Dr. Sanjay Bachhar's Home Page
Dr. Sanjay Bachhar
Post Doctoral Research Associate (2024- present)
Supervisor: Prof. Sara Haravifard
Haravifard Lab : Quantum Materials
Department of Physics
Duke University
North Carolina
United States of America
Email: sanjayphysics95@gmail.com / sb883@duke.edu
Main Focus :
Tuning magnetism in Iridium and Ruthenium-based 2D layered Honeycomb Quantum Materials: Kitaev Quanutm Spin Liquid (KQSL) and Emergent Quantum Spin Liquid (excitonic magnetism).
Local probes: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR), Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance (NQR), Muon Spin Resonance (muSR).
Magnetization, Heat capacity at low temperature.
Research Experience (Post-Doctorate):
Post-Doctorate at the Department of Physics, Duke University, NC, USA (2024-Present).
Post-Doctorate at the Department of Physics IIT Bombay (2023-2024).
Academics :
Ph.D. (Experimental Condensed Matter Physics): Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) (2018 - 2023).
M.Sc. (Physics): Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) (2018).
B.Sc. (Honours in Physics): Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College , Rahara, Kolkata (2016).
Scientific Visit to Abroad:
Muon Spin Relaxation measurement at ISIS, United Kingdom, Nov 27- Dec 4, 2023.
Muon Spin Relaxation measurement at Paul Scherer Institute, Switzerland, Nov 1-3, 2022.
Visiting Scientist in Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Germany, Sep 6 - Dec 1, 2022.
JCNS Neutron Laboratory Course 2019 at Julich and Garching, Germany, September 2019.
A study exchange program between IIT Madras and SIT: Sakura Science Plan in SIT, Tokyo, Japan, December 2017
Conferences:
SYMPHY 2023 (28-29th January), 10th annual symposium at Department of Physics, IIT Bombay (Oral Presentation).
“First Indo-Swedish Meeting on "Divergent Quantum Materials, Methods and Applications (DQMMA2023)" February 2 - 4 2023, Goa, India. (Oral Presentation).
ICONS 2023, “IITB Workshop on Quantum Technology” 17-18th February 2023, IIT Bombay, India. (Poster Presentation)
“International Conference on Advanced Materials: Properties and Applications” 20-24 February 2023, Goa, India. (Poster Presentation).
International conference (17-23 Sept 2023, Dresden, Germany) on “Magnetic Resonance of Correlated Electron Materials”. (Contributed talk).
International conference (8-13 January, IIT Madras, Chennai, India) on “Highly Frustrated Magnetism”. (Oral presentation).
APS March Meeting 2024 (Oral Presentation).
Links: