Structural, magnetic and electronic properties of materials using density functional theory techniques.
Dilute Magnetic Semiconductors, particularly oxides.
Education
Ph.D. in Physics, university of Madras, India
M.Sc. in Physics, University of Kerla, India
Bsc in Physics, University of Kerla, India
Professional Profile
Post Doctoral Fellow at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, since April 2013.
Post Doctoral Fellow at Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSC) , Chennai, India, 2012 – 2013.
Doctoral Student at Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic Research (IGCAR), Kalpakkam, India, 2006 – 2012.
Awards
Received National Merit Scholarship by the Government of India.
Qualified SET exam conducted by Government of Kerala, India.
Qualified JEST examination 2006, with all India rank of 368.
Selected for JRF fellowship by Department of Atomic Energy, India in 2006.
Selected for SRF fellowship by Department of Atomic Energy, India in 2008
Best poster award in International Conference on Advanced Materials (IUMRS- ICAM 2007) Bangalore India, for the work “Interface Structure, Magnetism and Electronic States of Fe/Co Multilayers” S. Assa Aravindh et al.
Research Interests Keywords
NanomaterialsSemiconductorsDensity Functional Theory (DFT)Condensed Matter Theory
