About me
Name
Date of birth
Nationality
Digital identifier
Contact No.
Nitin Yadav
01 Jan 1989
Indian
0000-0002-8976-516X (ORCID)
nitnyadv@gmail.com, nitinyadav@iisertvm.ac.in
+32 467780642
Education
10.2020--08.2022: Postdoctoral researcher, CmPA, KU Leuven, Belgium
04.2017 -- 09.2020: Post Doctoral Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Göttingen, Germany
01.2015 -- 03.2017: Research Associate (Postdoctoral Researcher) in IIT Delhi, India, in a project entitled Waves and Instabilities and their Role in Energetics in Geospace’
07.2011 -- 10.2015: Ph.D. in Physics, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, India, thesis title ‘Nonlinear Alfvénic Localized Structures and Turbulence in Magnetized Plasmas’, supervisor: Prof. R. P. Sharma
07.2009 -- 06.2011: Mater of Technology (Energy Studies, C.G.P.A.-9.7/10), Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India, thesis title ‘Laser-Matter Interaction: Resonance Absorption and Surface Plasmon Polariton Excitation’, supervisor: Prof. R. P. Sharma
07.2007 -- 06.2009: Master of Science (Physics Hons., 82%), Panjab University, Chandigarh, India, thesis title ‘Inverse Compton scattering’, supervisor: Prof. A. K. Bhati
07.2004 -- 06.2007: Bachelor of Science (80%) with a specialization in Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics, S. G. N. Khalsa College, Sriganganagar, Rajasthan, India.
Awards and Merits
06.2017: Five years Postdoctoral Fellowship awarded by University Grant Commission (UGC), India (declined by the candidate)
06.2016: International travel support by Indian National Science Academy, India to participate in the conference ‘18th International Congress on Plasma Physics’ held in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 27 June–01 July, 2016
07.2013: Foreign travel grant by the Human Resource Development Group, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, India for attending ‘50th Culham Plasma Physics Summer School’ held in Culham Center for Fusion Energy, Oxfordshire,United Kingdom, 15–26 July, 2013
06.2011: Secured first rank in M. Tech. Energy Studies in IIT Delhi (C.G.P.A.-9.7/10)
03.2009: Qualified ‘Graduate Aptitude Test (GATE)’, 2009, with GATE percentile 97% (National level test for admission in IITs for pursuing M. Tech. and PhD program)
12.2008: Qualified ‘National Eligibility Test (NET)’, 2008, conducted by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India (National level test to determine eligibility for lectureship and for the award of Research Fellowship for pursuing research)