Dr. Ajaya K. Nayak

Associate Professor
School of Physical Sciences
National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), Bhubaneswar, Odisha, INDIA

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:

December 2016-Present: Assistant Professor, School of Physical Science, National Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhubaneswar, India.
May 2016-December 2016: Junior group leader in “International Center for Nano-Systems” under Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics and Martin Luther University Halle, Germany.
August 2014-April 2016: Post-Doctoral Researcher with Prof. Stuart S. P. Parkin, Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics, Halle, Germany .
February 2012-July 2014: Post-Doctoral Researcher with Prof. Claudia Felser, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Dresden, Germany.
February 2011-January 2012: Post-Doctoral Researcher with Prof. Claudia Felser, Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, University of Mainz, Germany.

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS:

2007-2011: Ph.D. - Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India.
2004-2006: M.Sc. in Physics -Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, India.
2001-2004: B.Sc.Honors- Fakir Mohan University, Balasore, India.
1998-2000: Intermediate- Bhadrak College, Bhadrak, India.

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS/AWARDS:

Project under Nanomission (DST), 2018
Early Career Research Award (ECRA-DST), 2017
Max Planck-India Partner Group Award, 2017-2020
Ramanujan Fellowship, DST-SERB, GoI, 2017
Best Ph.D. thesis award, IIT Bombay, 2011, Mumbai, India