Qualifications
Ph.D. (IIT Delhi), Postdoc (Kent State University, Ohio, USA)
Experience
11 Years (5 Years Full Time Research at KSU, Ohio, USA + 6 Years Full Time Teaching and Research at Amity University Noida)
Current Courses Taught
UG Courses:
Applied Physics-I, Applied Physics-I for Life Sciences, Applied Physics-II, Applied Physics-II for Life Sciences, Engineering Physics, Basic Physics-I for Bio Sciences, Fundamental Solid State Physics (Lab), Quantum Mechanics-I and Statistical Physics
PG Courses:
Quantum Mechanics, Statistcal Mechanics, Soft Matter Physics Lab and Advances in Solid State Physics (Lab)
Ph.D.:
Physics of Liquid Crystals
Research Interests
Liquid Crystals, Eco-friendly Nanomaterials/Nanocomposites, Liquid Crystals Composites, Microcavities, Photonics and Displays of Liquid Crystal Composites, Photo-mobile Holographic Composite Polymer Material, Synchrotron X-ray Scattering of Soft Materials and their composites with Nanomaterials/Nanocomposites
Teaching Interests
Quantum Mechanics, Statistical Mechanics, Soft Matter Physics Lab, Physics of Liquid Crystals, Soft Condensed Matter Physics
Publications
Publications: 36 (Scopus), Conference Proceedings: 01 (Scopus), Reference Module in Materials Science and Materials Engineering, Oxford, Elsevier: 01 (Scopus)
Projects
1 Project Submitted at SERB, DST
Professional Affiliations
Membership of Professional Societies:
(i) International Liquid Crystal Society: Life time member (ID: 1713),
(ii) Indian Liquid Crystal Society: Life time member (ID: L-368),
(iii) Optical Society of America (OSA): March 2008 to present (ID: 966578)
(iv) American Physical Society (APS): December 2011 to present (ID: 61117068); •
Editorial Board Member
(i) Journal of Photonic Materials and Technology, Science Publishing Group, USA,
(ii) SciFed Nanotech Research Letters, Scifed Publishers, USA
(iii) Journal of Physics, SCIREA, USA.
Professional Activities
"Institutional Activities: Research Lab Coordinator, AIAS, Ph. D. Coordinator (Physics Dept.), Former Program Leader of UG Physics (2017-2021): Professional Activites: • Associate Editor of Optical Data Processing and Storage, De Gruyter, Warsaw, Poland (15th April 2019 to 22 December 2020)
• Guest Editor of Special Issue ‘Liquid crystal nanocomposites and their photonic applications’ in Crystals journal (IF: 2.589), 2019, Scopus Indexed
• Executive Guest Editor of Current Smart Materials, Bentham Science Publishers, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (30th April 2020 onwards)
• Review Editor of Frontiers of Physics (IF: 3.560), Scopus and SCI Indexed, Frontiers, Lausanne, Switzerland (13th June 2019 onwards)
• Referee in (i) OSA (Optical Society of America) Journals: Optics Express, Optical Materials Express, Applied Optics and Journal of Optical Society of America B (JOSAB), (ii) Elsevier journals: Applied Materials Today, Materials Letters, Journal of Molecular Liquids and Physics Letters A, (iii) Springer journals: Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry (JTAC), (iv) Taylor & Francis Journals: IETE Technical Review, (v) IOP Journals: Physica Scripta and (vi) MDPI Journals: Applied Sciences, Carbon, Materials, Molecules, Sensors, Polymers, Symmetry, Crystals, Micromachines and Nanomaterials. • User of Synchrotron Research Facility at: (i) Beam Line (BM16) of European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), Grenoble, France, (ii) Beam Line (X6B) of National Synchrotron Light Source (NSLS), Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton NY, USA and (iii) Beam Line (X6B, 9-ID-B, C) of Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Illinois, Chicago, USA. "
Other Achievements
• GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) in Physics, Percentile: 95.34 and All India Rank (AIR): 169, conducted by Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay), India (2005). • Awarded JRF/NET (Junior Research Fellowship/National Eligibility Test) conducted by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India, June (2005). • 6 months fellowship under ‘Young Indian Researchers’ program from Italian Ministry of Education, University, and Research (MIUR), Italy, 15 May to 14 November (2008). • Dr. D. S. Kothari Postdoctoral Fellowship (Duration: 3 years) in Physical Sciences, August 2011, University Grants Commission (UGC), New Delhi 110002, India. • Young Scientist Project under SERC Fast Track Scheme for Young Scientist in Physical Sciences, Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, New Delhi 110016, India (2011, Duration: 3 years). • Convenor of 27th National Conference on Liquid Crystals 2020 (NCLC2020), 21-23 December 2020 at Amity University Uttar Pradesh Noida.• Best Oral Presentation Award (2nd prize), International E-Conference on Recent Advances in Materials Science and Nanotechnology (RAMAN-2021), 7th -9th February 2021. Invited Topical Review Articles (02): IOP Journals (Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter and Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics