RA/VSPs

Soorya Vinod R. K. (RA)

Soorya completed her Master's degree in Physics from the Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi, Kerala. She worked at the Ultrashort Pulse High Intensity Laser Laboratory (UPHILL), TIFR Mumbai under Prof. G. Ravindra Kumar for her master's thesis titled "Doppler Shift Spectrometry of Laser-Induced Plasmas: A Comparative Study Using 800 nm and Upconverted 400 nm Pump Pulses". She joined LASE in January 2025 as a VSP to work on double pulse plasma experiments. After completing her tenure as a visiting student in July 2025, she is now working as a research assistant at LASE. She is expected to complete in August 2026.

Anurag Choudhary (RA)

Anurag completed his Master's degree in Physics from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT-Delhi) and has a Bachelor's degree in Physics from the Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma College, affiliated to the University of Delhi. His Master's thesis titled "Ultrafast heat diffusion dynamics in thin films" at IIT-Delhi under Dr Sunil Kumar mapped the transient femtosecond-scale heat diffusion dynamics upon femtosecond laser excitation. He joined LASE in September 2025 to work on experiments involving the investigation of chirality of molecules using femtosecond pulses as well as to work in the development of the upcoming high-harmonics beamline. He is expected to complete his tenure in August 2026.

Vijayakumara (VSP)

Vijayakumara completed his Bachelor's degree in Physics from Azim Premji University, Bangalore. With his interest in pursuing a career in physics and in acquiring practical laboratory experience, he joined LASE in December 2025. He is developing an in-house, low-cost, compact, and integrated laser shutter with a filter wheel, compatible with high-repetition-rate lasers. He also contributes to developing a compact optical setup to support polarization-based investigations at LASE. He is expected to complete his tenure in June 2026.

Shana Jabin K (VSP)

Shana graduated from the University of Calicut and is pursuing her Master's degree in Physics from Kannur University, Kerala. Her master's thesis is on the design and alignment of a variable-volume gas cell for high-harmonic generation.  She joined LASE in March 2026 and is expected to finish in June 2026.