About Me

I'm a research scholar of physics. I graduated from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. I'm presently working as a research associate at the School of Computational and Integrative Sciences of the same university. My research focuses on studying the properties of materials, from solid materials to bio-molecules, under extreme conditions. For this, I use first-principle computer simulations using the techniques of the modern Density Functional Theory of electronic structure calculations. In particular, I'm interested in the vibrational, elastic, and melting properties of materials at very high pressure and high temperature conditions. 

My present research is on the role of water in pressure-induced unfolding of proteins. It is of considerable interest how proteins function under extreme environments. Experiments show that proteins get unfolded at high pressure, 1-2 kbar. The most widely accepted explanation is the penetration of water molecules into the protein's interior. Many lives sustain beneath the Earth's surface or even under the ocean, where both the pressure and temperature are relatively much higher as compared to the ambient conditions.