Understanding electronic motion and its role in light-driven chemistry
Understanding electronic motion and its role in light-driven chemistry
I am a theoretical chemist at the University of Oxford. My research asks how electronic motion initiated by attosecond and few-femtosecond light pulses influences molecular structure and reactivity, and whether electronic coherence can be engineered to steer chemical dynamics. I develop quantum and mixed quantum–classical methods that connect nonadiabatic dynamics, molecular photoionization, and time-resolved photoelectron observables.
March 2026- Present
Postdoctoral Research Associate
University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Supervisor: Prof. Adam Kirrander
Developing sophisticated theoretical and computational methods advancing ultrafast measurements. Building R-Matrix frameworks for scattering cross-sections and photoelectron imaging simulation.
January 2023 - December 2025
Postdoctoral Research Associate
University of Liege, Belgium
Supervisor: Prof. Francoise Remacle
Investigated ultrafast dynamics of multielectron molecular systems. Controlled chemical processes by exploiting electronic coherence on the attosecond timescale.
August 2017 - November 2022
Ph.D. Theoretical Chemistry
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER)- Kolkata
Supervisor: Prof. Ashwani K. Tiwari
Developed quantum and quasiclassical models for ultrafast molecular dynamics under intense laser fields. Focus on coupled electron-nuclear dynamics, CEP effects, and H₂/HD⁺/H₂⁺ systems.
2014 - 2016
M.Sc. Physical Chemistry
Central University of Haryana, India
Project Supervisor: Prof. Anurag P. Sunda
Performed classical molecular dynamics simulation to investigation of ion-transport behaviour in aqueous imidazolium-based ionic liquids
ACS best poster presentation award in "Theoretical Chemistry Symposium (TCS - 2023)" held on 7-10 December 2023 at IIT madras, India.
Selected for the international travel grant under the scheme ¨ITS-SERB, Govt. of India¨ , May 2022.
International travel grant from IISER Kolkata to attend "CECAM School on New Computational Methods for Attosecond Molecular Processes" held on March 28, 2022 - April 1, 2022, ZCAM - Zaragoza, Spain.
PCCP Best poster presentation award in "17th Theoretical Chemistry Symposium (TCS - 2021) " held on 11-14 December 2021.
Best poster award in a national conference on "Recent Advances in Chemistry (RAC-2019)" held on 14-15 October 2019 in NIT- Meghalaya.
Qualified CSIR-UGC NET December 2017.
Qualified GATE 2017 conducted by IIT-Roorkee.