Biography

Personal Data

Dr. Ranjan Kumar Barik
Assistant Professor (OES-I) 

Department of Physics,
Government DAV College, Koraput,

Koraput-764021, Odisha, India

Email: sran9125@gmail.com

Research Pages: Google Scholar, Researchgate, GitHub

Research Interest

My research interest lies in new techniques related to Density functional theory (DFT), exploring new topological materials, modern theory of polarization and Berry phase, construction of maximally localized Wannier function, quantum anomalous Hall effect, topological insulator, nodal line semimetals, Dirac semimetals, Weyl semimetals, Triple point metals, Rashba materials, Valley-based information manipulation and corresponding topological features, magnetic anisotropy, friction in 2D materials, and Machine learning (ML).

Education

Aug 2016 - Sept 2021: Ph.D., Materials Research Centre, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

Aug 2011 - May 2013: Master of Science in Applied Physics and Ballistics, Fakir Mohan University, Balasore, India 

Aug 2008 - May 2011: Bachelor of Science in Physics (Hons), Fakir Mohan University, Balasore, India

Professional Experience

August 2023 - Present: Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Govt. DAV College, Koraput, Odisha, India Webpage Link

Feb 2022 - Aug 2023: Post Doctoral Fellow, Department of Physics, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA 

Editorial Board Member

Editorial Board Member of “Scientific Data, Springer Nature, UK" from 03/2025 to Present. Webpage Link

Journal Cover Articles     

Multiple triple-point fermions in Heusler compounds: Using the density functional theoretical calculations, we report a new set of topological semimetals X2YZ, which show the existence of multiple topological triple-point fermions along four independent axes. This intermediate linearly dispersive degeneracy between Weyl and Dirac points may offer prospective candidates for quantum transport applications. (web)

Conferences

1. Poster Presentation, “Antiperovskites Materials: a Playground for Magnetic and Topologically Nontrivial Effects”, at APS March Meeting, LAS VEGAS, USA, (March 2023) Webpage Link

2. Oral Presentation, “Statistical Modeling of Frictional Properties: a Machine Learning Approach”, at APS March Meeting, LAS VEGAS, USA, (March 2023) Webpage Link

Workshops/Internships/Projects/Programs

1. Faculty Induction Programme, “Completed the Faculty Induction Programme (FIP) under Malaviya Mission Teacher-Training Programme” Online Mode, (5th August to 3rd September 2024)

2. Internship, “Study of Rashba effect in 2D materials”, at Material Genome Institute, Shanghai University, Shanghai, China, (4th November to 5th December 2019)

3. Workshop, “Computational methodologies across length scales” at Bhaba Atomic Research Centre” Mumbai, India, (August 28 to September 09, 2017)

4. Master Project, “Operational Amplifier and its applications to Filters and Oscillators using PSPICE”, at Integrated Test Range (ITR), Odisha, India (May 2013)

5. Summer Project, “Study of the properties of CsI (Tl) and Si (SB) detectors and measurement of the thickness of a thin foil”, Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Kolkata, India, (May to June 2012)

Scholarships and Awards

1. Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE-2016, Rank-120, and score 650)

2. Qualified Joint Entrance Screening Test (JEST-2016, Rank-184, and Percentile 96.63)

3. Qualified Joint CSIR-UGC Test for Junior Research Fellowship (NET-2016)

Computational Skills

Programming language: PYTHON, MATLAB, SCILAB, C, and FORTRAN

Applications: LATEX, OpenOffice.org, Xmgrace, Gnuplot, and Microsoft Office

Operating systems: Linux (Ubuntu, CentOS), Microsoft Windows, and macOS

Software packages: Vasp, Quantum Espresso, WIEN-2K, Octopus (TDDFT), Wannier90, Wannier-Tools, Phonopy, CASINO, TDEP, BoltzTraP, ShengBTE, VESTA, VMD, CrystalMaker, COHP, VASPKIT, SCIKIT-LEARN

Reviewer of the Peer-reviewed Journals

1. Physical Review B: Scientific journal, published by the American Physical Society, More than 10 publications are reviewed.

2. Physical Review B Letter: Scientific journal, published by the American Physical Society.

3. Physical Review Research: Scientific journal, published by the American Physical Society.

4. npj Computational Materials-Nature: An open-access journal from Nature Research.

5. Scientific Reports: A peer-reviewed open-access scientific mega journal published by Nature Portfolio.

6. Journal of the American Chemical Society: A peer-reviewed scientific journal by the American Chemical Society. 

Administrative Experience

1. Officer in charge of UGC cell, Govt. DAV College, Koraput,  from 31-07-2024 to present.

2. Coordinator of career counseling and career guidance team, Govt. DAV College, Koraput, from 31-07-2024 to present.

3. Coordinator of Innovation Cell, Govt. DAV College, Koraput,  from 31-07-2024 to present.

4. Coordinator of Placement or Employment Cell, Govt. DAV College, Koraput,  from 31-07-2024 to present.

5. Member of IQAC cell, Govt. DAV College, Koraput,  from 27-12-2024 to present.