Academic Profile

I am an experimental materials physicist with expertise in the synthesis, characterization, and functional understanding of multiferroics, dielectrics, Mott insulators, and composite systems. My research focuses on elucidating structure–property correlations using advanced experimental techniques, with applications in spintronics, terahertz technologies, and energy-efficient electronic devices.

I have held international postdoctoral research positions in Europe and the United States and have published extensively in high-impact, peer-reviewed journals. I am actively involved in student supervision, collaborative research, and proposal-driven scientific projects.

Education

Ph.D. in Physics (2018)
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati, India
Thesis: Dielectric and Magnetic Studies of Wide-Bandgap Mott Insulators and Their Composites
CGPA: 9.02 / 10.0

M.Sc. in Physics (2012)
Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar, India
Percentage: 73.0%

B.Sc. in Physics, Chemistry & Mathematics (2010)
Kumaun University, Nainital, Uttarakhand, India
Percentage: 68.51%

Academic & Research Positions

Assistant Professor (2024 – Present)
Department of Physics, IIIT Bhopal, India

Postdoctoral Fellow (April 2023 – November 2023)
Department of Physics, Morgan State University, Maryland, USA

Postdoctoral Fellow (October 2021 – September 2022)
Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

Postdoctoral Fellow (October 2018 – March 2021)
Ångström Laboratory, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Uppsala University, Sweden

Research Interests

• Experimental Condensed Matter Physics

• Magnetic Materials: Multiferroics, Spinels, Magnetic Quasicrystals

• Ferroelectrics & Dielectrics: Perovskites, Relaxors, High-k Dielectrics, Mott Insulators

• Two-Phase Composites and Functional Nanostructures

• Terahertz Spectroscopy & Spintronics

• Chiral Antiferromagnets and Anomalous Hall Effect

Publications

• 50+ international peer-reviewed research articles

• Publications in leading journals including:
  Physical Review Letters, Physical Review B, Applied Physics Letters, Scientific Reports,
  Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, Inorganic Chemistry, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

🔗 Complete publication list: Google Scholar
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=hBPE7_IAAAAJ

Technical Expertise

Instrumentation & Characterization

• SQUID & PPMS (Quantum Design): Magnetization, Magnetodielectric, Transport

• X-ray Diffraction (Rigaku TTRAX-III): Bulk & Thin Films, Rietveld Refinement

• XPS, SEM / FESEM, TEM

• EPR Spectroscopy, Terahertz Spectroscopy

• Laser Micro-Raman Spectroscopy

• Impedance Analysis (Solartron, Wayne Kerr, Agilent)

Data Analysis & Software

• Origin, MATLAB, Python, LabVIEW

• FullProf Suite (Rietveld Analysis)

• VESTA (Crystal Structure Visualization)

• Z-View (Impedance & Nyquist Analysis)

Conferences & Invited Presentations

Presented research findings at various national and international conferences, including:

• Joint European Magnetic Symposia (JEMS 2019), Uppsala University, Sweden

• Indo-US Symposium on Advances in Magnetism & Spintronics, IIT Bombay, India

• International Conference on Advanced Functional Materials (ICAFM 2017)

• Electronic Materials Conference, Ohio State University, USA