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