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Dr. Tammineni Rajagopala Rao
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry
Indian Institute of Technology Patna
Amahara Road, Bihta, Patna
Bihar, India, 801106
email: rajgopal@iitp.ac.in
Research Areas
Quantum reactive scattering of gas phase bi-molecular reactions
Non-adiabatic coupling effects
Geometric phase effects
Electronic Structure Calculations
Isotopic effects
Spectral attributes of quasi-bound states
Construction of potential energy surfaces
Vibronic Coupling Theory
Professional Experiences
Associate Professor- Indian Institute of Technology Patna (IITP), Bihar, India. March 2024 to present
Assistant Professor- Indian Institute of Technology Patna (IITP), Bihar, India. Dec 2015- March 2024
Assistant Professor- National Institute of Technology (NIT) Meghalaya, Shillong, India. Aug 2015- Dec 2015
Research Associate - University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India. Oct 2014-July 2015
Postdoctorial Research Fellow- University of Bourgogne, Dijon, France. Feb 2013-Sept 2014
Education
Ph.D. (2013)
Under Prof. Susanta Mahapatra (Thesis title: "Reactive Chemical Dynamics: Born-Oppenheimer and Beyond")
School of Chemistry, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, 500 046, India.
MSc.
University of Hyderabad (2007)
BSc.
Andhra University (2004)
Awards and Honours
Gold medal for securing first rank in M.Sc (Chemistry) at University of Hyderabad.
DST-INSPIRE Faculty award -2015
CSIR JRF & SRF (2007-2012)
GATE (2007)
Presentations
Chaired a session at “Physics and Chemistry of Atomic, Molecular and Condensed Matter Systems (PCAMC-2024)”, December 11-14, 2024, Indian Institute of Science Education And Research (IISER) Kolkata.
Poster presented in “Physical Chemistry Symposium 2024 (SoPhyC-2024)”, October 22-25, 2024, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB), Mumbai, India.
Chaired a session at “Theoretical Chemistry Symposium 2023 (TCS 2023)” , Dec 07-10, 2023, Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) Chennai, India.
Gave an invited lecture at “Twenty-Sixth International Workshop on Quantum Systems in Chemistry, Physics and Biology (QSCP-XXVI 2023)” , Oct 14-20, 2023, Crown Plaza, Jaipur Tonk Road, Jaipur, India.
Gave an invited lecture at “An International Conference on Structure and Dynamics: Spectroscopy and Scattering (SDSS 2023)” , Oct 05-08, 2023, Indian Association for Cultivation of Science (IACS) Kolkata, India.
Gave a contributed talk at “The 28th Colloquim on High-Resolution Molecular Spectroscopy” , Aug 28- Sep 01, 2023, Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, France.
Gave an invited lecture at “Recent Advances in Chemistry: Theoretical and Computational Aspects” , Nov 18-20, 2022, NIT Meghalaya and North Eastern Hill University (NEHU), India.
Gave an invited lecture at “Theoretical Chemistry Symposium (TCS 2021)”, Dec 11-14, 2021, IISER Kolkata, India.
Participated in the “International Conference ICSD-2020”, March 1-4, IISER Kolkata, India.
Gave an invited talk as a visiting researcher at Instituto de Física Fundamental, CSIC, Madrid, Spain(12th July 2018).
Gave an invited talk at “Topical Conference of the Indian Society of Atomic and Molecular Physics (ISAMP)”, Jan 6-8, 2018, IIT Tirupati and IISER Tirupati, India.
Gave an invited lecture at “Theoretical Chemistry Symposium (TCS 2016)”, Dec 14-16, 2016, University of Hyderabad, India.
Gave an invited lecture at “4th International conference on current developments in atomic, molecular, optical and Nano Physics with applications.”, March 11-14, 2015, University of Delhi, Delhi, India.
Poster presented in “20th European Conference on the Dynamics of Molecular Systems, MOLEC-2014”, August 24-29, 2014, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Poster presented in “12th International workshop on quantum reactive scattering (QRS-2013)”, June 10-14, 2013, Bordeaux1 University, Talence, France.
Poster presented in “International Conference: Applied Theory on Molecular systems (ATOMS 2011)” November 2-5, 2011, Indian institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, India
Oral presentation in “International meeting on atomic and molecular physics and chemistry (IMAMPC-2011)”, July 5-8, 2011, Universite de Rennes1, Rennes, France.
Poster presented in “Theoretical Chemistry Symposium (TCS 2010)”, December 8-12, 2010, IIT, Kanpur, India.
Poster presented in “Theoretical Chemistry Symposium (TCS 2009)”, January 18-22, 2009, IISC and JNCSAR, Bangalore, India.
Sponsored Projects and Travel Grants
"Quantum dynamical studies on bimolecular reactions of practical and fundamental interrest". (DST-INSPIRE, Rs. 35.00 Lakhs) Completed in 2021.
"Quantum reaction dynamics" (travel grant by Institut Francais in India (IFI), Rs. 1.5 Lakhs).
"SERB-ITS travel grant" to attend “The 28th Colloquim on High-Resolution Molecular Spectroscopy”, Aug 28- Sep 01, 2023, Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, France.
SERB-CRG Project (No: CRG/2023/004713 Grant: Rs. 42.5 Lakhs ) titled "Nonadiabatic Quantum Reaction Dynamics of Nitrogen Exchange Reaction". ( Feb 2024 - till date)
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