ABOUT ME
Career Highlights
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Authored multiple research grant proposals that resulted in over $3M research funds
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Conceptualized and designed research instruments that resulted in multiple high-impact research publications
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Managed more than 10 research projects from inception to finish in time and within budget
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Delivered over 20 research publications as a lead author, including a couple in the prestigious journal-Science
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Skills and Qualifications
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Science: Research · Data collection/ analysis/ interpretation · Outstanding written communications- articles, reports, grants
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Technical: Conceptualization and Actualization of Scientific Instruments · VUV/UV/IR lasers and light sources · Cryogenic systems · Mass-spectrometry · Vacuum systems · Gas and liquid chromatography · UV/VIS/IR Spectroscopy · SEM, TEM imaging
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Leadership and Mentoring: Leadership in workplace · Team building and teamwork · Teaching and training · Mentoring, advising and consulting
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Business: Project management · Oral communication · Risk management · Workplace safety management · Large-scale event planning and execution
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Computing: Software Packages MS Office Suite, Projectlibre, Fortran, C, HTML, MATLAB and R
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Languages: English (native fluency), Bengali (native fluency), Hindi (near-native fluency)
EDUCATION
2002
Ph.D. (Physics)
Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, India
Dissertation: "Anomalous fractionation of oxygen isotopes in photochemical reactions"
Advisor: Prof. S. K. Bhattacharya
1996
M.Sc. (Physics)
Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India
Dissertation: "Design and fabrication of a Multi-Channel Analyzer for radioactive counting"
Advisor: Dr. M. Trivedi, Variable Energy Cyclotron Center, Kolkata, India
1993
B.Sc. (Physics)
Burdwan University (Katwa College), Burdwan, India
With Mathematics and Electronics