Taipai, Taiwan, 2018.
2. Potsdam University, Germany, 2020.
3. Center for Terahertz Research and Applications (CENTERA), Polish Academic of Sciences, Poland, 2022.
4. McGill University, Montreal, Canada, 2023.
5. Morgan State University and Argonee National Laboratory, Maryland, USA, 2024.
6. Jack State University and Argonee National Laboratory, Mississippe, USA, 2024.
7. Howard University, Washington DC, USA, 2024.
Mentor/Trained students
2014-2015 Sachin Sharma and Rohit Goyel, B. Tech Project, IIT Mandi, India.
Title: Synthesis and fabrication of dye sensitized solar cells (DSSC)
2016 Sanket Kumawat, B.Sc project, DST INPIRE Fellow, Pune University, India.
Title: Synthesis and Characterization of Polymer Grafted 2D Nanomaterials Towards the Emerging Organic Optoelectronics
2017 Anita Kumari, M. Sc, DST INPIRE Fellow, IIT Mandi, India.
Title: Fluorescent Quantum dots of metal monochalcogenides
2018 Anchala, M.Sc Dissertation, IIT Mandi, India.
Title: Nanoscale TMDs as a Hole Transporting layer and
an active Layer in Organic Photovoltaic
2018 Anita Kumari, M. Sc Dissertation, IIT Mandi, India.
Title: Fluorescent Quantum dots of metal monochalcogenides
2020 Athanasia Pylostomou
IESL, FORTH, Greece.
Title: 2D materials based bioelectronic devices
2022 Douglas McDonough (Undergrad), Stevens Institute of Technology.
USA (Summer-Fall sem)
Title: Thermal assisted mechanical exfoliation of non-van der Waals materials
2022 Sarah Erickson (Undergrad), Hoboken, USA (Summer-Fall sem)
Title: 2D materials based flexible sole sensor
2022 Zahra (Master Student), Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, USA (Fall 2022-Spring 2023)
Title: Novel 2D materials preperation and sensing applications
2022 Shivani (Master student), Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, USA (Fall-2023).
Title: 2D Quantum materials cryogenic physics and device applications
2023 Nicole (Undergrad), Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, USA (Spring-Fall).
Title: Growth of 2D Quantum materials
2023 Joseph (High School), Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, USA (Fall semester).
Title: Exfoliation and optical visualization of 2D Quantum materials