Dr. Aquil Ahmad

Employment history: 

Total job experience after PhD: 3 Years & 3 months

August 1, 2023-present (10 months): NSTC-Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Department of Physics,

National Changhua University of Education, Changhua City, Taiwan 

Project: “Studies on Lattice surfaces and 2-Dim. materials for quantum technology”

February 1, 2022-July 31, 2023 (1 Year and 6 months): MOST-Postdoctoral Researcher

Department of Physics,

National Changhua University of Education, Changhua City, Taiwan

Advisor: Prof. Chia-Jye Liu (Distinguished Professor)

Project title: "Energy-efficient synthesis, microstructure, and transport property characterizations of multifunctional materials for thermoelectricity "

August 2021-December 2021 (5 months): Assistant Professor Research, 

Department of Physics, 

School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, 

SASTRA Deemed University, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu India. 

February 2021-August 2021 (6 months): Research Associate

Department of Physics

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT Kharagpur)

July 2013-February 2021: CSIR/UGC Research Fellow (PhD Research)

Thesis title: Comparative Study of Cobalt and Iron-based Heusler Nanoalloys: Experiment and Theory 

Thesis link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mzG_N77pBw_CM6SFIIuL1tcnNXeBy72-/view?usp=drive_link

Area of research: Thin film spintronics

PhD. supervisors: Prof. Amal Kumar Das and Prof. Sanjeev Kumar Srivastava

Department of Physics

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT Kharagpur)

Academic qualifications: 

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2013-2021: Ph.D. (Physics)- Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT-KGP), Kharagpur, India [PhD Degree was awarded on 23 February 2021]

2007-2010: M.Sc. in Physics -Jamia Millia Islamia (A Central University), New Delhi, India.

2004-2007: B.Sc.- Pt. J.L.N. PG Degree Collge Banda, India. 

Academic Achievements/Awards: 

12. September 2023: Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Fellowship: Horizon Europe (Project Budget: €288K); Achieved 7th rank among peers. 

11. July 2023: Postdoc-Research-fellowship award by the “National Science and Technology Council (NSTC)” Taiwan.

10. December 2021: Postdoc Research fellowship by the “Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST)” Taiwan.

9. December 2021: SERB-National Post Doctoral Fellowship (NPDF) award by the "Science and Engineering Research Board, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India". (Declined in favor of National Changhua University of Education, Taiwan)

8. 2019: Selected for "Research Achievement Award" in "International Business and Academic Excellence Awards, Dubai”.

7. 2018-2019: IIT Kharagpur Institute Scholarship from the Ministry of Education (MoE), India. 

6. 2019: International Travel Award for attending "EMRS Spring Meeting, Nice, France", Ministry of Education (MoE), India.

5. 2017: International Travel Award for attending "MRS Fall Meeting, 2017, Boston, Massachusetts, USA", Ministry of     Education (MoE), India.

4. July 2015-July 2018: CSIR/UGC-SRF Scholarship from the University Grants Commission (UGC), New Delhi, India.

3. July 2013- July 2015: CSIR/UGC-JRF Scholarship from the University Grants Commission (UGC), New Delhi, India.

2.  2013: Selected for the Ph.D. programme in Physics, 2013, at one of the topmost universities in India “Jawaharlal Nehru  University (JNU), New Delhi”(denied the offer in favor of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur).

1. 2012: Qualified for a national level entrance CSIR-UGC NET Combined Exam in Physics, with Junior Research Fellowship (JRF), All India Rank: 213, 99.2 percentile score.

Licenses & certifications:

1. VSD-Physical Design Flow (VLSI design)

    Issuing Organization: Udemi-Online

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Invited talks:

4. May 2022: Invited speaker at “10th Annual World Congress of Nano Science &Technology (Nano S&T-2022)" Osaka,  Japan.

3. November 2021: A. Ahmad, SK Srivastava, and AK Das, DFT calculations and experimental studies on intermetallic Co2FeGe Heusler nanoparticles at the International Online Conference on Materials Science and Technology (ICMT 2021), organized by the “School of Energy Materials, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India” [Invited talk].

2. May 2021: Invited speaker at “Fourth  Global Conference on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (GCMMM-2021)", London, UK’.

1. September 2020: A. Ahmad, "Heusler alloys: Versatile Materials for Spintronic Application" organized by the “Dept. of Applied Sciences”, IILM College of Engineering & Technology, India.

Professional Services

4. September 2023: Organizing Committee Member at the "IEEE Around-the-Clock Around-the-Globe Magnetics Conference, 2023" by the IEEE Magnetics Societ; Responsibilities: As a member of the Organizing Committee, my job responsibilities include organizing, planning, and executing the conference from start to finish, with support from the Advisory Board and Steering Committee. 

3. November 2021: Served as a "Plenary Session Chairperson/Judge" at the "International Online Conference on Materials Science and Technology (ICMT-2021)", jointly organized by Mahatma Gandhi University, P.D Hills P.O, Kottayam Kerala, India & Gdansk University of Technology, Gdansk, Poland & Wroclaw University of Technology, Wroclaw, Poland [Virtual mode].

2. March 2022: Assistant Guest Editor on a special issue on "Nanostructured Thermoelectric Materials " in the Journal "Nanomaterials" (IF: 5.076, ISSN 2079-4991). www.mdpi.com/journal/nanomaterials/special_issues/nano_thermoelec_mater?fbclid=IwAR1tZcXaz3bqsP9FHcVjhTaknu6MNMCz8YUXFaOKVtaCyCnrwUHoRAl4RtA#editors 

 1.May 2022: Guest Editor on a special issue on "New Insights in Nanomanufacturing Polymer-Based Materials: From Synthesis to    Applications" in the Journal "Nanomanufacturing".

Link: www.mdpi.com/journal/nanomanufacturing/special_issues/nano_polymer_materials 

Reviewer:

1. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter (IOP Science)

2. Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (Elsevier)

3. The Journal of The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (Springer) 

4. Spin

5. Journal of Low-Temperature Physics (Springer Nature)

6. Journal of Physics: Energy (IOP Science); Impact factor: 5.967

7. Physica Scripta (IOP Science)

International/National Membership:

1. Material Research Society (MRS), USA, 2017-present 

2. American Chemical Society (ACS), 2020-present (Member #31769890)