Achintya Bera - Academics

Professional Experience:

🔹 Experimental Officer (10/2022-present) : National Graphene Institute (NGI), University of Manchester, UK.

🔹Marie Curie Individual fellow (08/2020 – 07/2022) : University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
🔹 Research Associate (10/2018 – 07/2020) : University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
🔹Research Associate (07/2018 –10/2018) : Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India
🔹Postdoctoral Research Fellow (06/2017 – 05/2018): Weizmann Institute of Science (WIS), Israel

Professional Activities :

Cross-functional research collaborator with GEIC and GKN from Aug, 2022

Refereeing Experience for the following scientific journals as a reviewer :
1. Nature Communications, 2022
2. Physica Status Solidi (RRL) - Rapid Research Letters, 2020

Grants/Funding received :
Grant #892595 (PI: Achintya Bera, Co-I: Prof. Andre Geim). Funding organization: European Commission. Call: H2020-MSCA-IF-2019. Period of grant: 24 months. Total award: 176K GBP

Teaching Assistant to graduates ( Ph.D. )

For an advanced course in 2012 : PH-359–Physics at Nanoscale, Physics Department, Indian Institute of Science (IISc). Instructor: Prof Ajay K Sood

Area of Research Expertise :

1. Condensed Matter Physics (Experiment),

2. Spectroscopy (Raman, XRD, PL), Seven years’ experience

3. High pressure and low-T Raman and PL,

4. In-situ(spectroscopy) electrical gating of FET monolayer devices (Optoelectronics),

5. Rietveld analysis for determination of space group using XRD data,

6. Rietveld analysis of high pressure synchrotron data (XRD) to investigate different phase transitions (structural/iso-structural),

7. Molecular gas transport through angstrom scale pores using He-leak detector and Residual Gas Analyser (RGA), Gas filtration through nanopores (Nanofluidics, Vacuum Technology and Mass spectrometry). Four years’ experience. Interested in opto- nanofluidics.

8. Investigation of quantum sieving (at Low-T down to 4K) of gas transport using He-leak detector,

9. Low– T electrical transport measurements to determine various parameters like, dark- and photo-conductivity, defects density using trap-assisted space charge limited current (SCLC), to extrapolate the open circuit voltage data to 0K for hybrid (organic cation) and non-hybrid hallide perovskites (HaPs) used for solar cell materials.

Education and Training:

🔹 Ph.D (08/2009 – 06/2017 ) : Department of Physical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), India.
🔹M. Sc. (2007 – 2009 ) : in Physics, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee, India.
🔹B. Sc., Hons. (2004 – 2007 ): in Physics, Midnapore College, West Bengal, India.

🔹Higher Secondary (2002 - 2004 ): Sonakhali High School, WBCHSE Board, West Bengal, India.

🔹Secondary Education (2022 ): Goura Sonamui K. B. A. Sikshayatan, WBBSC Board, West Bengal, India.

ACCOLADES:

2020: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Individual Fellowship, Manchester, UK.
2018: EPSRC postdoctoral fellowship, Manchester, UK.
2018: DST fellowship, Department of Physical Sciences, IISc, India.
2017: FGS fellowship, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.

2012: Cash prize for Teaching Assistance for one semester, IISc, Bangalore.

2011: Best poster award (Laptop) at International conference, 4th Bangalore India Nano.
2008-2009: National examinations cleared for the enrolment to Ph.D. degree program
• GATE-2009. All India Rank 73 and percentile of 98.6
• JEST-2009. All India Rank 50 and percentile of 96.85
• CSIR-NET in December, 2008

2009: IIT–Roorkee merit-cum-means scholarship for 3rd and 4th semesters.
2008: “COGNIZANCE”, IIT Roorkee-obtained 2nd prize for the solution of physics problems

within 24 hours with open book condition.

2007: Pragati Mukherjee Endowment Scholarship

2006: Dr. P K Ghosh Academic Endowment Stipend & Sushila Roy Memorial Cash Merit Prize
2002: West Bengal Board Merit Scholarship (State-Level): Secured 110th rank.