Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2022); Advisor: Prof. Bilge Yildiz
B. Tech. in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, National Institute of Technology-Trichy, India (2016)
Professional Affiliations
Member of the Materials Research Society (MRS)
Member of the American Physical Society (APS)
Areas of Interest
Points defects and interfaces
Electronic structure and excited state properties
Ab initio thermodynamics
Oxides for quantum technologies and renewable energy applications
Experience
2026-Present: Assistant Scientist, Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory
2023-2026: Maria Goeppert Mayer Postdoctoral Fellow, Argonne National Laboratory
2022-2023: Postdoctoral Appointee, Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory
2022 Summer: Postdoctoral researcher, Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Advisor: Prof. Bilge Yildiz
2016-2022: PhD candidate and MIT Energy Initiative Fellow, Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Advisor: Prof. Bilge Yildiz
2015-2016: Undergraduate research assistant, National Institute of Technology-Trichy, India; Advisor: Prof. S. Natarajan
2015 Summer: DAAD-WISE scholar, Fraunhofer Institute for Mechanics of Materials, Freiburg, Germany; Advisor: Dr. Dirk Helm
2014 Summer: Research intern, Indian Institute of Technology-Madras; Advisor: Prof. K. C. Hari Kumar
