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ABOUT ME

I am an ISPF PDRA at the UKRI STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Harwell Science & Innovation Campus, UK.

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My past work experiences are as follows:

1) GNeuS/MSCA Research Fellow at MLZ, Technical University of Munich, Germany.

Secondment 1: NIST Centre for Neutron Research, Maryland, USA

Secondment 2: Anton Paar GmbH, Ostfildern, Germany​

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2) Scientist Products & Process at Almora Botanica (Skincare)​

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3) CDD Chercheur at IMP laboratory, INSA Lyon, France

Industrial collaboration: SOPREMA and COLAS

 

I pursued my Integrated Masters & Ph.D. from the Department of Chemical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. Therein, I worked with Prof. Abhijit P. Deshpande in the Polymer Engineering and Colloid Sciences laboratory. I graduated with a B.Tech. in Chemical Engineering from SASTRA University, India.

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I strongly believe that every technological innovation leading to frugal solutions necessitates holistic combination of applied and fundamental research. Anything that includes such R&D of soft materials always excites me!

Pictorial abstract of my Ph.D. work

The motto that drives me:

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“All of us do not have equal talent. But, all of us have an equal opportunity to develop our talents” 

 

- Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam          

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EDUCATION

2014 - 2020

Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Master of Science & Ph. D., Chemical Engineering

Funding: HTRA - MHRD, India

G. P. A: 9.12 (scale of 10)

[Institute Research Award: Best Ph.D. Thesis]

2010 - 2014

SASTRA University

Bachelor of Technology, Chemical Engineering

G. P. A: 8.72 (scale of 10)

[Best outgoing student of the Department]

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Rheology of Complex systems

Dynamical signatures, Structure-property relationships, Bulk and Interfacial phenomena

Structured Materials & underlying Physics

Polymers (solutions and crosslinked systems); Colloids (suspensions, gels, soft glasses, Emulsions, Wax/Oil mixtures); Supramolecular systems; Building materials; Biomacromolecules

Constitutive modeling

Linear and nonlinear Viscoelasticity, Plasticity and Thixotropy 

Advanced Material Characterization

Microscopy, Scattering (during rest/rheology)

Time series analysis & Optimization

Fourier transform, Chebyshev decomposition, Kramers-Kronig analysis, Particle Swarm algorithm

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Department of Chemical Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology Madras

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