Profile

PROFESSIONAL TEACHING AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Indore; August 2019 – Current

Assistant Professor

Discipline of Physics

Simrol Campus, Khandwa Road, Indore, MP, INDIA


Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Indore; January 2018 – Current

Ramanujan Faculty Fellow

Discipline of Metallurgy Engineering and Materials Science

Simrol Campus, Khandwa Road, Indore, MP, INDIA

Florida State University (FSU), Tallahassee, Florida, USA ; December 2015 – January 2018

And, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, FSU, Tallahassee, Florida, USA

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Condensed Matter Science, and

Dept. of Chem. Engg. & Bio-medical Engg.

Postdoctoral Advisor: Professor Jose L. Mendoza-Cortes

University of California, Berkeley, CA (Affiliated); September 2014 – September 2017

and, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA, USA

Postdoctoral Research Associate (Affiliated), Department of Chemistry,

Postdoctoral Advisor: Professor William A. Lester Jr.

Nagoya University, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan; September 2014 – December 2015

JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow, Graduate School of Information Science,

Postdoctoral Advisor: Professor Masataka Nagaoka &

Professor Masayoshi Takayanagi

University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA ; September 2013 – September 2014

and, LBNL, Berkeley, CA, USA

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Chemistry,

Postdoctoral Advisor: Professor William A. Lester Jr.

Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS), Calcutta, India; March 2013 – August 2013

Postdoctoral Research Theoretical and Computational Physics,

Postdoctoral Advisor: Professor Abhijit Kumar Das


EDUCATION

Ph. D.(Sc.) in Materials Science and Physics, 2008-2013

Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS) and Jadavpur University, Jadavpur, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Thesis Title: Theoretical Study of Structure, Interaction and Dissociation of van der Waals Complexes


M. Sc. in Physics (First Class), 2006-2008

University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal. India


B. Sc. (Hons) in Physics (First Class), 2003-2006

University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal. India

ACADEMIC AWARDS AND HONOURS

· Early Career Research Award (ECRA) from the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India. (Principal Investigator– INR 55.0 Lakhs)

[Meant for to provide quick research support to the young researchers who are in their early career for pursuing exciting and innovative research in frontier areas of science and engineering, very selective award that is for three years].

· Ramanujan Fellowship (2017) from the Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, India (Principal Investigator– INR 120.0 Lakhs)

[Meant for brilliant scientists and engineers from all over the world to take up scientific research positions in India via a scientist specific, very selective fellowship that is initially for five years].

· Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship (2017), Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship (AvH) International Post-doctoral Fellowship for Foreign Researcher, Govt. of Germany, Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg, Germany.

[Provides opportunities for top-class researchers from the rest of the world to work and undertake research training in Germany for 1 to 2 years in any area of scientific and technological research].

· Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship (2014), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) International Post-doctoral Fellowship for Foreign Researcher, Govt. of Japan, Nagoya University, Japan.

[Provides opportunities for top-class researchers from the rest of the world to work and undertake research training in Japan for 1 to 2 years in any area of scientific and technological research].

· Junior (2009) and Senior (2011) Research Fellowships, IACS, Govt. of India, for Pursuing Doctoral Study. Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE), 2009.

[Provide research fellowships towards PhD via nationwide competition].

· West Bengal Govt. Merit Scholarship, 2007-2008.

· Ramakrishna Mission Merit Scholarship, (Class-V to M.Sc.), 1996-2008.