My main area of research is accelerator-based nuclear astrophysics and associated nuclear instrumentation. I am leading India's first and only accelerator-based nuclear astrophysics laboratory, FRENA, which includes a 3 MV tandem accelerator capable of delivering high intensity beams. My experiments involve neutron threshold measurements, as well as gamma resonance studies, with direct impact on measuring reaction cross-sections that increase our understanding of various Nuclear Astrophysics phenomena.
My postdoctoral responsibility as a part of the DESPEC (DEcay SPECtroscopy) group (Dr. Juergen Gerl) at GSI, Germany was to lead the FATIMA (FAst TIMing Array) project. The main aim was the array's full utilisation in more than 10 radioactive ion beam experiments over a period of 3 years. I was the GSI contact person for FATIMA between 2019-2022.
In 2021, I was offered a Research Associate position at FRIB, Michigan State University, USA (Prof. Chris Wrede) to work towards continuing development of a particle X-ray coincidence setup for experiments with the radioacting ion beam available at FRIB. (I could not join this position in-person due to a concurrent permanent job offered by SINP).
My PhD was focused on development of Nuclear Instrumentation and its applications towards nuclear structure study in the Hg-Pb region. It involved development of various detectors as well as readout electronics, including in-depth work with position-sensitive photomultiplier tubes.