Positions Held
- 06/2021 – Present: Professor, Materials Research Centre, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, INDIA
- 06/2016 – 05/2021: Associate Professor, Materials Research Centre, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, INDIA
- 06/2010 – 05/2016: Assistant Professor, Materials Research Centre, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, INDIA
- 06/2015 – Present: Editorial board member, Scientific Reports, Nature Publication Group
- 06/2010 – 07/2014: Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA
- 08/2007 – 05/2010: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA
- 03/2006 – 07/2007: Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Materials Department, University of California Santa Barbara, California, USA
- 10/2004 – 02/2006: JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
Education
- PhD (Computational Materials Science), Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan 09/2004
- MSc (Physics), Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India 05/2001
- BSc (Physics Honors), Ranchi University, Ranchi, India 12/1998
Honors and Awards
- JSPS invitation fellowship, 2020
- Distinguished lectureship award of chemical society of Japan, 2020
- MSRI Medal, Materials Research Society of India, 2014
- JSPS Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, 2004-2006
- Monbukagakashu (MEXT) Graduate Research Fellowship, 2001-2004
- CSIR Fellowship for pursuing PhD in India 2001
- Merit-cum-means Fellowship for M.Sc. 2000-2001