Professional Experience:

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai, India

June 2021-December 2021

Boston College, USA 

Jan 2022- Jan 2024)

Boston College, USA 

Jan 2024- present

Education:

Doctor of Philosophy (Physics)  Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi, India (2015-2020)

Thesis title: Phonons, Quasiparticle Excitations and Their Coupling in Iridium Based Double Perovskites

• Senior research fellow (SRF) Ph. D (Physics) at Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, India (2018-2020)

• Junior research fellow (JRF) Ph. D (Physics) at Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, India (2015-2018)

Master of Philosophy (M.Phil) (Physics) 

Himachal Pradesh University Summer Hill , Shimla

Thesis title: Synthesis and characterization of Lead free Ba1-xCaxTiO3 ferroelectric thin films prepared by chemical solution method

Master of Science  (M.Sc) (Physics) 

Himachal Pradesh University Summer Hill , Shimla

Thesis title: Structural and micro-structural characteristics of Sock compressed Titanium

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) 

Govt. College Karsog, Himachal Pradesh University Summer Hill , Shimla

Research Expertise:  

Experimental:

Custom build Raman setup 

Extensive knowledge and hands-on experience in designing and building a Raman spectroscopy setup on optical table in Lab, as well as optimization of experimental parameters such as precise laser alignment, appropriate selection of components for achieving high-quality Raman signal with maximum signal-to-noise ratio.

Quantum Raman Ultrafast laser optical setup 

Experience in designing and building ultrafast laser optical setup with single-photon detector for measuring 'g(2)' quantum correlations in the Stokes and antiStokes (SaS) photon.

• Experience in working with ultrafast tunable laser.

• Experience in laser alignment into single and multi mode optical fibers.

Expertise in low and high temperature Raman scattering

Experiments using Custom build Raman setup and confocal Horiba LabRam HR (Raman/PL mapping) in temperature range from 4-330K with Montana cryostat and above 80K with Linkam Scientific using Liquid Nitrogen.

• High temperature (upto 650 K) study using Linkam Scientific 

• Expertise in performing Raman optical activity (ROA) and photoluminescence (PL) using linear and circular polarized light.

• Experience in sample preparation using mechanical exfoliation method.

• Experience in dealing and handling UHV transfer system for air sensitive samples as well as vacuum pumps.

• Experience in working in glove box and dealing with air senstive samples.

• Thin films deposition via thermal evaporation and spin coating.

Expertise in low-temperature Emission/absorption/transmission/reflectance measurements

• Knowledge and hands-on experience in designing and building optical setup for low temperature emission, absorption, transmission and reflectance setup.

Theoretical:

Density Functional Theoretical (DFT)

Structural, electronic, magnetic, topological and lattice dynamics (phonon) studies using following codes:

•  Vienna Ab initio Simulation Package (VASP)

• Tight binding modeling, 

• Wien2K 

• Quantum Espresso (DFT & DFPT), and Elk

• Phonopy

Other:

• Matlab, Python , Origin and Mathematica

Reviewer for International Journals:

American Chemical Society (ACS)

• ACS Nano (Impact factor 15.8)

Nature Portfolio 

• Nature Communications (Impact factor 14.7)

Membership of Academic Society:

• American Physical Society (APS)

• Division of Condensed Matter Physics Association  (DCMP) of Asia-Pacific Physical Societies