EXPERIENCE:

• Dean (Student Affairs); IISER Thiruvananthapuram, India (Jan 2025 - Till date)
• Professor: IISER Thiruvananthapuram, India (Feb 2025 - Till date)
• Associate Professor: IISER Thiruvananthapuram, India (Jan 2020 - Feb 2025)
• Assistant Professor: IISER Thiruvananthapuram, India (June 2010 - Dec 2019 )
• Postdoctoral Researcher: NREL, Colorado, USA (June 2007 – May 2010)

Area of Research: Isoelectronic doping of III-V semiconductors.

• Postdoctoral Associate: Virginia Tech, Virginia, USA (March 2006 – May 2007)

Area of Research: Narrow-gap semiconductors for spintronics

EDUCATION:

• PhD (Physics), University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK: 2005 Advisor: Prof. Anthony J Kent Thesis: Generation and detection of propagating acoustic phonons using GaAs/AlAs superlattices.
• MSc (Physics), Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India: 2001
• BSc (Physics), Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, India: 1999

OTHER ACTIVITIES:

• Visiting Scholar: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada: May 2004 - June 2004
• Software Engineer: Infosys Technologies Ltd., Bangalore, India: August 2001 - August 2002
• Summer Research Fellow: Centre for Advanced Technology, Indore, India: May 2000 - July 2000