Professional Profile
Professional Profile
Institute for Interdisciplinary Experimental Research in Bio-Nano-Science, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Project: PROGRESS ERC COG 101043356 – Reading provenance from ubiquitous quartz: understanding the changes occurring in its lattice defects in its journey in time and space by physical methods, PI: Prof. Dr. Alida Timar Gabor
Understanding the changes occurring in point defects in quartz over geological time using various spectroscopic techniques, such as Electron Spin Resonance (ESR), Scanning Electron Microscopy with Cathodoluminescence (SEM-CL), and Luminescence.
Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics Division, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, India. Mentor: Dr. Naveen Chauhan
Application of luminescence for surface exposure studies
Luminescence characterization of different natural minerals
Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India. Mentor: Dr. Samit Mandal and Dr. Unnati
Measurement of cross-section of the radioisotope 27 Mg @ low energy neutron induced reactions
Luminescence dosimtery & dating, Luminescence dating of exposed surfaces of rocks, Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy
TL/OSL Reader, High Purity Germanium (HPGe) Detector for gamma ray spectromentry of natural rocks and sediments, ZnS(Ag) alpha counter, NaI(Th) scintillation detector, X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) for material characterisation, and Scanning Electron Microscope with Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (SEM-EDS) for imaging and elemental compositions, Electron Spin Resonance for defect charaterization.
Matlab, Excel, Origin, Risø Analyst, Latex, and R (beginners)
Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), Ahmedabad / Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar, India.
Thesis title: Multispectral Luminescence Studies: Methodological Developments and Applications
J.C.D.A.V. College, Dasuya, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India.
Govt. College Daulatpur Chowk, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, India.
Senior Research Fellowship-PRL, Ahmedabad, India, 2020- 2023
Junior Research Fellowship-PRL, Ahmedabad, India, 2018-2020
Junior Research Fellowship-Defence Geoinformatics Research Establishment (DGRE) Himparisar, Chandigarh, India, April -June 2018
CSIR-UGC Junior Research Fellowship in Physics-2017 (All India Rank 21)
Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) in Physics-2017 and 2018 (All India Rank 325 and 535)
Joint Entrance Screening Test (JEST) in Physics-2017 and 2018 (All India Rank 203 and 86)
Summer Internship-Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India. [June-July 2016]
Sabarmati River from Rajasthan and Gujarat, India, for collection of samples for provenance studies using luminescence (2022).
Nubra Valley, Ladakh, India, to collect glacially polished samples for surface exposure studies using luminescence (2021).
Bharathapuzha River in Kerala, India, to collect samples for the study of recent floods (2019).
Thar Desert, Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, India, to collect the samples for luminescence chronology for dune migration and formation (2019).
Co-supervised Mr. Sachin Joshi, M.Sc. Applied Physics, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, during his Summer Internship at PRL on ‘Multispectral fading studies in feldspar’.
Co-supervised Mr. Parth Khanduri, Department of Physical Sciences, P.D. Patel Institute of Applied Sciences, CHARUSAT, Changa, during his M.Sc. Dissertation project at PRL on ‘An Attempt to date glacially polished samples using luminescence surface exposure dating: challenges and laboratory validation’.
Teaching assistant of credited coursework on Research Methodology at Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad.
Instructor, Bansal Academy, Chandigarh, for entrance exams like CSIR-UGC NET, GATE, JEST, and IIT-JAM: February 2017-March 2018.