Education

• 2012-2015

Ph.D. in Materials Physics from École Polytechnique, Paris and Northeastern University, Boston (Visiting Ph.D. Scholar)

Thesis: Effects of solid-solid boundary anisotropy on directional solidification microstructures

• 2010-2012

Masters of Engineering (M.E.) in Materials Engineering from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

Thesis: Effects of particles on spinodal decomposition: A phase-field study

• 2006-2010

Bachelors of Engineering (B.E.) in Metallurgical Engineering from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India

Professional Experience

• Since 2021: Assistant Professor, Metallurgical & Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, UK

• 2019-2021: Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos

 Project: Advanced computing for additive manufacturing of nuclear alloys

• 2018-2019: Texas A&M University, College Station 

Project: Machine learning and uncertainty quantification of additively manufactured solidification microstructures

• 2015-2017: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg 

Project: Multiscale modeling of additively manufactured solidification microstructures in Ni-based superalloys

• 2015: Northeastern University, Boston

Project: Influence of grain boundary anisotropy on directional solidification microstructures in metallic alloys

• 2012-2015: École Polytechnique, Paris

Project: Effects of solid-solid boundary anisotropy on eutectic solidification microstructures in metallic alloys

• 2010-2012: Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 

Project: Effects of immobile filler particles during spinodal decomposition of ternary polymer blends

Honors/Awards

• Developed computational framework (Tusas) for additive manufacturing featured in the Exascale Computing Project (ECP), USA

• NIST Materials Measurement Laboratory Postdoctoral Fellow Accolade Recipient 2018

• Research published in the Highlights of 2017 in Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering

• Invited papers for JOM and single-authored Topical Review paper on additive manufacturing in Materials Research Express (2018)

• Widely Read Author in materials science on ResearchGate and Ph.D. thesis is the most read ( > 43000) article

• Acquired “First Class with Distinction” in Ph.D. from Ecole Polytechnique, Paris

• Acquired “First Class with Distinction” in M.E. from IISc, Bangalore

• Acquired “First Class with Distinction” in B.E. from Jadavpur University, Kolkata

• All India Metallurgical Graduate Entrance Examination (GATE) Rank – 24