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I am an assistant professor in the department of mathematics at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Palakkad, Kerala, India. Previously, I was a postdoctoral fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in Bonn, Germany, under the mentorship of Prof. Pieter Moree. I was a Coleman Postdoctoral Fellow at the Queen's University, Kingston, Canada. My mentors were Prof. M. Ram Murty and Prof. Brad Rodgers. I completed the Ph.D thesis titled 'Prime divisors of non-zero Fourier coefficients of Hecke eigenforms' under the supervision of Prof. Sanoli Gun at the Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, India.
My research interest broadly lies in Number theory and in particular, I am interested in arithmetical properties of Fourier coefficients of Hecke eigenforms; Hecke eigenvalues of Ikeda lifts; theory of the Riemann zeta function and Dirichlet L-functions; Artin's primitive root conjceture; Sieve methods.
Corresponding address: Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Palakkad, Kerala, India.
Email: sunilnaik@iitpkd.ac.in and sunilnaik1729@gmail.com
Curriculum Vitae: Curriculum Vitae.
Links: ResearchGate, Google Scholar, ORCiD, Scopus ID
🆕 Announcement: Ph.D. admissions, IIT Palakkad (Link: resap.iitpkd.ac.in)
Deadline: 01 November 2026 @ 2PM IST
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Teaching (Queen's University, Canada):
Winter 2026 : MATH/MTHE 228 Complex Analysis
Fall 2025 : MATH/MTHE 280 Advanced Calculus
Winter 2025 : MATH 311 Elementary Number Theory.
Fall 2024 : MATH 280 Advanced Calculus.
Winter 2024 : MATH 126 Differential and Integral Calculus.
Fall 2023 : MATH 280 Advanced Calculus.
Education and Affiliations:
Assistant Professor (September 2026 -- ): Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Palakkad, Kerala, India.
Postdoctoral Fellow (June 2026 - September 2026): Max Planck Institute for Mathematics, Bonn, Germany.
Mentor: Prof. Pieter Moree.
(* Postdoctoral position was offered till May 2027)Coleman Post-doctoral Fellow (August 2023- May 2026): Queen's University, Kingston, Canada.
Mentors: Prof. M. Ram Murty and Prof. Brad Rodgers.
Ph.D Mathematics (2018-2023): The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India.
Thesis title: Prime divisors of non-zero Fourier coefficients of Hecke eigenforms.
Thesis advisor: Prof. Sanoli Gun.
Thesis defence: 2nd June, 2023.
M.Sc. Mathematics (2016-2018): University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
B.Sc (2013-2016): SDM Degree College Ujire, Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka, India.
Awards/Fellowships:
Postdoctoral Fellowship - Max Planck Institute for Mathematics, Bonn, Germany (June 2026 - May 2027).
HBNI Outstanding Student Award 2024 for my Ph.D thesis (IMSc, Chennai, India).
Coleman Post-doctoral Fellowship, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada (August 2023 - May 2026).
Ph.D. Scholarship of IMSc, Chennai, India (2018).
National Board of Higher Mathematics (NBHM) Ph.D Scholarship (2018)(did not avail).
Gold Medal -- M.Sc Mathematics, University of Hyderabad, Telangana, India (2018).
Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) exam - Mathematics (2018).
Qualified CSIR--UGC Mathematics exam (December 2017).
National Board of Higher Mathematics (NBHM) M.Sc Scholarship (2016)(did not avail).
Qualified CSIR--UGC Mathematics exam (December 2016).
Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research (INSPIRE) Scholarship (2013).
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