CV
Education
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata (2020-2025)
- Graduated with Integrated BS-MS Dual Degree
- Chemistry (Major) and Physics (Minor)
Research Experience
Department of Space, Earth and Environment, Chalmers University of Technology
- CASSUM Research Fellow, May 2024 – July 2024
- Project on Cosmic Ray Astrochemistry: Investigating radiation Signatures in PDRs
- Supervisor: Dr. Brandt A. L. Gaches; Co-Supervisors: Dr. Chia-Jung Hsu; Prof. Jonathan Tan
- Continuing as Research Assistant (RA) under Dr. Gaches
Department of Astrochemistry, Institute of Astronomy Space and Earth Science (IASES) Kolkata,India
- Research Assistant, 2022 – Present
- Exploring gas-grain surface chemistry in the interstellar medium with applications in astrochemical modeling to reproduce and interpret astronomical observations.
- Studying grain mediated reaction mechanisms of key interstellar species formation
- Supervisor: Dr. Ankan Das
Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata, India
- Master’s Project Student, 2024 – 2025
- Potential energy surface generation and quantum dynamics study of gas phase reactions of interstellar importance
- Developing module for the time-independent differential cross section of the reaction
- Supervisor: Dr. Sangita Sen
Technical Skills
- Skill: Programming (Python, Julia, MATLAB, Fortran-90) / OS (Linux, Windows) / Shell-Scripting
- Softwares/Packages: Quantum Chemistry (Gaussian, ORCA, Qchem) / Plotting (GnuPlot, Origin) / Astrochemical Tools (3DPDR, RADMC3D, Cloudy)
- Writeup and Analysis: Microsoft Office / LaTex (Documents preparation)
Publications
M. Sil, A. Roy, P. Gorai, N. Nakatani, T. Shimonishi, K. Furuya, N. Inostroza-Pino, P. Caselli and A. Das, A&A, 690 (2024) A252
Talks and Presentations
July 25, 2024
Oral Presentation at CASSUM-VICO-CICO Symposium, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden
Lectures and Seminars
- PCAMC 2024 Conference, IISER Kolkata
- IINCM 2024 Conference, IISER Kolkata (Best poster award from Royal Society of Chemistry)
- DIG Astrochemistry Webinar, IASES, PRL, Europlanet Society, Niigata University, Quantum Research Centre, 2022
Teaching
Award & Fellowship
- Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research (INSPIRE) Fellowship, Department of Science & Technology, India [2020 – 2025]
- CASSUM Research Fellowship, Chalmers University of Technology [2024]
