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Focus Area

Structural & Material Systems

Education

Ph.D., Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, 2011
M.Sc., Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, 2002
B.Sc., Physics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India, 2000

Professional Experience

2024 - Present, Associate Professor, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ
2024 - Present, Associate Professor, Materials Science & Engineering Program, Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ
2020 - 2024, Assistant Professor, Materials Science & Engineering Program, Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ
2015 - 2024, Assistant Professor, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ
2011 - 2015, Postdoctoral Research Associate,ÌýMax Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany
2003 - 2011, Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University

Awards

Web of Science Top 1% Highly Cited Paper in Physics as of Jan/Feb 2017
David C. Duncan Graduate Fellowship, Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University (2008, 2010)
WISE Graduate Travel Grant Award, Women in the Sciences and Engineering Institute, Pennsylvania State University (2010)
Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award, Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University (2009)
Braddock Fellowship, Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University (2003)
Young Research Fellowship, Indian Institute of Science (IISc.), Bangalore, India (1997-2000)
1st position among girls (7th overall) in 10+2 level examination conducted by Government of West Bengal, India (among ∼ 300,000 students) (1997)
1st position among girls (13th overall) in 10th level Madhyamik Examination conducted by Government of West Bengal, India (among ∼ 500,000 students) (1995)

Research Interests

Theoretical and Computational Materials Science · Statistical Learning Methods · Quantum Systems · Nanoscale Heat Transport · Electronic Transport · Electron-Phonon Coupling · Neuromorphic Computing MaterialsÌý· Dissipative and Nonlinear Dynamics ·ÌýEnergy Transport in Defected SystemsÌý· Solid-Solid Interfaces · Solid-Fluid Interfaces ·ÌýComposite Systems
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