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Brief Biography

Dr. Vickey Nandal is a Postdoctoral Fellow/Scientist specializing in advanced alloys, high-entropy alloys, superalloys, artificial intelligence, and machine learning applications in materials science. In 2024, he was awarded the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellowship (MSCA-PF),  funded by the European Commission. He joined the Czech Academy of Sciences - Institute of Physics (FZU), Prague as a MSCA Postdoctoral Fellow, since November 2024. Currently, he also serves as Chair of the Czechia Chapter of the Marie Curie Alumni Association (since February 2026), contributing to the promotion of MSCA initiatives, strengthening collaboration among MSCA fellows and alumni in the Czech Republic. Recently, he was honored with the "IUTAM Scholarship" at the University of Oxford, awarded by the committee of the IUTAM Symposium on Chemo-Mechanics, held in Oxford, United Kingdom, from June 29 to July 2, 2025.

Prior to FZU Prague, he worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) in Japan. He published his NIMS postdoctoral research work in Scientific Reports (Nature Portfolio) and Elsevier's Next Materials. He was also awarded the "Best Presentation Award" at the 14th ISAJ Symposium at Hokkaido University, Japan. Additionally, during his postdoctoral tenure, he worked as a visiting lecturer at the Graduate School of Science and Technology, University of Tsukuba, Japan.

Dr. Nandal earned his Ph.D. in August 2021 from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi). His Ph.D. thesis focused on the "Effect of alloying and pre-deformation on the aging response of FCC-based Co1.5CrFeNi1.5 high entropy alloys with varying Ti and Al contents." During his Ph.D., he also received a fellowship from the Ministry of Education, Government of India. In recognition of his research, he received an Early-doc fellowship from IIT Delhi after the completion of his doctorate.

Prior to his Ph.D., Dr. Nandal worked as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the World College of Technology and Management (WCTM) in Gurugram, Haryana, India. He has been acknowledged for his research by the TMS HEA 2019 committee members at an international conference in Seattle, Washington, USA, in November 2019. Additionally, he was invited to participate in the GMSI-GSDM Summer Research Camp at the University of Tokyo, Japan (July-August 2018).

Dr. Nandal received his M.Tech. degree in 2015 from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the National Institute of Technology Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. During his M.Tech., he received an "Excellent Paper Award" for the best presentation and content at an International Conference in March 2015. He completed his B.Tech. degree in July 2013 from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at JMIT, Radaur, affiliated with Kurukshetra University, Haryana, India. For his bachelor's studies, Dr. Nandal was awarded a four-year Prime Minister Scholarship Scheme (PMSS) by the Ministry of Defence, Government of India.