About
Associate Professor, IISER Pune (2021-present)
Assistant Professor, IISER Pune (2017-2021)
Education
PhD in Physics, The Pennsylvania State University (2009-2012)
Dual Degree in Mechanical Engineering/Energy Technology, IIT-Madras (2007)
Previous positions held, whereabouts, honors etc
Abdul Kalam young researcher award by Hewlett Packard Enterprise (2025)
Associate Member, International Center for Theoretical Sciences, Bengaluru
Adjunct faculty, Tata Institute for Fundamental Research
IISER Pune teaching appreciation award 2023
Visiting faculty, CMTC and JQI, UMD Aug-Dec 2023
Long term visitor, TIFR Mumbai Jan-Aug 2023
CNRS Nano-X invited scientist position, LPT Toulouse, May-June 2022
INSA Young Scientist Medal 2020
2014-2016 Guest scientist, Max Planck Institute for Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden, Germany
2012-2014 NORDITA Fellow, Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics, Stockholm, Sweden
Graduate students
Ojasvi Sharma
Sandipan Manna
Naveen Nishad (IISER Pune (2021) → Technion, Israel)
Abhishek Anand (IISER Pune (2023) → Himachal Pradesh University)
BSMS thesis students
Santhosh M (IISER Pune → Indiana University)
Aditya Kolhatkar (IISER Pune → Cornell University)
Rushikesh Patil (coadvising with K Damle, TIFR)(IISER Pune → UC Santa Barbara)
Dayal Singh (IISER Pune → University of Maryland, College Park)
Sandeep Joy (IISER Pune → Ohio State University)
Kaarthik Abhinav (IISER Pune → Ohio State University)
Manoj Hegde