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,
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.