Ten plus years of experience in numerical simulation and modeling of optical wave propagation in different linear and nonlinear media with specific interest in geometric phase based device modeling. Author of 40 peer-reviewed journal articles (including in Nature Photonics, Physical Review Letter, Optics Letters), 20plus conference proceedings and a book chapter. Programming expertise in Matlab and Python.
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Language Skills
Language Skills
English, Hindi, Malayalam, Portuguese (B2), German (A1.1), Italian (Basic)
TECHNICAL STRENGTH
TECHNICAL STRENGTH
Optical setup for observation of spatial solitons in Liquid crystal and photo-polymerizable material, Optical absorption spectrophotometer (Jasco), Nd -YAG (Casix - Diode pumped Nd:YAG laser), He-Ne laser (Melles Griot), Keithley 236 Source measure unit
ANALYTICAL AND NUMERICAL STRENGTH
ANALYTICAL AND NUMERICAL STRENGTH
- variational method to study systems of equation which are in general nonintegrable and hence approximate methods are needed to study them.
- can use the following numerical techniques relying on finite difference:- For initial value problem: - Beam Propagation Method based upon operator splitting and a Runge-Kutta or a Crank-Nicolson algorithm; for boundary value problem: - Gauss-Seidel relaxation method, Newton-Kantorovich relaxation together with a Fourier spectral method
- programming in MatLab, Python, MEEP FDTD package, scheme, Mathematica, Blender (python scripting); Latex
EDUCATION
EDUCATION
2009 PhD, Supervisor: Late Prof V C Kuriakose
Department of Physics, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin, India
2002 Master of Science (Physics with Electronics), 77.5%
Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin, India
2000 Bachelor of Science (Physics), 92.1%
Kannur University, Kannur, India (Fourth rank holder among 400 students)
CURRENT POSITION(S)
CURRENT POSITION(S)
2023 - now - Postdoc Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany
PREVIOUS POSITIONS
PREVIOUS POSITIONS
2020-2023 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Individual Fellowship
Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany
2019-2020 FSU female postdoctoral fellowship
Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany
2018-2019 Visiting researcher (April 2018-June 2019)
Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany
2018 Visiting researcher, 1month
University of Gent, Gent, Belgium
2015,2016,2017 Visiting researcher, stay of several months each year
Tampere University of Technology, Tampere, Finland
2014-2016 Principal Investigator, India-Portugal bilateral project
Theoretical center of Physics of Porto (CFP), University of Porto, Portugal
2009-2012 Post Doctoral Research Associate
Department of Electrical Engineering, National Tsing-Hua University, Taiwan
2008-2009 Post Doctoral Research Associate
Department of Electronic Engineering, University of Rome “Roma Tre”, Italy
FELLOWSHIPS
FELLOWSHIPS
2012-2018 Post Doctoral Fellow of Portuguese Foundation of Science and Technology (FCT)
Theoretical center of Physics of Porto (CFP), University of Porto, Portugal
2007-2008 Senior Research Fellow of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR- SRF), Govt of India, Department of Physics, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin, India
2005-2006 Category A speaker of the Theoretical Physics Seminar Circuit
Department of Science and Technology, Govt of India
2004-2007 Junior Research Fellow of Department of Science and Technology, Govt of India, Department of Physics, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin, India
2003-2004 Junior Research Fellowship
Department of Physics, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin, India
AWARDS
AWARDS
2017 Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Seal of Excellence for the project Photonic devices based on spin-orbit interaction in anisotropic materials
RESEARCH FUNDING
RESEARCH FUNDING
2014-2016 Principal Investigator, Coherent localized Structures in higher – dimensional multicomponent nonlinear system: stability and interaction, India-Portugal bilateral cooperation, FCT portugal 8100,- EURO
ORGANISATION OF SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS
ORGANISATION OF SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS
2016 Co-organizer, Recent Trends in Modern Optics, Department of Physics, University of Porto, Portugal. 25 participants with Sir Michael Berry delivering a special talk.
2013 Local organizer, II Porto Meeting on Theory and Experiment in Nonlinear Physics, Porto
2013-2016 Program committee member, PhotoOptics conference series
2013 Session Chair, VIII Iberoamerican Optics Meeting & XI Latinamerican Meeting on Optics, Lasers and Applications, Porto, Portugal
2007 Co-organizer, national seminar on New Horizons in Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Cochin, India
OTHER SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES
OTHER SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES
2016 Supervisor, summer project (Anderson localization of light) of Mr. Amith Zafal Abdullah, student Indian Institute of Science, India.
2014-2017 Supervisor, PhD student Dr. Lini Devassy.
2013-2016 Mentor, Summer school in Physics for high school students, University of Porto, Portugal
2010-present Reviewer for OSA, EPS, IOP and PIERS journals
2015-present CFP website management
TRAINING COURSES ATTENDED
TRAINING COURSES ATTENDED
2014 Winter College on Optics: Fundamentals of Photonics - Theory, Devices and Applications, ICTP, Trieste, Italy
2009 A short course on Nanoplasmonics, ITRC, Hsinchu, Taiwan
2006 SERC school in Nonlinear Dynamics, Pondicerry University, India
2004 A short course in Matlab, Indian Institute of Technology
2003 Winter school in Nonlinear Dynamics, Bharathidasan University, Trichy, India
2003 Workshop on Astronomy using small telescopes, Inter University Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune, India
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