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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: 

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  • 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
     

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