About PI:
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Postdoctoral Experience:
2021-2022
2017-2021
Postdoctoral research associate in the department of physics and astronomy, University of Utah, USA.
Advisor: Prof. Zeev Valy Vardeny
(November, 2021 – October, 2022).
Postdoctoral fellow in the department of chemical and biological physics at Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel.
Advisor: Prof. Ron Naaman
(December, 2017 – October, 2021).
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Education:
Ph.D.
2014-2017
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Bhopal
Advisor: Prof. Sanjit Konar.
M.Sc.
2010-2012
B.Sc.
2007-2010
in Chemistry from Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT Guwahati)
in Chemistry (Honours) from Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira, Belur Math. (University of Calcutta)
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Awards:
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Awarded DST Inspire Faculty Award in Chemical Sciences (2022).
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Awarded Royal Society of Chemistry’s Materials Division Horizon Prize 2022 for the discovery of “chiral materials that allow high control of photon and electron spin”.
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Awarded Prestigious JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) Postdoctoral Fellowship-2018 for carrying out postdoctoral research in Japan. (didn't join)
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Awarded Prestigious PBC Postdoctoral Fellowship-2018 by Council of Higher Education, Govt. of Israel for Outstanding Postdoctoral Researcher.
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Awarded Raman-Charpak Fellowship-2015 (Indo-French Bilateral Fellowship Programme) as a visiting researcher in France.
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Awarded National Eligibility Test (NET) in 2011.
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Awarded GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) in 2012.
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Awarded Joint Admission Test for Master of Science (JAM 2010).