Professional Experience
Assistant Professor at IIT Kanpur, India April 2025 - present
Post-doctoral researcher at Norwegian University of Science and Technology
(NTNU), Norway February 2024 - March 2025
Post-doctoral researcher at Friedrich-Alexander University (FAU) in
Erlangen, Germany October 2022 - February 2024
Education
PhD from Max-Planck-Institute for Iron Research, Dusseldorf in conjunction
with RWTH Aachen University, Germany April 2019 - September 2022
Masters from University of Montpellier, France and LMU Munich, Germany
through Erasmus Mundus program 2016 - 2018
Bachelor of Technology from Malaviya National Institute of
Technology Jaipur, India 2012 - 2016
Review Activities
npj Materials Degradation
Materialia
Materials Characterization
International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
Scientific Reports
Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration
Bulletin of Materials Science
Teaching Activities
At IIT Kanpur:
Introduction to Manufacturing (TA211) lab as tutor August 2025 - November 2025
At FAU Erlangen:
Exercise classes on fracture mechanics April 2023 - May 2023
Graduate lectures on Mechanics of Materials November 2022 - March 2023