Dhananjay Nandi
Professor
Dept: Physical Sciences (DPS)
E-mail: dhananjay [at] iiserkol.ac.in
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Research Interest:
We are interested in studying low-energy electron molecule interactions in the gas phase. To facilitate this, we have developed state-of-the-art instrumentation over the years. We have developed a Velocity Map Imaging (VMI) spectrometer, a spectrometer for absolute cross-section measurement and a pulsed supersonic expansion setup to study molecular clusters. Research in this group involves development of the experimental setup and subsequent experimentation.
Academic Background:
- PhD (Science) (Molecular Physics), Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (University of Mumbai), 2004
- MSc (Physics), Science College (University of Calcutta), 1998, Ranked Second (part I) & Third (Part II)
- BSc (Physics (Hons)), Ramakrishna Mission Residential College (University of Calcutta), 1996
Positions:
- Professor, IISER Kolkata (current)
- Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata (2015 - 2019)
- Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata (2009 - 2015)
- Research Associate, Laboratory Francis PERRIN, CEA Saclay, France (2009 - 2009)
- Research Professor, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea (2008 - 2009)
- Guest Scientist, Free University, Berlin, Germany (2006 - 2007)
- Post-Doc, Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik (2004 - 2005)
Awards and Honors:
- INSA Medal for Young Scientist from Indian National Science Academy (2010)
- Best Thesis from Indian Society of Atomic and Molecular Physics (2004)
- Junior Research Fellowship from Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) (1998)
- Silver Medal from Ramakrishna Mission Residential College, Narendrapur (1996)